Lucille L. (Schattel) Krawczyk, 85, formerly of Riverside
Lucille L. (Schattel) Krawczyk, 85, died unexpectedly Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. She was the wife of the late Capt. Edward C. Krawczyk, USAF. Born in Three Rivers, Texas, Lucy was raised and educated in Texas. She was a longtime resident of Riverside and has been a resident [...]
Read More →Sports Roundup: East Providence High baseball, softball teams continue their winning ways
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School baseball team remained unbeaten in the Division II-Central ranks while its counterparts on the softball diamond won their fifth Division I outing in a row Monday, May 6. Facing second-place Central, the EPHS baseball team plated the tying and winning runs in the seventh inning as the [...]
Read More →Martin Middle School announces third quarter honor roll
EAST PROVIDENCE — Mr. Frank DeVall, Principal of Martin Middle School, announces the Honor Roll for the Third quarter marking period. Honors are as follows: 1st Honors, “Summa Cum Laude” (all A’s) 2nd Honors (Magna Cum Laude (all A’s and B’s) and 3rd Honors “Cum Laude” (A’s, B’s and no more than one C). Students [...]
Read More →Kim C. Benjamin, 58, Portsmouth
Kim C. Benjamin, 58, of Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Newport Hospital. He was the loving husband for 20 years of Pamela J. (Costa) Benjamin. Born in Providence, he was the devoted son of the late Margaret “Margo” (Zoragian) Benjamin. A graduate of Hope High School in Providence and [...]
Read More →Grant will help Portsmouth farm, others expand business
PORTSMOUTH — A big cheese showed up at a well-known local dairy farm Monday. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed visited Escobar’s Highland Farm Monday to announce the awarding of a $150,000 federal grant that will be used expand Rhody Fresh‘s business operations. The Middle Road farm, owned by Louis and Jane Escobar, is part of the Rhode [...]
Read More →Riverside Middle School announces third quarter honor roll
EAST PROVIDENCE — Mr. Stephen Prew, Principal of Riverside Middle School has announced the Honor Roll for the 2012-2013 Third Quarter. Honors are as follows: FIRST HONORS (All A’s) Grade 6: Taylor Babcock, Kylie Bahry, Alison Batty, Emese Benziger, Evan Berger, Donovan DaSilva, Michaela Doro, Olivia DoSoito, Emma Dunn, Cameron Ellinwood, Dylan Enos, Zachary Fanara, [...]
Read More →Amore ‘thrilled’ about historic passage of same-sex marriage
PROVIDENCE — While unable to take part in the final vote for the technical change in the same-sex marriage bills Thursday, May 2, Representative Gregg Amore (D-Dist. 65, East Providence), in a May 3 press release, said he was thrilled to go down in history as one of the thousands of dedicated same-sex marriage advocates [...]
Read More →East Providence Animal Control Pet of the Week: Taluz
EAST PROVIDENCE — Taluz is a male tuxedo domestic long hair available for adoption at East Providence Animal Control Center. Taluz has been with animal control since March. He was abandoned in East Providence along with two other felines, which was covered in local news. He is approximately one year old and has been neutered [...]
Read More →Barrington woman nominated for state Economic Development Corporation board
On Thursday, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced his nomination of Barrington’s Maeve Donohue for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) board of directors. Ms. Donohue is president of Nami Studios, a full service marketing and public relations firm specializing in web strategies, e-commerce, social media, branding applications, search engine optimization, new media, [...]
Read More →Examples of East Providence’s ‘steps forward’ were seen this past week
In this very space last week, we here at The Post noted how every time it seems East Providence makes some significant progress,takes “two steps” forward, we often tend to digress in some shape or form, take a proverbial “step back.” Thankfully for the sane among us, this past week revealed a few of those [...]
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