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E.P. School Committee holds special session, Martin Middle School flooding...

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence School Committee held a special session Thursday night, Aug. 27, where the board appointed additional teachers and staff to fill open position in preparation for...

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East Providence’s Martin Middle School will be ready for start of classes

EAST PROVIDENCE — Interim Facilities Director Tony Feola confirmed the Martin Middle School building will be ready for use come the start of classes on September 1 following the recent flooding...

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East Providence details start of 2015-16 school term

EAST PROVIDENCE — All schools in the City of East Providence will be open for the 2015-2016 school year on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Students should report for a regular/full school day with the following...

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State agency backs East Bay Tavern’s case versus East Providence Council

EAST PROVIDENCE — The State Department of Business Regulation has in the past month twice affirmed the position of East Bay Tavern, the embattled establishment on Lyon Avenue, against rulings made by...

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East Providence offers parents school bus mobile app

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence School Department is offering a SafeStop app for parents and students who use bus service. SafeStop is the mobile app that connects parents to the vehicles...

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East Providence moves up morning school bus times by 15 minutes

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Post confirmed information released earlier Thursday, Sept. 3, on the city website and found also on the school department website that school buses will arrive 15...

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East Providence reminds residents of Labor Day trash changes

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Public Works Department, Recycling/Refuse Division announces that all household rubbish, recycling and yard waste regularly collected on Monday, Sept. 7, will be...

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East Providence School Committee seeks additional $3 million for FY2015-16

EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 8, members of the East Providence School Committee pretty much challenged their counterparts on the City Council to abide by their comments made in...

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Committee adopts changes to East Providence elementary schools grading system

EAST PROVIDENCE — At the end of another lengthy discussion on the topic at its Tuesday, Sept. 8, meeting, the East Providence School Committee, by a narrow 3-2 margin, approved the implementation of a...

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East Providence residents revive memory of renowned Pink Elephant Carhop

EAST PROVIDENCE — A number of people who fondly remember the old Pink Elephant Carhop and Restaurant took a walk down memory lane last Saturday to help celebrate the first annual reunion of this once...

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East Providence city manager search seems centered on two candidates

EAST PROVIDENCE — The new East Providence City Manager will apparently be either James J. Cunha or Richard E. Kirby. The two men are scheduled to be unveiled to residents at the Tuesday night, Sept....

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As one unveils budget, two others look to fill East Providence manager job

EAST PROVIDENCE — As the current holder of the position did his charter-appointed duty, the two would-be suitors for the post were unveiled to residents for the first time. At the Tuesday night, Sept....

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East Providence teen pleads to sex trafficking of minors

PROVIDENCE — A second young city man has been charged and pleaded out in a recent case of a sex trafficking scheme involving underage girls. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Jmaire Wray,...

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Rehoboth man arrested in fiery drag-racing crash on 195 in East Providence

EAST PROVIDENCE — A 20-year-old Rehoboth man was charged for his role in a fiery drag-racing accident that left part of Interstate 195 in city shuttered for a period of time on Tuesday night, Sept. 15....

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Council plans executive session to determine East Providence manager candidate

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence City Council will hold a special executive session Friday morning, Sept. 18, for the purposes of determining which of two candidates it will offer the position of...

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East Providence Council punts on proposed rescinding of Estrell Drive stop...

EAST PROVIDENCE — For the next several weeks, at least, what has become a controversial stop sign at the intersection of Larry Lane and Estrell Drive in Riverside will remain standing. At its Tuesday...

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Council continues deliberations over new East Providence manager

EAST PROVIDENCE — Through two rounds of deliberations, the East Providence City Council continues to ponder the hiring of a new city manager. The Council presented city native James Cunha and city...

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Letter: Please support EPHS football fundraiser

To the editor: Recently, I received a letter from a classmate of my brother, Charlie Hirst, from “back in the day” at East Providence High School. It seems the two old friends had enjoyed dinner...

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Kirby will most certainly be new East Providence city manager

EAST PROVIDENCE — Barring any last minute hiccups, the East Providence City Council upon the completion of a special executive session and public meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, Sept. 23, will...

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Rose blasts East Providence School Committee over HR vote, other decisions

Just as the East Providence School Committee was convening its scheduled meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 22, City Council President and Mayor Tommy Rose issued a scathing press release criticizing the...

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