Budget Commission sets exit date from East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Mark down the date, March 28. The Budget Commission is leaving the City of East Providence. At its bi-weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, the Commission set in motion its exit strategy to depart the city after 15 months in charge. Saying the “time has come” and in fact had already past by, [...]
Read More →Bristol’s C and C Fiberglass wins ninth award for boating design excellence
To those standing in the cavernous garage of C and C Fiberglass Components on Ballou Boulevard last Friday morning, the smell of fiberglass was the smell of success. Among the boating enthusiasts and dignitaries who gathered inside the boat building company was Governor Lincoln Chafee, who admired the company’s products, including the J 100, which, [...]
Read More →Nine candidates in running for Bristol’s harbormaster
Within the next few weeks, the harbormaster search committee will complete their task of vetting candidates, and will present the top three names to the Bristol town council. Then it will be up to the town council to choose the next harbormaster. The position evolved over the past 30 years under the direction of Joe [...]
Read More →Little League signups in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Registration is now underway for the 2013 spring season for Portsmouth Little League. Baseball is open for all boys and girls ages 5 to 12 and softball for girls ages 5 to 15. You can register at www.portsmouthll.org. The league will also hold in-person registration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, [...]
Read More →100 Years Ago: Warren police bring home their Bacon
Taken from the pages of the Warren and Barrington Gazette this week in 1913: Sounds of Spring Blue birds, robins, song sparrows, and almost all the tribe of feathered Spring visitors have come back. Wild geese have gone over. Squirrels and chipmunks are running the walls and chattering. It looks like Spring had come — [...]
Read More →BCWA hires new legal firm
The Bristol County Water Authority has new legal representation. The board of directors voted 6-1 with one abstentionWednesday night to hire the firm of Keough and Sweeney. Director Ray Palmieri, of Warren, nominated the firm. He cited the group’s experience including representation of other Rhode Island utilities. Mr. Palmieri also pointed to the fact that [...]
Read More →Potential federal cuts will not affect BWRSD favorable budget request
Government leaders across the country and the state, including those here in Bristol and Warren, are watching closely to see what actions, if any, Washington lawmakers will take to avoid sequestration. By Friday, March 1, if Congress cannot agree on a plan to reduce the country’s budget deficit, automatic cuts to a variety of federally [...]
Read More →Domestic violence group releases statement on Portsmouth murder
PORTSMOUTH — Here’s a press statement by Lori DiPersio, executive director of the Women’s Resource Center, and Deborah DeBare, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, regarding the murder in Portsmouth Wednesday of Terry L. Chiodo: “First and foremost, our hearts go out to the family, friends and community of Terry L. Chiodo. [...]
Read More →East Providence co-sponsors ‘Human Library’ event
EAST PROVIDENCE — Joyce May, the Adult Services coordinator for the East Providence Library system, can hardly contain her enthusiasm for her latest project, and she’s hoping the community similarly embraces the concept. After eight months in the planning, Mrs. May and many of her peers will present the first Human Library Rhode Island event, [...]
Read More →East Providence Police have earned a proper pact
The East Providence Police union, International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO) Local 569, and the Budget Commission, led by Providence attorney Joseph Whelan, are currently locked in negotiations on a new contract, one that would take the officers through the next several years and is again likely to assist in reducing the city’s financial burden [...]
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