East Providence shuts down municipal offices
EAST PROVIDENCE — City Manager Peter Graczykowski issued a press release Friday morning announcing all municipal offices in the City of East Providence will close early effective at noon on Feb. 8 due to impending severe inclement weather. Essential, emergency, public safety and public works personnel will be working on the storm clean-up and according [...]
Read More →East Providence Police announce next Citizens Academy class
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department will be conducting a Citizens Police Academy Class this spring with a tentative start date March 21 depending upon recruitment. The academy is a twelve week program of weekly 2 to 3 hour meetings. All instructors are East Providence Police Officers who volunteer their time to educate [...]
Read More →Weaver Library hosts ‘Big Book Sale’ in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Weaver Library, 41 Grove Ave., hosts “Big Book Sale” throughout the weekend. The event takes place all day Friday to 5 p.m. and continues Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 2 and 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. each day. The sale will take place in the Champlin [...]
Read More →East Providence Public Works initiates street light savings plan
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence will, literally, become a bit darker place starting this month. The East Providence Public Works Department will be implementing the first phase of the streetlight management program adopted by the Budget Commission. As a result of the field audit commissioned by the city last year, initially, 1125 excess street lights [...]
Read More →Attorney General cautions football fans about counterfeit tickets
PROVIDENCE — With the AFC Divisional Championships this weekend and the Super Bowl just around the corner, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is warning Patriots fans of possible ticket scams. “With the divisional championship taking place on home turf, these are the hottest tickets in town right now,” said Attorney General Kilmartin. “The chance [...]
Read More →Whitehouse, Reed announce East Providence can use Google money
NORTH PROVIDENCE — At the urging of U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to allow the cities of East Providence and North Providence to use a portion of their share of a $500 million federal settlement with Google to help plug gaps in each city’s law [...]
Read More →Senate votes to extend implementation of new Board of Education
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island State Senate approved legislation Thursday, Jan. 3, that will give it more time to conduct a proper advice and consent process by postponing implementation of the new Board of Education, which was scheduled to take effect Jan 1. Sponsored by Sen. Hanna M. Gallo (D-Dist. 27, Cranston, West Warwick), the [...]
Read More →Local non-profits receive funding from CVS Charity Golf Classic
WOONSOCKET — Seventy-seven area non-profit organizations got a welcome holiday boost, as they received funds generated from the CVS Caremark Charity Classic during a check presentation held at CVS Caremark’s headquarters in Woonsocket last week. The tournament, Rhode Island’s largest charitable sporting event, raised $1.2 million this year for charities across Southern New England, bringing [...]
Read More →City Manager Graczykowski announces Elmasian as acting East Providence Fire Chief
EAST PROVIDENCE — In a press release issued late afternoon Friday, Dec. 28, City Manager Peter Graczykowski announced effective Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. Captain Oscar Elmasian, who currently serves as the City’s Fire Marshall, will receive the appointment as Acting Fire Chief for the City of East Providence. This is a temporary appointment which [...]
Read More →Kilmartin, Lewis talk to East Providence High students about dangers of texting and driving
EAST PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) brought attention to the dangers of texting and driving with an awareness tour that visited East Providence High School Monday morning, Dec. 17. Joined by RIDOT Director Michael Lewis, Regional Vice President for AT&T in Rhode David Mancuso, East [...]
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