🌱A Step To Stop Time Change + Croissant Anyone?

Get on up, Providence! Let's get this day started. Here's what's going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Rain and drizzle in the p.m.. High: 57 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. Stopping the time change! Twice a year we change our clocks, falling back in Autumn and springing forward in spring. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has long been an avid supporter of eliminating the twice-annual clock changes, arguing that a permanent switch to Daylight Saving Time would benefit all Americans. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved the legislation, titled the "Sunshine Protection Act," by unanimous consent. It now heads to the House of Representatives. (Patch)
2. It's like being part of a secret society, but instead, it's getting the chance to order artisanal, handmade, Butterbang croissants from baker and proprietor Brian Leosz, who runs a small business in Providence. He is a staff of one and you have to order ahead of time for a specific pick-up time. Leosz makes every croissant himself and sells them all out of his croissant window. Choose from classic, chocolate, almond or almond chocolate. (The Providence Journal)
3. Thanks to a $12-million gift to the Rhode Island Foundation, the largest in the foundation’s 106-year history, high school graduates who plan to pursue undergraduate studies at six private and public colleges and universities in Rhode Island will soon have a chance to receive new scholarships. (The Providence Journal)
4. John A. Amaral, 29, of Providence, has pled guilty to possessing and accessing child pornography through an anonymous internet network. Amaral was among a group of people whose IP addresses were flagged by the FBI for being used to access the network. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
5. Thirty-one-year-old Sarah Jane Cavanaugh was arrested Monday and charged with forgery, wire fraud, and identity theft. According to prosecutors, Cavanaugh claimed she served as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2009-2016, rising to the rank of corporal. She claimed she developed lung cancer from inhaling the fumes of burn pits and explosives and was being treated at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She was released on $50,000 bond. (CBS Boston)

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Today in Providence:

• Providence SOAR Steering Committee - Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless (9:00 AM)
• Preschool Story Class - Pawtucket Public Library (10:30 AM)
• PVD Young Makers: Open Studio - Providence Community Library (3:00 PM)
• Arts & Crafts - Providence Community Library (3:00 PM)
• Friends Book Group - Providence Community Library (4:15 PM)
• Learn ITALIAN: intermediate 1 - Providence Community Library (5:00 PM)
• Opening Reception in Providence for Eveline Luppi's Dual Retrospective (5:00 PM)
• Why Poetry? Writing Workshop Series - Providence Community Library (6:00 PM)
• Parent University: Multilingual Learner Family Rights (6:00 PM)
• Chess Club - Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• Queer Umbrella - Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• SurveyWorks at Providence Community Library (6:30 PM)
• Folded Book Art Workshop - Providence Community Library (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• AS220: Dual spaces at 93 Mathewson Street are displaying a range of work that can be enjoyed all at once. A show in AS220's Project Space titled Voices Speaking Loudly highlights bright and funny paintings by Two Thangs and in the adjacent Reading Room a selection of affordable works from the organization’s Flat-File Project includes a cross-section of artistic talent from a talented group of creatives. (GoLocalProv)
• Brown University: Brown University researchers study HIV drug for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (WGME)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hope Village: "Join us this weekend for Holi! - A festival of color as a celebration of Spring, health, wealth, peace, and prosperity! Holi 2022 (March 18th-20th) Come celebrate the most colorful and joyous days of the year with us! Experience traditio..." (Nextdoor)

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— Karena Garrity

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