EAST PROVIDENCE – When East Providence School Superintendent Mario Cirillo presented the school committee with his budget proposal for fiscal year 2011 (FY11) on Tuesday, Aug. 24, there were about a dozen people in the audience. Just one day earlier, Mr. Cirillo presented a plan to restructure recess at the elementary level. more

EAST PROVIDENCE - Reciting spoken word poetry to a room, bar, classroom or church full of people is like riding a wave. At least that’s one way Marlon “Inphynit” Carey describes it. The … more

EAST PROVIDENCE - East Providence Harbor Master S. Bruce Dufrense said his phone has been “ringing off the wall” the last couple days as local boat owners and residents across the area keep a … more

EAST PROVIDENCE - There will be no incumbent in the Ward III city council race this fall. For the last five-and-a-half years, the seat has been filled by Valerie Perry who decided not to seek a … more

WESTPORT — Two people were killed late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 31, after a car veered across the grass median of Route 195 near the Route 88 exit in Westport and slammed head-on into … more