Christopher Gavin
@chris_m_gavin
@BostonGlobe reporter covering Rhode Island (@Globe_RI) | Past: @TheMessenger, @BostonDotCom, @Milforddaily | News/Music guy | [email protected]
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.
🎙️‘Nonviolence is not for cowards. It’s for courageous people.’ On the #RIReport podcast, @NVIinstitute executive director Lisa Pina-Warren says violence was the norm growing up in Providence but “I wanted peace.” bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met… via @BostonGlobe
NEW: “We’ll help you.” Body camera video of an ICE arrest on Sunday sheds new light on Providence police officers’ involvement. City ordinance prohibits them from helping with immigration enforcement Chief says they didn’t More here + watch the video bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/met…
The City of Woonsocket has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on behalf of a man who was arrested and detained twice for a 2022 home break-in he did not commit. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/met…
Sixty years ago today, Bob Dylan performed his famous and controversial electric set at the Newport Folk Festival. Dylan opened with a blistering version of “Maggie’s Farm,” featuring Michael Bloomfield on guitar.
NEW: Facing budget deficit, RIPTA proposes cuts to most bus routes, eliminating 16 routes altogether bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/met…
New: Providence is retiring its emergency sirens, which were rarely used and only audible to people near the port Wireless alerts will warn of life-threatening emergencies, and the CodeRED system will alert about public info that is not life-threatening bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/met…
Judge rules R.I. officials have immunity in First Amendment case. But the @RIACLU will press ahead with its lawsuit against Warwick after police escorted a critic from a City Council meeting during a public comment period. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met… via @BostonGlobe
A RI beachfront home owner is suing the agency that governs the coastline, arguing conditions it outlined in a permit he needs to repair storm damage will take some of his land for public use and provide regulators unfettered access to his private property bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met…
R.I. country club granted extension for plan to replace illegal seawall. “It’s just an instance of delay after delay,” said Christopher Dodge, of @SaveTheBayRI, one environmental group pushing for removal of the structure built without permission in 2023 bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met…
A group of school districts and teachers unions, including some in red states, have filed suit over withheld federal education funding. This is separate from the lawsuit filed by 23 states last week, but both are in RI federal court bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne, famed Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died. He was 76. Read more: abcnews.link/Gqg3ANm
David Sweetser, owner of Providence’s Superman building, dies at 70 bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met… via @BostonGlobe
NEW: A resident of Gabriel House has filed a lawsuit against the company that operates the assisted living complex in Fall River, alleging the facility was not properly managed or maintained, and that “emergency response procedures were not in place.” bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
The Bristol County DA’s Office is scheduled to hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in Fall River regarding “certain preliminary findings” of the investigation into the fire that killed 10 people at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/met…
For Catholics in the Ocean State, the divine feels a bit closer to home these days after Pope Leo XIV declared a miracle happened at a Pawtucket hospital in 2007. "That something can happen here in Rhode Island is wonderful." bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/met…
From a former RI State Police detective in today’s @projo
More than two dozen RI businesses have pledged to prohibit immigration enforcement agents from their stores, restaurants, and establishments without a judicial warrant, under a new initiative organized by the Rhode Island Deportation Defense Coalition. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/met…
NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w @clurhealy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
As part of a multiagency undercover operation, authorities arrested a Guatemalan national who agreed to a meet a juvenile for sex last week in Portsmouth, R.I., officials allege. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…
NEW: With the mental health care system overburdened + millions unable to access adequate therapy, some are turning to artificial intelligence for a form of therapy. But risks posed by unregulated chatbots include misdiagnoses, privacy violations, and exploitation. STORY⬇️