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Christopher Gavin

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Boston Globe reporter covering Rhode Island Bylines at The Messenger, Boston.com. Springsteen fan, guitar guy, Emerson College grad. Long Islander living in New England. Latest stories: https://shorturl.at/PKLSh News tips? [email protected]

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 12h

The principal of a Catholic school in Warwick, where six teachers resigned last week, has been placed on administrative leave after families at the school “shared additional information and concerns” with church officials, according to the Diocese of Providence.
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Principal placed on leave at R.I. Catholic school where six teachers resigned, diocese says - The Boston Globe

The leave came after families at the school “shared additional information and concerns” with church officials, according to the Diocese of Providence.

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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The Trump administration recently cut funding to Rhode Island for special education teacher training, part of the ongoing effort to root out DEI

"The word ‘diversity’ has been weaponized in such a way that it’s become a political grenade."

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Trump administration cuts funding to train special education teachers in Rhode Island - The Boston Globe

The federal grant was helping educators who are teaching students with disabilities to read.

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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 1d

For decades, Brown University's Peter Howitt has quietly shaped the way the world understands progress.

Today, he received the ultimate recognition for his work: He was among three awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. @bostonglobe.com
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Retired Brown University professor among three who win Nobel Prize for reshaping economic thought on progress - The Boston Globe

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Howitt’s and Aghion’s research into forces that drive long-term economic growth, and how new technologies can simultaneously fuel progress and upend ex...

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: “Several” players on Smithfield High School’s football team are barred from participating in the rest of the season after an investigation into reported “hazing and antisemitic behavior” confirmed “inappropriate conduct,” Superintendent Dawn Bartz said Friday
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‘Several’ Smithfield, R.I. high school football players barred from season over hazing, ‘antisemitic behavior’ - The Boston Globe

“These actions stand in direct opposition to our district’s values and to the culture of respect, teamwork, and inclusion we expect from every student and program,” administrators wrote in a letter to...

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 4d

New: A federal judge in RI blocked HHS & HUD from imposing restrictions targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and transgender people on federal grants aiding youth, the homeless, and survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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R.I. judge blocks anti-DEI, transgender restrictions on HHS, HUD grants for domestic violence, homeless nonprofits - The Boston Globe

US District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed in July by a coalition of nonprofit groups from 14 states.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 4d

School officials in Smithfield, R.I. are investigating “a reported recent incident involving alleged hazing and antisemitic remarks connected to students on the Smithfield High School football team,” district administrators told families on Thursday.

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Smithfield, R.I., school officials investigating ‘hazing and antisemitic remarks’ tied to football team - The Boston Globe

“These actions stand in direct opposition to our district’s values and to the culture of respect, teamwork, and inclusion we expect from every student and program,” administrators wrote in a letter to...

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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 4d

Rhode Island goat who defied police & delighted public comes to tragic end. #Goatwatch community mourns. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/m...

Sad ending for defiant goat running loose in Rhode Island - The Boston Globe

After nearly a month, the goat who garnered national attention was captured. “The freedom and fame she achieved are of a level about which most goats would never dare dream,” says one #Goatwatch membe...

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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ‘It’s extortion’: Brown faculty resist White House bid to reshape higher education

w/ @stephmachado.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social
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‘It’s extortion’: Brown faculty resist White House bid to reshape higher education - The Boston Globe

If Brown signed the compact, one professor said, “We’d become an instrument of the state.”

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 5d

Six teachers resigned on Tuesday from a Catholic school in Warwick, R.I., the Diocese of Providence confirmed on Thursday.
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Six teachers ‘voluntarily’ resign from Catholic school in Warwick, R.I., diocese says - The Boston Globe

The Diocese of Providence did not offer specific reasons for the resignations, but said, “All diocesan employees are also expected to uphold and follow our policies and procedures.”

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 5d

A 16-year-old boy allegedly brought a firearm to The Met School, a high school in Providence, earlier this week, police said Thursday.
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Teen arrested after he allegedly brought a gun to his Providence school, police say - The Boston Globe

“At no point were students in jeopardy,” a representative for The Met School said Thursday.

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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 6d

Here are the key changes related to Providence police interactions with ICE that are up for a vote next week:
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Providence considers tighter limits on police cooperation with ICE - The Boston Globe

A vote is expected next week to further curtail the city’s interactions federal immigration authorities.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 6d

NEW from me: At R.I.’s ‘Conjuring’ house, a new fear for the paranormal community: Losing it entirely
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At R.I.’s ‘Conjuring’ house, a new fear for the paranormal community: Losing it entirely - The Boston Globe

How Andrea Perron, whose family was supposedly haunted there in the 1970s, and Jason Hawes, of SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters,” are trying to save the historic property.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 6d

Just in: The foreclosure auction of the "Conjuring" house set for Halloween has been cancelled, per the auction house.

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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Ieva Jusionyte, a Brown University professor, said she plans to use the award to fund research for her new book, which will focus on the practice of extraditing organized crime leaders from Mexico and other Latin American countries to the US.

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Harvard mathematician among New Englanders awarded $800,000, no-strings-attached MacArthur ‘genius’ grants - The Boston Globe

Professor Lauren Williams was joined by a cultural anthropologist in Providence and a cartographer and basketmaker from Maine as the New Englanders named to this year's class of MacArthur fellows.

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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 7d

RI’s 2026 race for attorney general is in a state of flux. In the past week, Rep. Robert Craven has dropped out, @keithhoffmann.bsky.social and @jasonknight.bsky.social have jumped in, while Rep. Joseph Solomon, Kim Ahern, and Charles Calenda are mulling a run
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Rhode Island’s 2026 race for attorney general is in a state of flux - The Boston Globe

In the past week, Representative Robert Craven has dropped out, Keith Hoffman and Representative Jason Knight have jumped in, while Representative Solomon, Kim Ahern, and Charles Calenda are mulling a...

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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 7d

Immigration lawyer under federal criminal investigation is temporarily suspended in Rhode Island. Joseph Molina Flynn is accused of professional misconduct in RI, but his law license is active in Mass. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/m...

Immigration lawyer under federal investigation is temporarily suspended in Rhode Island - The Boston Globe

Joseph Molina Flynn accused of misconduct.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 8d

A recent study from researchers at Brown University suggests children are getting less sleep than their parents realize – and less sleep than they should.
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Children sleep less than their parents realize, and below the amount they should get, Brown University study suggests - The Boston Globe

“What parents often don’t see is how long it takes for kids to fall asleep or how often they wake up during the night,” said Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint, the study’s senior author.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 8d

Police and residents in East Providence, R.I., are mourning the loss of retired K9, Chiko, who died Friday night, according to officials.
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R.I. community mourns the loss of retired police dog, Chiko: ‘Fearless and loyal’ - The Boston Globe

“Chiko was the kind of dog you wanted to take to any battle with you,” police wrote on social media.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 8d

Inside Rhode Island’s first facility for pet ‘aquamation,’ an eco-friendlier alternative to cremation.

“It’s a nice gentle way not only for the planet and eco-friendly, but it’s also really gentle on the patient and the pet as well."

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Inside Rhode Island’s first facility for pet ‘aquamation,’ an eco-friendlier alternative to cremation - The Boston Globe

“It’s a nice gentle way not only for the planet and eco-friendly, but it’s also really gentle on the patient and the pet as well,” said Michelle Sylvester, of Nature’s Pawprint Aquamation.

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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: What could rent control look like in Providence?

The City Council is crafting an ordinance, so I went to Portland, Maine to see how it's been going since rent control was approved there in 2020
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What could rent control look like in Providence? Portland, Maine, offers clues. - The Boston Globe

Portland has a complicated rent control system that has ratcheted up tensions between landlords and tenants.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 11d

Inmate, girlfriend charged after another inmate dies inside R.I. prison
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Inmate, girlfriend charged after another inmate dies inside R.I. prison - The Boston Globe

Eric Correia, 47, was discovered unresponsive inside his cell at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, R.I., on Aug. 9.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 11d

Facing lawsuit, DOJ backs off plan to link $1b in crime victim grants to immigration policy, R.I. attorney general says
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Facing lawsuit, DOJ backs off plan to link $1b in crime victim grants to immigration policy, R.I. attorney general says - The Boston Globe

“As all-powerful as this President would like you to believe he is, he’s still limited by the letter of the law and the separation of powers,” Attorney General Peter Neronha said.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 11d

A fraternity at the University of Rhode Island has been placed on interim suspension amid allegations of hazing, university officials have confirmed.
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University of Rhode Island fraternity suspended amid hazing allegations - The Boston Globe

URI has launched an investigation into the allegations regarding the Kappa Iota Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, university officials said.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 11d

Three men allegedly tied to a South American theft group were arrested on attempted breaking and entering charges in Cranston after they allegedly drove around a neighborhood taking pictures of houses and were found with “burglary tools,” authorities said.
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Three men linked to South American theft group arrested in Cranston, R.I. - The Boston Globe

The men were stopped by Cranston police after they were seen driving around taking pictures of homes, according to authorities.

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 11d

A 5-year-old child was struck by a vehicle driven by a Rhode Island State Police trooper on Thursday, sustaining serious injuries, authorities said.
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Child, 5, struck by R.I. state trooper’s vehicle and seriously injured - The Boston Globe

The trooper allegedly left the scene in Warwick, but later returned and is “fully cooperating” with the investigation, according to police.

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