EAST PROVIDENCE — The City Council, at its December 7 forum, eventually decided to table a proposal by the administration of Mayor Bob DaSilva, and supported by the East Providence Police …
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By Mike Rego
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12/9/21
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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 — Some 30 years since it stopped being an active academic site and after repeated attempts to either sell or convert it into other uses, an acceptable buyer has finally been …
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By Mike Rego
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9/29/21
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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 — The Planning Board, at its September 13 meeting, considered a preliminary plan submission authored by Dexter Road Associates LLC, owners of the old Getty Oil terminal on …
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By Mike Rego
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9/16/21
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CRANSTON — A $20,000 Mega Millions Megaplier prize from the January 22, 2021, drawing was claimed recently by Riverside resident Palma Thomas.
She came into the Lottery more than six months …
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9/16/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Impeccable…imposing…incredible, most any approving adjective could be used to describe the new East Providence High School as it opened last week with freshmen …
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By Mike Rego
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9/7/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — To the consternation of the dozens of neighbors and concerned residents in the area, the Zoning Board opted not to take up the matter of the proposed marijuana dispensary in …
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By Mike Rego
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8/12/21
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PROVIDENCE — Governor Dan McKee, following up on updated recommendations made earlier this week by the Centers of Disease Control as the “Delta” variant of the coronavirus has …
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By Mike Rego
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7/29/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The new East Providence High School Building Committee received word earlier this week regarding the beginning of demolition of the old structure.
Eric Andrutis, of the …
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By Mike Rego
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7/28/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Pragmatism won out over passion as it pertains to the future of the former Metacomet Country Club after the City Council, at it July 20 meeting, approved a series of revised …
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By Mike Rego
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7/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Following the positive recommendations of two of its sub-groups the previous week, the full East Providence Waterfront Commission, at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting …
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By Mike Rego
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7/16/21
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PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that an East Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 16 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions …
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7/15/21
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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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EAST PROVIDENCE — A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new public pier on the grounds of the Kettle Point development was held Thursday morning, May 27.
A number of state and local officials …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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6/3/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Officials from East Providence hosted a ceremony Monday evening, May 24, at City Hall, where a tree was planted dedicated to the memory of residents who have lost their lives to …
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Words by Mike Rego, Photos by Julie Furtado
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5/25/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health last week announced the East Bay COVID-19 vaccination pod located in city at the Shoppers Town Plaza, 589 Taunton Ave., would going …
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By Mike Rego
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5/5/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Aspiring singer/songwriter and city native Scout Lyons dropped her latest single, “Cliché,” earlier this week, April 20.
According to the liner notes, …
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4/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Eight months after its initial plan was rebuffed and three months after the City Council began considering an eminent domain taking of the land, Marshall Properties LLC …
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By Mike Rego
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4/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence has been charged to be one of three newly created regional COVID-19 vaccination pods, which will serve residents of most East Bay communities over the next few …
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By Mike Rego
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4/7/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Bristol County Water Authority will soon complete its recent project to construct a new $6.9 million emergency backup water pipeline connected to the City of East …
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3/9/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Steve Coutu is leaving his long-held position as Director of Public Works in the City of East Providence to become the new Executive Director of the Bristol County Water …
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By Mike Rego
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12/8/20
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EAST PROVIDENCE — In a somewhat surprising move, Marshall Properties LLC has rescinded its request to rezone the Metacomet Golf Club off Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The company made the …
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By Mike Rego
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9/25/20
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EAST PROVIDENCE — “Quite the pickle…Stuck between a rock and a hard place,” those were some of the words used to describe the district’s busing situation as it begins …
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By Mike Rego
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6/11/20
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The following is the list of graduates in the Class of 2020 at East Providence High School. Students are listed alphabetically and includes the following academic honors:
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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6/10/20
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