RISPCA Closed Temporarily + Providence Author Named Finalist

Hey, Providence! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Clouds breaking and breezy. High: 71 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. A former Providence school admin is challenging his arrest, saying surveillance footage doesn’t show an alleged foot rub. Olayinka Alege, a former superintendent for Providence Public Schools, was charged with misdemeanor simple assault and/or battery in May, after an underage boy told Warwick Police that Alege massaged his foot without his consent at a gym. Judge Mary McCaffrey has not yet ruled on whether Alege will get a Franks hearing and said the hearing will be continued until Oct. 29. (WPRI.com)
2. A Providence author has been named a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Laird Hunt, author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and two book-length translations from French, has been nominated for his novel, Zorrie. Hunt currently teaches in the Literary Arts Program at Brown University. (GoLocalProv)
3. Providence police are searching for a suspect after shots were fired on Broad St. Saturday night. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
4. The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be temporarily closed for the next 10 days, due to zoonotic illnesses. (WJAR)
5. The founders of PVDonuts have announced the opening of a brand new Jewish bakery and café, called Oak Bakeshop. (WPRI.com)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.