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Today’s edition · Tues., Nov. 3

The Graduate hotel heads to auction, plus a free CCRI welding program

Plus, today is Election Day, and a polling-place lookup is out there if you need one.

The 5AM Pawtucket team2 stories14 sources5 min read

ProvidenceTop story

The Graduate Providence hotel, formerly the Biltmore, will be auctioned Jan. 20

The Biltmore's century leads to a January auction

  1. 1922The opens on Dorrance Street in downtown Providence.
  2. 2019The hotel is renamed the Graduate Providence.
  3. Oct. 25A legal notice of the auction is published.
  4. Jan. 20The auction is set for 1:50 p.m. at the New York County Courthouse.

Sources: WJAR, The Providence Journal, Go Local Prov

If you've ever looked up at the red letters over Dorrance Street, this one's for you. The Graduate Providence, formerly the , goes up for auction Jan. 20 in New York City, according to a public sale notice. The Providence Journal says a mortgage lender is selling it along with a Cincinnati hotel as collateral for loans, per a legal notice published Oct. 25.

An auction doesn't mean the Graduate closes: a winning bidder could apply to Hilton to keep running it as a franchise. The hotel has 294 rooms and more than 18,000 square feet of event space, and the notice names ACORE Capital Mortgage as the secured party.

The Graduate by the numbers

$36 million
or more in unpaid debt on the building
294
rooms in the hotel
18,000+
square feet of event space

Sources: WJAR, WPRI.com, Go Local Prov

  • Auction: Jan. 20, 1:50 p.m., New York County Courthouse
  • Unpaid principal: $36,348,298 as of Sept. 1, 2026
  • Owner: . Operator: Hilton.
  • Address: 11 Dorrance St., Providence

Jobs

CCRI and Senesco Marine launch a free welding training program for a new ferry

If you've thought about welding as a career, CCRI has a new option. of North Kingstown and the Community College of Rhode Island announced the program Monday, and is paying for it.

$78.6 millionferry contract behind the new program

's contract with the Delaware River and Bay Authority created the need for more welders.

Sources: WPRI.com, WLNE-TV

The company needs welders for that contract. Senesco expects construction to last through summer 2029, so dozens of students can take the course before the ferry is complete.

“We’re actually getting in there and trying it ourselves.”

Paige Huggon, student in the program's first cohort

The welding program at a glance

DetailWhat to know
CostFree to those who apply and get in
Paid for byPolaris MEP
Length14 weeks
ApplyOnline, for future cohorts

Source: WPRI.com

  • Ferry: 75 cars, 400 passengers, diesel-hybrid electric
  • Replaces: MV Cape Henlopen, on the Cape May–Lewes route
  • Blue Economy: $5.2 billion and more than 36,500 jobs

News Notes

Election Day

Voting today? You can look up your polling place and sample ballot online for Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and both states have seen good turnout so far in early voting and mail-in ballots. WPRI.com

Rabies

A Warwick resident was bitten or scratched by a possibly rabid raccoon near Payton Avenue and began treatment Sunday, the Rhode Island Department of Health says. It comes nearly a week after three raccoons tested positive in North Smithfield and Pawtucket. WPRI.com

46rabid wild animals identified in Rhode Island so far this year

That's according to the state Health Department, which was cited as the source.

Source: WPRI.com

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Hoops

Providence beat Maine 83-56 in Bryan Hodgson's first game as head coach. Jacob Bannarbie led the Friars with 14 points, and the Friars outrebounded Maine 38-17. Providence forced Maine into 23 turnovers, by GoLocal's count. The Friars' next game is Nov. 6 against Nebraska at Mohegan Sun at 6 p.m. WPRI.comThe Providence JournalGo Local Prov

Providence opened its season with a rout of Maine

  • Maine56
    Providence83
    FinalBryan Hodgson's first game as Providence head coach

Sources: WPRI.com, The Providence Journal, Go Local Prov

PFAS

Thirty-seven private wells around Provident Place in Coventry exceed the state's 20 parts per trillion PFAS standard, with results pending for 16 more. ecoRI News

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Barrington Town Hall's Presidents' Garden is getting a makeover. The Barrington Garden Club planted it in 1964 and finished it in 1967, and the design has stayed essentially the same for some six decades. It's being restored with a new stone patio, refinished benches and fresh plantings by late spring 2027.

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5AM Pawtucketto me · Tues., Nov. 36:00 a.m.

The Graduate hotel heads to auction, plus a free CCRI welding program

Plus, today is Election Day, and a polling-place lookup is out there if you need one.

The TLDR

  1. The Graduate Providence hotel, the old Biltmore, goes to auction Jan. 20
  2. CCRI and Senesco Marine launch a free welding program for a $78.6 million ferry
  3. Election Day statewide: look up your polling place
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