East Providence City Solicitors are reappointed, but not much closer to being seated
EAST PROVIDENCE — Responding to a request from the East Providence Budget Commission, the City Council at its meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 22, unanimously reappointed Tim Chapman, Bob Craven and Greg Dias to their respective city solicitor posts and determined a new salary structure for each, though the ultimate fate of the trio remained in [...]
Read More →City Council considers parking issues, Carousel oversight
EAST PROVIDENCE — Parking concerns on Taunton Avenue and who exactly has authority over the Looff Carousel were two of the topics up for discussion at the East Providence City Council meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 8, in the City Hall Chamber. Both issues coming from the prodding of Ward 4 Councilor Chrissy Rossi, who did [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council, School Committee set first meetings of New Year
EAST PROVIDENCE — New Year’s Day having fallen on the first Tuesday of January, the East Providence City Council and School Committee needed to shuffle the dates of their initial meetings to begin 2013. The Council, which would have met this past Tuesday under normal circumstances, moved its first meeting of the year to Jan. [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council defeats two ordinances, considers hires
EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting Tuesday night, Dec. 18, in the City Hall chamber, the East Providence City Council defeated two ordinances and considered the hiring of two departmental positions among other issues discussed. The council, by a unanimous 4-0 vote, opted not to amend an ordinance, which would remove language from an existing [...]
Read More →East Providence Pols project hopeful air to begin their terms
Hope springs eternal is a tried and true phrase most often associated with the start of the baseball season each spring, though as we approach the first day of winter it can appropriately be used in context about the sentiment surrounding the just-seated governing bodies in the city. East Providence’s Inauguration Day 2012 went off [...]
Read More →East Providence pols select Briden, Monteiro to lead elected bodies
EAST PROVIDENCE — As expected, James Briden and Joel Monteiro were chosen as the respective chairmen of the East Providence City Council and School Committee during inauguration ceremonies held Monday evening, Dec. 3, in the City Hall Chambers. Both Mr. Briden and Mr. Monteiro were seated into their positions via unanimous 5-0 votes. Mr. Briden’s [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council adopts questionable moratorium on Homestead Audit
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence City Council went out with a bit of a splash Tuesday night, Nov. 20, during its last meeting of its two-year term, attempting to adopt a moratorium on the Homestead Audit authorized by the Budget Commission several months ago. The Council reportedly balked at language in the letter sent [...]
Read More →Lynch congratulates Briden for East Providence Council win
To the editor, I would like to congratulate Jim Briden, my opponent who won the (Ward 1) council seat on November 6. It was a great campaign, but my opponent got the job done to get elected. I wish him the best of luck in his new undertaking. We both worked very hard, and he [...]
Read More →Attorney advises East Providence Council-Elect not to meet
EAST PROVIDENCE — Due to vagaries in Rhode Island General Law, Assistant City Solicitor Robert Craven advised the City Council-Elect not to conduct an executive session scheduled for Saturday morning, Nov. 17. Mr. Craven, himself newly-elected to the General Assembly from House District 32 in North Kingstown, said after being informed of the planned meeting [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council-Elect sets executive session
EAST PROVIDENCE — The incoming City Council posted an executive session agenda on the Secretary of State’s website Thursday morning, Nov. 15, a meeting expected to produce a new president of the recently-elected body. The session is scheduled for Saturday morning, Nov. 17, in Room 101 of City Hall at 10 o’clock. Councilors-elect Tom Rose [...]
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