Vote to rename Larisa Park in East Providence could take place at Council...
EAST PROVIDENCE — At any other East Providence City Council meeting, a resolution seeking to rename Rose Larisa Memorial Park in the Riverside section would be front and center. It just so happens to...
View ArticleEast Providence Police seek information on robbery
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police are actively seeking a suspect and information for a robbery in city Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6. At approximately 12:40 p.m., police responded to the report of...
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East Providence City Council votes against Larisa Park name change
EAST PROVIDENCE — While the firing of City Manager Peter Graczykowski drew the most headlines, the decision of the East Providence City Council to keep Rose Larisa Memorial Park in Riverside named as...
View ArticleEast Providence City Council likely leans against immediately naming interim...
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence City Council holds a special session Friday night, Nov. 8, at 5 o’clock in the City Hall Chamber where it will discuss filling the city manager position left...
View ArticleEast Providence Public Works notes trash collection changes for Veterans Day...
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Public Works Department, Recycling/Refuse Division announces that all household rubbish and yard waste collections this week will be delayed one day for the...
View ArticleEditorial: In East Providence, politics is a full contact sport for sure
Someone famously and quite rightly once said, “Politics, like football, is a full contact sport.” It is, even to those perceived to be on the periphery of the profession, a person, for instance, like...
View ArticleWoman struck and killed by vehicle in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — A middle-aged woman was struck and killed by an oncoming car late Friday evening, Nov. 15, on Bullocks Point Avenue in the Riverside section of the city. According to East Providence...
View ArticleLemont eyes East Providence City Manager slot on a permanent basis
EAST PROVIDENCE — He was hired on a temporary basis, but once and now present East Providence City Manager Paul Lemont would eventually like to have the “interim” tag lifted from beside his name. Mr....
View ArticleEast Providence Police identify fatality in accident on Bullocks Point Avenue
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police Saturday, Nov. 16, released more details on the tragic accident Friday night, Nov. 15, in the Riverside section of the city that left a middle-aged woman dead...
View ArticleKevin E. Szala, 72, Riverside
Kevin E. Szala, 72, of Jefferson Avenue, Riverside, died unexpectedly on November 16, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Hilda L. (Moss) Szala. Born in Providence, a son of the late Victor Szala, he...
View ArticleCouncil clears first hurdle in effort to change East Providence’s form of...
EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 19, the East Providence City Council cleared the first of what are likely to be a few significant hurdles in an grassroots effort to change the...
View ArticleEast Providence man remains hospitalized after Wednesday evening car accident
EAST PROVIDENCE — A 38-year-old male city resident was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a car Wednesday evening, Nov. 20, according to East Providence...
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DOT shares plans to replace I-195 Warren Avenue on-ramp with City Council
EAST PROVIDENCE — Representatives from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) presented plans for the reconstruction of the Interstate 195 westbound on-ramp at the foot of Warren Avenue...
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Seekonk Walmart employees celebrate early Thanksgiving with East Providence...
EAST PROVIDENCE — Several employees of the Walmart Department Store in nearby Seekonk traveled to East Providence’s Senior Center Friday, Nov. 21, to provide a number of local residents with an early...
View ArticleEast Providence, LaSalle meet for 85th time on Thanksgiving Day
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School-LaSalle Academy football rivalry reaches a noteworthy milestone in 2013 as the Townies and Rams square off on Thanksgiving Day for the 85th time...
View ArticleSabourin runs to East Providence Rec Turkey Trot victory
EAST PROVIDENCE — Noted area track and field coach Andrew Sabourin was the winner of the 33rd Annual Turkey Trot Charity Road Race held Saturday, Nov. 23, and sponsored by the East Providence Parks...
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LaSalle laps East Providence once again during Thanksgiving Day football...
EAST PROVIDENCE — The 85th meeting of Thanksgiving Day football rivals East Providence High School and LaSalle Academy followed a recent trend, the Rams winning for the seventh year in a row this time...
View ArticleCitizen’s Scholarship Foundation of East Providence readies annual holiday...
EAST PROVIDENCE — Share the holiday spirit Thanksgiving weekend at Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of East Providence’s annual Holiday Breakfast. Parents of past scholarship recipients will cook...
View ArticleEast Providence sets winter sports coaches roster
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence School Department through Athletic Director Bob Duarte has announced its full roster of coaches for the upcoming winter sports season, which includes the return of...
View ArticleEast Providence motorist is among those arrested by State Police
NORTH SCITUATE — Rhode Island State Police arrested 15 motorists over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Wednesday, Nov. 27, through Saturday, Nov. 30, for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating...
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