East Providence High School wins boys’ outdoor state track and field title after wild finish
PROVIDENCE — So often the victim of fate this spring, fortune smiled mighty kindly on the East Providence High School boys’ outdoor track and field team Saturday, June 1, in the 2013 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Meet at Brown Stadium. A wild end to the final event of the day, the 4×400 meter [...]
Read More →Athletes with East Providence ties fare well at women’s national collegiate track championships
LACROSSE, Wisc. — Three competitors with local ties competed for their respective teams at the 2013 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held recently at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, the performance of city native and Johns Hopkins University senior Annie Monagle providing the highlight. Monagle, of Rumford and an East Providence High School [...]
Read More →Annual Special Olympics Torch Run rolls through East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The annual Rhode Island Special Olympics Torch Run made its yearly stop through the East Bay Friday, May 31, beginning in East Providence at Fire Station No. 1 on Broadway around noon time. There a group of municipal safety personnel, including East Providence Police Officer Tammy David, began the leg through the [...]
Read More →Rhode Island Interscholastic League releases event times for State Track Meet
PROVIDENCE — The 2013 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet takes place Saturday, June 1, at Brown Stadium. The following is a schedule of events for the meet: FIELD EVENTS 12:30 p.m. – Girls’ hammer 1:00 - Girls’ pole vault 1:05 - Girls’ long jump 1:10 - Boys’ long jump [...]
Read More →Allienello siblings ‘catch’ on at East Providence High School
EAST PROVIDENCE — It didn’t start out as being the position of choice for the Allienello siblings, but playing catcher has become the main spot for the members of the city clan on the respective baseball and softball diamonds at East Providence High School. The eldest of the trio, senior Lindsee, is finishing off her fourth [...]
Read More →Editorial: Several issues in East Providence remain murky at best
If history is any guide, very little in East Providence is ever clear cut, and the events of the last week did nothing to dispel that notion as several of the key issues in the city remained murky at best. The Budget Commission met for a second time since being reinstalled for personnel matters, the [...]
Read More →East Providence Bowling Academy team rolls for another national title
EAST PROVIDENCE — For the third year in a row, a team representing the East Providence Bowling Academy in the Major Division will attempt to win the championship at the 2013 National Duckpin Youth Association Junior Tournament to be held June 21-23 in Baltimore, Md. This year’s local entry — Christa Quigley, Colby Miller, Alex [...]
Read More →Photos: State Golf Championship at Cranston Country Club
High School golfers from around the state teed it up and battled for the right to become Rhode Island’s top team and player at Cranston Country Club during the RIIL State Golf Championship on May 28 and May 29. Many spectacular shots were made. Most in difficult situations. But it was consistency that counted this [...]
Read More →Moonshine hits Warren man hard, leaves him face-down in Barrington
A Memorial Day celebration for one Warren man ended with him lying face-down in the grass along the East Bay Bike Path in Barrington. Police received a call at 6:47 p.m. on Monday, May 27, from someone who was concerned about a man lying face-down in the grass along the bike path near the intersection [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Citizens Scholarship Fund once again raises significant dollars
EAST PROVIDENCE – Calls to local residents in March for the nineteenth annual Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-thon were successful in raising funds for Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of East Providence. The first $40,000 received was matched by the Carter Family Charitable Trust. The total amount of $84,134 received to date will be awarded as scholarships [...]
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