EAST PROVIDENCE – When East Providence School Superintendent Mario Cirillo presented the school committee with his budget proposal for fiscal year 2011 (FY11) on Tuesday, Aug. 24, there were about a dozen people in the audience. Just one day earlier, Mr. Cirillo presented a plan to restructure recess at the elementary level. more

The Bristol Planning Board and Russell Karian, owner of the Thames Street property that contains the Robin Rug factory, should be congratulated for striking such a creative deal that benefits all around. more

There was a good news for Seekonk earlier this summer when the town received its post closure permit from the Department of Environmental Protection. This permit eliminates the last piece of red tape … more

It’s no surprise that East Providence School Committee Chairman Anthony Carcieri thinks he has a target on his back. He does. As the outspoken and controversial leader of a school committee … more

As a way to help keep honest-to-goodness farms in business, the agricultural tax exemption is a tool without which few farmers could survive. But because every dollar lost to this program must be … more