EAST PROVIDENCE — As the calendar again turns to a new year, it always fitting to look back on some of the top stories to come from the city the previous 12 months.
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By Mike Rego
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12/30/22
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island House and Senate passed a package of three bills to reduce childhood lead poisoning by ensuring landlords comply with lead-safety laws, some sponsored in each …
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6/8/23
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PAWTUCKET — Ethan Wright, of Riverside, was the Saint Raphael Academy Class of 2023 salutatorian and graduated summa cum laude on June 10 at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
Wright …
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7/11/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The 30-warning period following the installation of speed control cameras near schools across the city began this week, the administration of Mayor Bob DaSilva and the East …
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11/2/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rumford Little League squad in the District 2 Ron Silva Minor Baseball Division All-Star event reached the winners’ bracket final against Bristol where they won by a …
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Photos by Tyler Maxwell
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7/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — With long-time district employee then athletic director Gregg Amore the overwhelming favorite to win his race for Secretary of State at the November 2022 election following …
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By Mike Rego
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12/29/22
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RICHMOND — The East Providence High School baseball team needed to defeat Chariho on the road Thursday afternoon, June 8, in the Division II championship playoffs to keep its season alive. And …
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6/8/23
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Former East Providence High School standout keeper Nate Silveira is one of two native Ocean Staters to be signed in recent days by Rhode Island FC, the fledgling franchise about to begin its …
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2/22/24
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The Tuesday, May 21, East Providence City Council meeting ended abruptly just under an hour into the session because of a technical issue with the live stream of the event, halting viewing access to …
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By Mike Rego
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5/21/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE – Three people were arrested on Monday, Sept. 20, by the East Providence Police Department Animal Control Unit and charged with several acts of improper treatment involving a …
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9/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — In the District 2 Little League 9-11-year-old Major Baseball Division All-Star tourney, the E.P. Central/Rumford team as well as Riverside each lost earlier and wound up …
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7/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School golf team may not make the revamped 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League state championship tournament at the end of the month, but that …
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By Mike Rego
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5/15/23
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PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that an East Providence man has been charged in Providence County Superior Court for killing a three-year-old pet cat following his …
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6/29/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence city officials and community members celebrated the city’s opening of a second splash pad park during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Pierce Field on …
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6/29/21
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WEST WARWICK — Sometimes the scoreboard doesn't tell the whole story, but in the case of the Riverside Post 10 Junior Division club it pretty much did Sunday, July 30, in a 7-3 loss to …
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By Mike Rego
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7/31/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Nothing like a little adversity to test the mettle of a new coach and a host of new players, which is exactly what the East Providence High School boys' soccer club and …
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By Mike Rego
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9/5/23
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WPRI Channel 12 was first to report a draft review on the status of the westbound section of the Washington Bridge written by an engineer hired to investigate the shuttered section paints a …
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By Mike Rego
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2/22/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — One could say the tennis complex on the new East Providence High School grounds are once again whole after a plaque memorializing the life of former Townie player Scott Gorham …
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By Mike Rego
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5/3/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Gabriel Amo, the former member of the Obama and Biden Administrations and first-time candidate, emerged from the crowded Democratic field while another novice in electoral …
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By Mike Rego
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9/5/23
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The 2023-24 season for a pair of East Providence High School wrestlers concluded last weekend as Charles Phillips and Baha Akdemir competed in the the 59th Annual Council of New England Secondary …
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By Mike Rego
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3/5/24
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has identified Rui Resendes, 56, of East Providence as the decedent in an incident that took place in Newport on July …
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7/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The controversial program of installing “red light” cameras at 10 busy intersections around East Providence received some “accidental” publicity …
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By Mike Rego
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1/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 12. the City Council, for the first time in its still young session, to the note noteworthy step of overriding several vetoes issued by …
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By Mike Rego
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9/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week at the site of the new “Ivy Place” mixed use development at the corner of Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in the …
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9/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — City native and long-time school district employee Rob Perry is making a municipal switch, leaving his position as principal at Riverside Middle School to become the new Human …
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1/11/23
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