EAST PROVIDENCE — Hinted at when current office holder Kathryn Crowley announced her impending retirement from the position some six weeks prior, the School Committee at its April 12 meeting …
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By Mike Rego
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4/13/22
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Every now and then, the Rhode Island General Assembly confronts a bill that is not like other bills. It is bigger, bolder, more significant in promise and impact. The “Shoreline Access” …
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By Scott Pickering
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4/13/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots varsity boys’ baseball team defeated East Providence 5-0 on Monday, as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout.
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4/5/22
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Five members of the Rhode Island General Assembly met with a room full of local business leaders, and the predominant topic of conversation was how to spend about $1 billion in federal monies.
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By Scott Pickering
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4/1/22
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The city, the East Providence Arts Council and the Waterfront Commission last weekend unveiled a new piece taking up residence on the Waterfront Gateway Sculpture Garden at Watchemoket Square in the …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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3/31/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — When and if, and it remains an “if,” more speed control/license plate cameras are installed around the city, the guiding principles of how the East Providence …
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By Mike Rego
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3/23/22
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A year ago, Mia Leroux was a high school sophomore, a distance-learning student who spent her days at home, Zooming into classes with her friends. Today Mia is going to school full-time in a dual …
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By Scott Pickering
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3/23/22
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Westport photojournalist Alex Carrigg has seen a lot, but that didn't prepare him for the overwhelming crush of humanity that greeted him when he touched down in Warsaw, Poland in early March, rented …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/21/22
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As most municipalities begin their annual budgeting cycles in earnest, we took time to analyze the tax burdens in all Rhode Island cities and towns. Using public data from the Rhode Island Division …
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By Scott Pickering
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3/4/22
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East Providence is among the local school districts which starting next week will lift mandatory mask use as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, instead allowing students and parents to make the decision …
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By Mike Rego
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3/2/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The first two safety cameras went live last week at the intersections of North Broadway and Roger Williams Avenue in Rumford and Broadway and Grosvenor Avenue in the center of …
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By Mike Rego
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2/28/22
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One day last year, a woman in the East Bay area dialed 911 to get help for her daughter, who was in the middle of an emotional meltdown. Police officers on duty, who had responded to similar calls …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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2/23/22
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“That bridge at the end of town? That's a loaded gun."
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By Christy Nadalin
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2/16/22
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Last week I wrote a first-person account of my research into school lunches in Rhode Island. This week I’m back, writing on the same subject, with updates on what I’ve learned, and a …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/11/22
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The housing market in the East Bay is tighter right now than it was heading into the hypercompetitive 2021 spring housing market. Unfortunately for home buyers, more heartache, not relief, is the …
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By Joan D. Warren
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2/11/22
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I’m breaking protocol to tell this story in the first person, because the whole project really began at home in our kitchen. First, a little background. [If you want to skip my personal …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/2/22
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With heavy snow and high winds expected to create blizzard conditions and treacherous driving on Rhode Island roads tomorrow, Gov. Dan McKee has issued an executive order setting in place two types …
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1/28/22
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Biologists from Mystic Aquarium spent much of Thursday dissecting the young female humpback whale that washed up at Church Cove and was first spotted Saturday.
Using a bulldozer to help them move …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/13/22
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The Pearson family are used to tinkering in factories, inventing new things and then plunking them in the water. It’s kind of their thing.
Nearly 70 years ago, cousins Clinton and Everett …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/12/22
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Back in the old days of two years ago, many parents could go years without hearing from a school nurse. Sometimes their child could pass through an entire school, K to 3, with nary a call or visit …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/6/22
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On Aug. 19 of this year, Rhode Island entered a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing the increased presence and spread of the Delta variant, which triggered a mini-surge in cases from July into …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/17/21
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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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This program educates the public and changes attitudes about selling and providing alcohol to anyone under the age of 21.
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12/2/21
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Everything is getting more expensive, and that includes food. According to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual rate of inflation in the United States was 6.2 …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/2/21
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The signs are everywhere. Literally, the signs are everywhere.
“Help Wanted.”
“Now hiring.”
“Seeking: Line Cooks, Bartenders, Dishwashers.”
Almost …
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By Scott Pickering
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11/11/21
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