Rhode Island Interscholastic League releases event times for State Track Meet
PROVIDENCE — The 2013 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet takes place Saturday, June 1, at Brown Stadium. The following is a schedule of events for the meet: FIELD EVENTS 12:30 p.m. – Girls’ hammer 1:00 - Girls’ pole vault 1:05 - Girls’ long jump 1:10 - Boys’ long jump [...]
Read More →Allienello siblings ‘catch’ on at East Providence High School
EAST PROVIDENCE — It didn’t start out as being the position of choice for the Allienello siblings, but playing catcher has become the main spot for the members of the city clan on the respective baseball and softball diamonds at East Providence High School. The eldest of the trio, senior Lindsee, is finishing off her fourth [...]
Read More →East Providence Bowling Academy team rolls for another national title
EAST PROVIDENCE — For the third year in a row, a team representing the East Providence Bowling Academy in the Major Division will attempt to win the championship at the 2013 National Duckpin Youth Association Junior Tournament to be held June 21-23 in Baltimore, Md. This year’s local entry — Christa Quigley, Colby Miller, Alex [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Martin Middle School raises curtain on annual spring show
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Martin Theatre Company’s annual spring production for 2013 will be a stage adaptation of the early 1900s novel, “The Secret Garden.” It will run for two shows, May 30 and 31. “The Secret Garden” was penned by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in the autumn [...]
Read More →Closure of TLA/Pond View plant in East Providence is set to begin on May 28
PROVIDENCE – In a press release issued late Friday, May 24, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced the removal of construction and demolition debris from the site of the former Trans-Load America (TLA)/ Pond View recycling facility in East Providence is set to begin on Tuesday, May 28, in order to avoid any [...]
Read More →Commission approves posting for new East Providence Special Education director
EAST PROVIDENCE — Her new leadership team nearly complete, recently hired Superintendent of East Providence Schools Kim Mercer received approval from the Budget Commission Thursday, May 23, to hire a permanent Director of Pupil Personnel Services, a position that oversees the department’s Special Education division. By a consensus 5-0 vote, the Commission, at its most [...]
Read More →East Providence High gym restoration fundraiser goes on as planned
EAST PROVIDENCE — Despite a dreary weather forecast, the “Townie Day” fundraiser geared towards the restoration of the East Providence High School gymnasium remains on schedule for Saturday, May 25. In an effort to refurbish the tired and torn gym, supporters of the project have planned a weekend of events. A pasta dinner kicks off [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission meeting gets contentious over AFO issue
EAST PROVIDENCE — While there was a bit of give-and-take in regards to the reinstatement of Police Chief Joseph Tavares, the more contentious issue debated at the East Providence Budget Commission meeting Thursday, May 23, was that of the Administrative and Finance Officer requirement to the state oversight legislation. The AFO position, which comes with [...]
Read More →Budget Commission reinstates East Providence Police Chief Tavares as expected
EAST PROVIDENCE — As The East Providence Post and eastbayri.com were first to report the previous afternoon, the Budget Commission did the expected and voted to reinstate Joseph Tavares to his position as Chief of the East Providence Police Department. The Commission did so at its meeting Thursday, May 23, in Room 306 of City [...]
Read More →East Providence Police conduct another round of ‘Click it or Ticket’ checks
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department conducted another in a series of “Click it or Ticket” checks Wednesday afternoon, May 22, at a familiar location in city at the Interstate 195 off ramp at the junction of Warren Avenue and Slocum Street. Over a three hour period, according to Sergeant John Andrews, police [...]
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