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Christopher Gavin

@chris_m_gavin

@BostonGlobe reporter covering Rhode Island (@Globe_RI) | Past: @TheMessenger, @BostonDotCom, @Milforddaily | News/Music guy | [email protected]

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It's (officially) my first day @Globe_RI! Please send all Rhode Island-news tips (and things you love about RI): [email protected]

Some personal news: Thrilled to say that next month, I'll be joining @BostonGlobe as the express desk reporter for @Globe_RI! I couldn't be more excited to be joining the incredible team the Globe has built in Providence and look forward to the stories we'll tell together.



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 says bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/met…


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. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/met…


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. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/met…


A 16-year-old boy allegedly brought a firearm to The Met School, a high school in Providence, earlier this week, police said Thursday. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/met…


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Here are the key changes related to Providence police interactions with ICE that are up for a vote next week: bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/met…


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


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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. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/met…


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RI’s 2026 race for attorney general is in a state of flux. In the past week, @RepCraven has dropped out, @keithhoffmann and @Rep_Jason have jumped in, while @RepJoeSolomon, @AhernKim, and @CharlesCalenda are mulling a run bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/met… via @BostonGlobe


A recent study from researchers at Brown University suggests children are getting less sleep than their parents realize – and less sleep than they should. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/met…


Police and residents in East Providence, R.I., are mourning the loss of retired K9, Chiko, who died Friday night, according to officials. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/met…


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." bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/met…


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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 bostonglobe.com/2025/10/05/met…


Facing lawsuit, DOJ backs off plan to link $1b in crime victim grants to immigration policy, R.I. attorney general says bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/met…


A fraternity at the University of Rhode Island has been placed on interim suspension amid allegations of hazing, university officials have confirmed. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/met…


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. bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/met…


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