East Providence athletes, coaches make the best of what they have
Regrettably, we here at The Post have forsaken much of our Sports coverage, specifically that of East Providence High School athletics, over the last year. The move had much to do with the nature of the newspaper business, the continued financial strain on the industry, which remains in a state of flux as it attempts [...]
Read More →Editorial: Everyone has reached in East Providence Police chief saga
There’s little doubt about it, the decision by City Manager Peter Graczykowski to place East Providence Police Chief Joseph Tavares on administrative leave was a mistake and a reach, a stretch especially under the circumstances considering it occurred just two weeks after the state agreed to allow the Budget Commission to disband and was done [...]
Read More →Soaked on the Sakonnet
Rhode Island’s Independence Day Sakonnet River Bridge toll gift to its East Bay and Southeastern Massachusetts friends — by the numbers: • Massachusetts residents earning minimum wage ($7.75 per hour) in Rhode Island will spend nearly an entire hour of their working day paying the round trip bridge toll of $7.50 (Rhode Island E-ZPass rate). [...]
Read More →Editorial: Several issues in East Providence remain murky at best
If history is any guide, very little in East Providence is ever clear cut, and the events of the last week did nothing to dispel that notion as several of the key issues in the city remained murky at best. The Budget Commission met for a second time since being reinstalled for personnel matters, the [...]
Read More →Small lessons of Memorial Day can lead to big results
Memorial Day weekend 2013 is upon us and as has too often been the case in our recent history members of our armed forces are actively engaged in conflicts around the globe. The thought of our service men and women being in harm’s way is never something to be taken lightly, though we always seem [...]
Read More →Editorial: It’s time for politicians to fish or cut bait
The noted political speech writer turned columnist William Safire penned the phrase “nattering nabobs of negativism” for use by then Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1970. Mr. Safire wrote those words in defense of the Nixon Administration against what it perceived as an assault by the “liberal” press and other detractors of the time. In [...]
Read More →In so many words, a message is sent
Memo to East Providence residents: State leaders do not have faith in our elected officials. In so many words last week and with her decision last month, State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly said as much in an interview with The East Providence Post following the first meeting of the reseated Budget Commission. The [...]
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 [...]
Read More →East Providence, the place that can’t stand prosperity
Two steps forward. One step back. That tried and true statement is often apropos when it comes to the political history of the City of East Providence, but it is especially meaningful with the goings-on over the last week here in our beloved municipality. Let’s review. First, the City Manager and the Human Resources Director, [...]
Read More →Editorial: We need more collaborative efforts in East Providence
By all accounts, the third annual pasta dinner conducted by the Waddington Elementary School PTA was a rousing success, raising some $13,000 and serving as yet another example of what our city can do when the force of the community rallies around a cause. And it’s not the only fundraising attempt highlighted here in this [...]
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