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By Josh Bickford / April 11, 2013 / News / No Comments
Ethan Kehoe can’t stop checking his cell phone. The chief development officer for the Greater Providence YMCA can’t help from checking his cell phone for updates on the Bayside YMCA community fund-raising challenge, a 12-week program designed to raise $500,000 for the Y’s renovation project. Earlier in the day on Thursday, April 4, Mr. Kehoe [...]
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By Mike Rego / March 21, 2013 / Government & Politics, News / No Comments
PROVIDENCE — Calling it a “home run” piece of legislation, Rhode Island Speaker of the House Gordon Fox and other dignitaries announced at a State House briefing Thursday morning, March 21, a proposal which would make it easier for cities and towns to maintain their bridges and roads while also spurring job creation. The “Municipal [...]
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By Mike Rego / February 9, 2013 / News / No Comments
CRANSTON — During a 5:30 p.m. press conference Saturday, Feb. 9, at the state Emergency Management headquarters, Governor Lincoln Chafee and other officials offered an update on the status of power outages and travel in Rhode Island in the wake of winter storm Nemo. The Governor noted most main thoroughfares around the state have been [...]
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By Josh Bickford / December 18, 2012 / News, Sports / No Comments
Some local girls played key roles in the top place finishes for Bay View’s crew teams at the recent New England High School Regional Championships, which were held in Worcester, Mass. Barrington’s Erin O’Connell and Maddy Chrupcala, and Bristol’s Diana Lucey, Erin Devin and Katie Lowis rowed for the varsity and junior varsity teams at [...]
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By Josh Bickford / November 29, 2012 / Arts & Entertainment, News / No Comments
Ballet Prestige, a Russian style ballet studio located in Barrington under the direction of Vera Kurmasheva and Zhanat Baidaralin, will bring “The Nutcracker” to life in two performances at Mt. Hope High School on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8 and 9. The ballet will feature a number of East Bay dancers, including Bristol’s Thomas Curran [...]
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