City files complaint against East Providence Zoning Board in Cumberland Farms...
PROVIDENCE — Solicitor Tim Chapman, on behalf of the city, has filed a complaint against the East Providence Zoning Board of Review in State Superior Court, seeking to overturn that body’s decision to...
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Committee tabs Bowler as new East Providence assistant superintendent
EAST PROVIDENCE — Runner-up for the position of superintendent, Celeste Bowler was approved by the School Committee as the new assistant superintendent of the East Providence district at the body’s...
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Gallery: East Providence City Hall Tree Lighting 2015
EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence officially began celebrating the 2015 holiday season with the annual lighting of a Christmas Tree on the grounds of City Hall Monday evening, Dec. 7. East...
View ArticleDead woman found on East Providence beach
EAST PROVIDENCE — In a brief press release issued Wednesday morning, Dec. 9, the East Providence Police Department confirmed the identity of the deceased female found on a beach in Riverside the...
View ArticleCircuit Appeals Court back East Providence in Perfect Puppy case
Dogs will remain not for sale in East Providence, following a ruling of the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals. In a decision penned Tuesday, Dec. 8, Justices Jeffrey R. Howard, O. Rogeriee...
View ArticleCrowley busily begins tenure as East Providence superintendent
EAST PROVIDENCE — Talk about hitting the ground running. At the Tuesday night, Dec. 8, School Committee meeting, new Superintendent Kathryn Crowley led the body through an exhaustive recap of her first...
View ArticleEast Providence supports Carreiro with ‘Buckets For Bravery’ basketball game
By Nick Friend EAST PROVIDENCE — The news of an East Providence High School student recently being diagnosed with Stage Four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma quickly caught the attention of the community, eventually...
View ArticleEast Providence Police actively investigate Rumford break-ins
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police detectives continue to actively investigate a series of house robberies in the Rumford section of the city, which began some two weeks ago. According to EPPD...
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Tiverton trips up East Providence in girls’ basketball
TIVERTON — A close game throughout, a late turnover doomed visiting East Providence High School as Tiverton defeated the Townies, 34-32, in a Division II girls’ basketball contest Friday night, Dec....
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Gallery: East Providence’s ‘Santa’ Bob
EAST PROVIDENCE — To local resident Bob Murphy being “Santa Claus” isn’t just a job to tend to during the holiday season each year. To him, it’s really more of a calling. The 72-year-old East...
View ArticleBeing ‘Santa’ means more to East Providence’s Murphy
EAST PROVIDENCE — To local resident Bob Murphy being “Santa Claus” isn’t just a job to tend to during the holiday season each year. To him, it’s really more of a calling. The 72-year-old East...
View ArticleEast Providence woman crashes into home, faces second DUI charge in days
EAST PROVIDENCE — A city woman only days removed from being arrested on charges of driving under the influence was involved in another alcohol related incident on New Year’s Eve. Brenda Buja, of 13...
View ArticleOfficer injured as woman is arrested in East Providence on DUI charges
EAST PROVIDENCE — For the second time in the last few days, an alcohol related motor vehicle incident in city has caused damage or injury. East Providence Police reported an officer was taken to...
View ArticleOwner of East Providence restaurant faces tax evasion charges
EAST PROVIDENCE — The owner of the establishment was arrested and a city landmark eatery has been shuttered at least temporarily by the state for failing to pay its taxes. East Providence Police, at...
View ArticleResidents should be aware of coyote sighting in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — While there is no need to be alarmed, residents in the Waddington area of Riverside nonetheless should be aware of a reported coyote sighting there in the last few days. East...
View ArticleEast Providence Councilman Conley answers healthcare critics
EAST PROVIDENCE — In an emotionally charged retort to critics, Ward 4 City Councilman Tim Conley, for the first time in a public setting, acknowledged his receipt of healthcare benefits through the...
View ArticleSchool Committee approves contracts for East Providence administrators
EAST PROVIDENCE — At its’ meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 12, in the City Hall Chamber, the East Providence School Committee approved a sweeping set of contracts for the department’s administrative...
View ArticleEast Providence likely to start school early again this fall
EAST PROVIDENCE — It’s looking likely the next East Providence School District term will once again begin prior to Labor Day as it did this current year for the first time in recent memory. The School...
View ArticlePublic Works sets MLK week rubbish collection changes in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence Public Works Department has announced that due to the Martin Luther King JR. holiday there will be no rubbish collection on Monday, Jan. 18. Rubbish...
View ArticleEast Providence plans annual MLK Jr. ceremony
EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence Office of Affirmative Action / EEO sponsors a commemorative program in honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the...
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