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Photos: Scenes from the 18th Annual Townie Pride Parade
Costume-clad mascots lead scores of students rocking their school colors around the high school track in a beloved tradition that marches educators, parents and their children into the new school year.
What do you get when you hook a former Silicon Valley software developer up with a blueberry-loving hundred-year-old and roll up on an … Read More
Anticipated to be completed in October, this mural at Crescent Park in Riverside is a sight to behold. Read More
Thanks in large part to a sizable grant from The Champlin Foundation, the Newman YMCA's gymnasium is the place to be. Read More
East Providence High School golfers are hoping (and advocating) for more of their mates take up the game. Read More
The East Providence School Department appears on track to receive in full its budget request for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025, … Read More
Mayor Bob DaSilva of East Providence has been elected to lead one of the state's leading political advocacy groups, which represents … Read More
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Bristol House Tour will open 12 private homes next month
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, when 12 private homes, some of which have not been open for more than 25 years, will be …
Crescent Park Carousel Summerfest 2023
Carnival at the Carousel
EAST PROVIDENCE — Riverside quite literally takes center stage on the city's community calendar in the coming days and weeks, beginning this weekend with the inaugural Crescent Park Carousel …
Fourth at Pierce 'fires' on July 3
The annual East Providence Independence Day Celebration, conducted by the Recreation Department, takes place Monday July 3, at Pierce Memorial Stadium on Mercer Street. Gates open at 6 p.m.
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Letter: More doctors won't solve primary care problem
The thought that creating a new medical school that will, in any kind of timely fashion, stamp out legions of home grown primary care doctors that will stay in state is the highest order of magical thinking.
Letter: ’Social Host’ DUI law — an idea worth exploring
I was taught in my teens that driving is a privilege, not a right. Another week, another driver convicted of DUI that has had numerous prior DUI convictions, many resulting in accidents …
Letter: Can’t afford to focus only on offshore wind’s downsides
To the editor: I’m writing to express my strong support for the expansion of offshore wind as a generational leap forward in our pursuit of environmentally sound energy policy. Given …
Letter: An historic vote for Rhode Island
The danger of a nuclear disaster — either intentional or by accident — is the gravest immediate threat to our very existence.
Letter: Political paranoia and Constitutional constipation
I would be remiss if I remained silent with regard to the current question of whether or not to call a constitutional convention.