Budget Commission reinstates East Providence Police Chief Tavares as expected
EAST PROVIDENCE — As The East Providence Post and eastbayri.com were first to report the previous afternoon, the Budget Commission did the expected and voted to reinstate Joseph Tavares to his position as Chief of the East Providence Police Department. The Commission did so at its meeting Thursday, May 23, in Room 306 of City [...]
Read More →Sakonnet Bridge Main Road on-ramp to open May 29
TIVERTON — The on-ramp from Main Road westbound onto the Sakonnet River Bridge is expected to open Wednesday morning, May 29, after striping of the roadway the night before is completed, Rose Amoros, spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) spokesman said Thursday afternoon. Bad weather has delayed the project for nearly a [...]
Read More →Mt. Hope students mingle in an artist Anthony Quinn’s world
By Eric Dickervitz edickervitz@eastbaynewspapers.com Katherine Quinn gives students a rare perspective on creativity Mt. Hope High School art student Nicole Cloutier stopped on a stairway during a recent field trip to admire an interesting stone formation. Noticing the change in texture of the stone’s surface, from smooth where years of rushing water rounded its edges, to [...]
Read More →Holy Ghost Feast begins three weeks of celebration
By Eric Dickervitz eastbaynewspapers.com Olivia Germano and Mary Angel Coelho are friends, fellow parishioners of St. Elizabeth’s Church, and for the past year they’ve held a special honor – mordomos of the Holy Ghost Feast. As they sat beneath the music tent set up on the parish grounds last Friday, draped across each of the women [...]
Read More →Little Compton voters unanimously adopt budget
LITTLE COMPTON — Without any audible dissenting vote, or question, or comment for or against by any member of the audience, 198 town voters here swiftly and unanimously approved a town budget for Fiscal Year 2014 in a Financial Town Meeting (FTM) that lasted 46 minutes from the call-to-order at 7:04 p.m. to adjournment at [...]
Read More →Despite disease, Portsmouth boy is unbreakable
PORTSMOUTH — Dan McCarty has fractured more than 350 bones in his 10 years. But his zest for life — and empathy for others — will never be shattered. 1. When people first meet 10-year-old Dan McCarty, they’re often startled by his appearance. Some look away, but others — usually younger kids — will go right up to him and [...]
Read More →Bridge toll equipment going up: Tolls to start around July 4
Drivers crossing the Sakonnet River Bridge tomorrow (Friday) will pass beneath the new toll “gantry,” the support towers for which are being built today. “They will install the gantry overnight,” said David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority. But drivers “should not be alarmed — they won’t be charged a toll [...]
Read More →Barrington resident to officials: Let’s get full-day K done!
John Cregan has a message for Barrington officials: It’s time to roll up your sleeves, remove the barriers and find a way to get full-day kindergarten implemented this fall within the current budget. Mr. Cregan, a long-time resident of Barrington, attended the financial town meeting on Wednesday night and found himself feeling confused by some [...]
Read More →Pay raises for BCWA management
Seven members of the Bristol County Water Authority’s eight-member management team recently received pay raises ranging from 2 to 13.7 percent. The raises, which will cost the BCWA a total of $35,000 this coming fiscal year, were approved by the board of directors in April. The hikes are unrelated to pay adjustments given to the [...]
Read More →Portsmouth students approached by suspicious man
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth School Department is asking parents to talk to their children about strangers after a man approached some students at an Island Park bus stop this morning. According to a message the school district sent out today, several middle school students waiting for the school bus at the corner of Park and Mason [...]
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