🌱 Wind Turbines Arrived + Fox Point Manor + New Police Chief

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Showers around; windy, cooler. High: 51 Low: 44.

Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. Pieces of three new wind turbines arrived in Providence on Monday morning. The Vensys 1.5MW turbines will be installed at ProvPort and Johnson & Wales University later this year by Green Development, LLC. A company leader says one wind turbine can provide the same amount of energy as eight to 10 acres worth of solar panels. (WJAR)
2. East Providence celebrated the opening of a new $190M high school on Monday. Although the school has been open for students since the beginning of the school year, city and state leaders held a ribbon cutting Monday at the new East Providence High School. It's the first new high school in Rhode Island built under a state program that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in borrowing that was approved by voters a few years ago. (WJAR)
3. Fox Point Manor tenants are speaking out against years of abuse, harassment, and neglect by Canning Management, the building’s managing company. (Uprise RI)
4. The East Providence Police Department has appointed a 21-year veteran, Christopher Francesconi, as the new police chief. (The Providence Journal)
5. A tractor-trailer tipped over on Monday afternoon, causing traffic on the eastbound side of Route 6 in Providence. (WPRI.com)

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Today in Providence:

• Adventures In Deep Sea Exploration: Living The Dream, Dr. Robert Ballard - District Hall Providence (6:00 PM)
• Spooky Storytime - Providence Community Library (10:00 AM)
• WaterFire (Partial lighting) - Providence City Hall (5:46 PM)
• Winter Sowing: Native Plants & How to Propagate Them - Providence Community Library (6:30 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.