East Providence-based McNamara embarks on Citizens Bank community service sabbatical
PROVIDENCE — Citizens Bank recently announced Ana McNamara, Officer and Risk Management Specialist at the East Providence Operations Center as the most recent colleague to embark on a paid three-month Community Service Sabbatical. The program celebrated its 100th sabbatical placement in 2012 and has generated more than 48,000 volunteer hours valued at more than $1 [...]
Read More →Secretary of State Mollis Sets Voter Registration Drive at East Providence High
PROVIDENCE — Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is urging students and staff at East Providence High School to register to vote when his office visits the Townies Tues., April 30, from 10 to 11 a.m. “Young people who register to vote are more likely to become engaged and effective citizens of Rhode Island. Some [...]
Read More →Brown’s Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority honors East Providence resident Coleman
EAST PROVIDENCE Tockwotton on the Waterfront resident Miss Beatrice Coleman was joined for a celebration of her 109th birthday by Brown University President Christina Paxson and a roomful of family members and sorority sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Coleman is a 1925 graduate of Brown University and the oldest alumnae of the institution. [...]
Read More →East Providence Police, Prevention Coalition hold annual drug take-back event
EAST PROVIDENCE The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the East Providence Police Department (EPPD), and the East Providence Prevention Coalition (EPPC), announce a prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction on Saturday, April 27, from [...]
Read More →Residential manager named to ‘30 Under 30’
Residential Properties sales manager Ian Barnacle has been announced as a member of Realtor magazine’s “30 under 30” Class of 2013. He will be featured in the upcoming May/June 2013 issue of the magazine, as well as the “30 Under 30” program, which can be found online at http://realtormag.realtor.org/30under30. Beginning his real estate career in [...]
Read More →Rhode Island’s unemployment rate drops to lowest level in over four years
CRANSTON — The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training announced the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2013 dropped to 9.4 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from the January 2013 rate and one and three-tenths percentage points from the February 2012 rate. The U.S. unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in February [...]
Read More →Erin Go Bragh Performs Live at the Seekonk Public Library
SEEKONK – Enjoy the sounds of the season on Wednesday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. when singer/songwriter David Polansky performs at the Seekonk Public Library. Polansky’s show, Erin Go Bragh – Songs from and about Ireland, includes classic favorites Gloccamora, Danny Boy, I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen, and many more. The show is at times funny, at [...]
Read More →East Providence youngster Rogers wins VFW Essay contest
EAST PROVIDENCE — Anne Rogers of Rumford, a sixth grade student at St. Margaret School, is the 2013 State of Rhode Island winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. Her essay is a response to the theme, “What I Would Tell America’s Founding Fathers.” Her selection was announced recently at [...]
Read More →East Providence Fire Department starts recruitment drive
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Fire Department will be opening up for recruitment in May. In order to apply you must first pass the Physical Performance Assessment (PPA). The RIAFC will be offering the Firefighter Physical Performance Test for firefighter candidates. Registration will be held online only until Thursday, Feb. 28. Minorities and women [...]
Read More →Dignitaries cut ribbon for Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Excitement has been building as commuters traverse the Washington Bridge each day and have watched a five-story, 137,754 square-foot, Nantucket style home take shape on six acres along the East Providence waterfront. The anticipation climaxed as the community was welcomed to the official unveiling of Tockwotton on the Waterfront Friday, Feb. [...]
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