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 →Director Gallogly explains her reasoning for Budget Commission’s return to East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Of the many interested observers seated in the audience Thursday, May 2, for a meeting of the recently reinstated East Providence Budget Commission was Rhode Island Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly, whose department manages the state overseers and who personally made the decision to bring back the body to consult on [...]
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 →Reseated East Providence Budget Commission approves four hiring measures, tables another
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Budget Commission, reseated as of April 18 specifically for personnel matters, approved four hiring measures on the city side and tabled another request from the School Department at its first meeting back in session Thursday, May 2, in Room 306 at City Hall. The Commission approved the application list [...]
Read More →Commission, audience members have testy exchange over status of East Providence Police Chief Tavares
EAST PROVIDENCE — At the end of what was otherwise a benign meeting Thursday, May 2, marking its return to oversight of the city’s personnel matters, East Providence Budget Commission Chairman Diane Brennan entered into a somewhat testy exchange with concerned members of the audience in regards to the employment status of Police Chief Joseph [...]
Read More →East Providence Budget Commission reconvenes Thursday, May 2
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Budget Commission has set the date and time of its return meeting, its first in some five weeks since it had formally restored authority to city officials and since State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly reseated the overseers for personnel matters on April 18. The slightly revamped Budget [...]
Read More →Budget Commission is expected to reconvene in East Providence Thursday
EAST PROVIDENCE — Some five weeks to the day since it ended its day-to-day oversight of the city and returned authority back to administrators and politicians, the Budget Commission is expected to reconvene in East Providence on Thursday, May 2. The meeting, which is expected to be posted on the city website some time Tuesday, [...]
Read More →Three Tiverton department heads get new contracts
TIVERTON — The Town Council at its most recent meeting last week unanimously handed three Tiverton department heads — the chief of police, the senior center director, and the tax assessor — renewed three-year contracts of employment. All three contracts were largely based on a “model contract” approved recently by the council, which attempted to [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Melo joins Speaker Fox in announcing House’s economic revitalization plan
PROVIDENCE — At a press conference Thursday afternoon, April 25, in the State House, House Finance Committee Chairman Helio Melo joined Speaker Gordon Fox and Majority Leader Nicholas Mattiello in announcing a package of 18 bills aimed at improving the state’s beleaguered economy. The three pols took turns introducing the pieces of legislation, which are [...]
Read More →Sakonnet Point culvert going in, after five years of red tape
LITTLE COMPTON — After five years of planning and permitting, workers began the installation early last week of a new culvert under Sakonnet Point Road (Route 77), near the tip of the Point, about 200 feet from where the road ends and the ocean begins. The $235,000 project is supported by 80 percent federal funds [...]
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