North Broadway Bridge to reopen Friday, Nov. 16
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that the Ten Mile River Bridges in East Providence will reopen to traffic tomorrow afternoon, Friday, November 16. Originally scheduled to reopen in late 2013, RIDOT worked with its contractor to reduce the closure to less than one year. The bridges, which carry North Broadway [...]
Read More →Investigators confirm: Shannon Cubellis died in Prudence fire
PRUDENCE ISLAND — The state Department of Health announced Tuesday that longtime island resident Shannon Cubellis, 28, was the victim of a September 25 fireat 0151 Concord Avenue on the island’s west side. Portsmouth Police say that the medical examiner’s office used DNA evidence to confirm the victim’s identity. The finding confirms what Prudence residents [...]
Read More →Body found in rubble after Prudence Island house fire
PRUDENCE ISLAND — Officials confirm that a body was found in the ashes of a west side Prudence Island house that burned Tuesday morning. Richard James, deputy chief of the state fire marshal’s office confirmed Tuesday afternoon that a body, likely that of a man, had been found. No further details on identity or cause [...]
Read More →‘Bearded Bandit’ suspect identified, arraigned and bail set
SEEKONK — Justin L. Worley is the name of the suspected “Bearded Bandit,” Seekonk Police announced in a press release Thursday morning, Sept. 20, at approximately 9:08 a.m. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, the Seekonk Police arrested Mr. Worley, 33, at the Motel 6 on Fall River Avenue in Seekonk. He had been residing at the [...]
Read More →Police bag ‘Bearded Bandit’ bank-robbing suspect
SEEKONK — Federal, state and local law enforcement officials, including those from the East Providence Police Department, believe they have captured the notorious “Bearded Bandit” bank-robbing suspect, having done so Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 19, at the Motel 6 just across the Rhode Island line in neighboring Seekonk. The suspect, whose name was not released by [...]
Read More →East Providence Police nab female suspect in Columbus heist
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police Department detectives Wednesday arrested a suspect in the Columbus Credit Union robbery, one of two heists to occur in the city on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Jennefer Gomes, 27, of 137 Oak Crest Drive, Riverside, is believed to be the female suspect who entered the Columbus Credit Union at just [...]
Read More →East Providence Police probe two robberies, including another by ‘Bearded Bandit’
(Updated, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 18) EAST PROVIDENCE — On his way to becoming infamous or notorious or both, the so-called “Bearded Bandit” struck again as East Providence Police Department detectives investigated not one, but two bank robberies Tuesday, Sept. 18. According to Lieutenant Raymond Blinn, the EPPD Officer on Duty Tuesday evening, the “Bearded Bandit” [...]
Read More →Chapman calls for recount in East Providence Rep District 65
EAST PROVIDENCE — The endorsed Democratic candidate in the East Providence State House of Representatives District 65 race, Tim Chapman, has asked for a recount of his losing effort against Gregg Amore in Tuesday’s primary election. Mr. Amore received 845 votes, good for 40.5 percent of the tally. Mr. Chapman finished second in the three-way [...]
Read More →Board of Elections confirms East Providence voting irregularities
EAST PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Board of Elections Chairman Frank J. Rego confirmed to The East Providence Post two incidents of polling place errors at the Kent Heights Elementary School voting precinct in East Providence earlier Tuesday morning, Sept. 11. A pair of Republican-affiliated voters, able only to vote in the non-partisan City Council Ward [...]
Read More →Warren man implicated in fraud case
A Massachusetts court has ordered a veterans’ charity and Warren-based fund-raiser to stop a number of alleged deceptive practices while a civil case against them unfolds. The preliminary injunction, issued Thursday, was obtained in conjunction with a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against a Somerset charity, Bay State Vietnam Veterans Inc., and [...]
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