The Ide House is gone – which properties are next?

EAST PROVIDENCE – Though it's been more than two months since it was torn down, the lot where the William T. Ide House used to sit remains empty. ‹ Full Story ›

Bike path gets tuned up for summer

The East Providence Police Department along with the United States Coast Guard and Save the Bay came together with other volunteers Saturday to clean up the East Bay Bike Path and Watchemoket Cove on Saturday. The group met at the East Providence Senior Center and then head over to the second over-look parking lot of the bike path on Veteran's Memorial Parkway. Wearing sturdy shoes and dressed for the inclement weather, the group hauled trash from the area all morning and into the afternoon while another group, the city's republican Committee, held a similar clean-up down the shoreline at Sabin Point. For more information on getting involved with local environmental activities, call Chief Robert Rezendes of the United States Coast Guard at 617/223-8555, the East Providence Community Police Officer Patrick Conaty at 435-1922, or check the web at www.savethebay.org. ‹ Full Story ›

Surprise! You're going to Edinburgh

RIVERSIDE – Students at Saint Mary Academy - Bay View were surprised to hear Tuesday morning that they've been chosen to perform in the prestigious American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF) in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2009. ‹ Full Story ›

Major new book marks Capelinhos volcano

The 1957-58 eruption of the Capelinhos volcano on the island of Faial, the Azores, brought on a fundamental shift in life in the Azores, as well as here in America. Many of those displaced by the year-long eruption settled in Warren, Bristol and other Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts towns. ‹ Full Story ›