Teen Charged In Hit-And-Run + Hasbro Children's Hospital

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 68.

Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. A teen has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run with a motorcyclist in East Providence earlier this month. The crash occurred on Sept. 11 near the Sip-N-Dip on Warren Avenue. Police said the boy was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving without a license and failure to stop for an accident involving personal injury. (WPRI.com)
2. Hasbro Children's Hospital will study the long-term effects of COVID-19 in children. The study, known as the LEGACI study, is being funded by the National Institutes of Health. The two-year study will involve MRI imaging for some to check things like brain function and brain structural images. (WJAR)
3. Actor and director Kevin Smith will be coming to this year's Rhode Island Comic Con, which runs Nov. 5 through Nov. 7 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, and the Dunkin Donuts Center. (WJAR)
4. Providence's newest tapas restaurant, Aguardente, has diners traveling to Portugal without ever leaving Rhode Island. (The Providence Journal)
5. Federal Hill's nearly one-hundred-year-old Italian restaurant, Angelo's, has completed its transformation into an indoor-outdoor venue. (GoLocalProv)

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Today in Providence:

• Restorative Yoga (Gentle Flow) - Roger Williams Park Conservancy (8:00 AM)
• Me & U-Kulele: Music Class for Kids - Providence Community Library (10:00 AM)
• Rhode Island Bio: Women In Science Speaker Series - Virtual (11:00 AM)
• Science Lab!: Exploding Baggies - Providence Community Library (4:00 PM)
• FREE Open-Air Concert & Community Jam Session with Hope Tunnel - 708 Hope St. (6:00 PM)
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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.