DEM announces plan for closure of TLA/Pond View plant in East Providence
PROVIDENCE – There’s no mistaking this latest news about the controversial TLA/Pond View recycling plant on Dexter Road in the Rumford section of East Providence. Its days as an active facility, for the time being at the very least, are now officially numbered. Late Thursday, May 9, 2013, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management [...]
Read More →Rumford Lions Announce “Peace Poster “ contest winners
EAST PROVIDENCE — Each year Lions Clubs International sponsors a worldwide contest in which students ages 11 through 13 draw a poster that interprets the peace theme for that given year. The theme for the 2012 – 2013 contest was “Imagine Peace.” The Rumford Lions sponsored two local contests this year, one at Martin Middle [...]
Read More →Lois McLaughlin, 76, Rumford
Lois McLaughlin, 76, formerly of Rumford, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in The Villages, Florida. Mrs. McLaughlin was born in Cairo, N.Y. and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a long-time resident of Rumford, where she and her husband of 56 years, Joe, raised six children. The couple moved to The Villages in 2004. [...]
Read More →Rumford man claims winning MegaMillions ticket purchased in East Providence
CRANSTON — The $10,000 winning ticket from the Mega Millions drawing on April 12, 2012 was finally claimed by a Rumford man, the Rhode Island Lottery stated in a press release Tuesday, March 12. The winning ticket was set to expire in exactly one month. He didn’t know what to do with the money so [...]
Read More →East Providence youngster Rogers wins VFW Essay contest
EAST PROVIDENCE — Anne Rogers of Rumford, a sixth grade student at St. Margaret School, is the 2013 State of Rhode Island winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. Her essay is a response to the theme, “What I Would Tell America’s Founding Fathers.” Her selection was announced recently at [...]
Read More →Patricia J. (Hurley) Brothers, Rumford
Patricia J. (Hurley) Brothers, 83 of Rosemere Drive, Rumford died Monday, January 21, 2013 at the Orchard View Manor. She was the wife of the late Donald F. Brothers. Born in Brockton, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Joseph D. and Mary A. (Tobin) Hurley. Mrs. Brothers was a Personnel Receptionist for the [...]
Read More →Bernice V. Nolan, Riverside
Bernice V. Nolan, 94, of Meadowcrest Drive, Riverside, died peacefully on Jan. 3, 2013. She was the wife of the late Jerome T. Nolan. She is survived by three nieces; Janet Cantito of Southington, Conn., Gale DiNeno of Wakefield and Nancy Meegan-Dennee of Harvard, Mass., a nephew; Paul McGinn of Rumford and several great nieces [...]
Read More →James W. Kenny, Jr., Rumford
James W. Kenny, Jr., 91, of Rumford, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2012. He was the beloved husband of the late Marie E. (Gallagher) Kenny, to whom he had been married for 60 years. Born in Central Falls, a son of the late James W. Sr. and Emma V. (Wassmer) Kenny, he resided [...]
Read More →Rita M. Ford, Rumford
Rita M. Ford, 88, of Rumford Towers, Newman Avenue, Rumford, died peacefully on Dec. 25, 2012. A lifelong resident of East Providence, she was the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Margaret (Duffy) Ford. She is survived by a sister; Irene E. Carrigan of Rumford and several nieces and nephews. She was the sister [...]
Read More →Wind gust tears off portion of Rumford post office roof in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — A wind gust from the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy in the area late afternoon, Oct. 29, tore off a portion of the U.S. Post Office location in the Rumford section of the city. It appeared as though parts of the roof were completely blown off from the near-constant pounding of wind and [...]
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