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The Post - Thursday, April 4, 2024

4/4/24

McKee, RI Commerce set out bridge closure small biz funding strategy

In their continuing attempt to aid those affected financially by the Washington Bridge closure debacle, Governor Dan McKee and RI Commerce have set out what they're calling a "multi-faceted strategy … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

East Providence High School's Logan Calouro digs a shot from a Pawtucket co-op player in the teams' non-league boys' volleyball 2024 season opener March 28.

EPHS boys' spikers eye deeper playoff run in 2024

The program now back on firm footing after a couple of lean years in the state's top tier, the East Providence High School boys' volleyball team enters the 2024 season seeking to improve upon a … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

Biden, Trump win 2024 Rhode Island Presidential Primaries

To no one's surprise, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were the far-and-away winners of the respective Democratic and Republican races in Rhode Island's Presidential Preference Primary held Tuesday, … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

EPHS and program alum Zach Pangborn is the new head coach of the Townies' boys' lacrosse team in time for the 2024 season.

Pangborn takes over as new EPHS boys' lacrosse coach

The 2024 East Providence High School boys' lacrosse season will be notable in at least one way for certain, as for the first time in the still relatively brief 16-year history of the program a Townie … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

A candle bearing Owen Cameron’s image sits atop a skateboard at Channing Memorial Church in Newport Saturday night, when a vigil in his memory was held. Twenty people took to the microphone to share moving tributes to the Portsmouth High School junior, whose body was found in Middletown March 27, four days after he was last seen leaving his job on foot.

‘He was a light’

PORTSMOUTH — Ava McDermott said a simple act of kindness was all it took for her to realize how special Owen Cameron was. more

By Jim McGaw | 4/3/24

Ken Block has done a service to this country

Many readers will remember Ken Block as a two-time candidate for Rhode Island Governor and technology entrepreneur who helped the State of Texas save more than a billion dollars in food stamp fraud … more

By Arlene Violet, Esq. | 4/3/24

East Providence School District puts April 8 eclipse plans in place

The East Providence School District has authored its process of contending with the partial solar eclipse that will envelop the area Monday, April 8, right around the time students in most buildings … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

Joe Doyle thought about giving up on his dream of being a musician in his early days of college, but his father, a former East Providence mayor, talked him out of it and pushed him to keep chasing those dreams. Several decades and a thousand recordings later, he is a hall of fame songwriter.

Meet Joe Doyle: From shy kid to Hall of Fame songwriter

One Saturday morning in 1983, when Riverside native, songwriter, singer, musician Joe Doyle was in his freshman year at Rhode Island College studying music, his dad, Ed Doyle (former mayor of … more

By Michael Khouri | 4/2/24

Tim Robitaille (left) and Dylan Annicelli combine the lead the EPHS baseball team in 2024 as the Townies seek to repeat as Division II champions this spring.

A pair of aces!! Townies' hand is flushed as they defend their D-II baseball crown

For just the second time in the 91 seasons the Rhode Island Interscholastic League has sanctioned the sport, the East Providence High School baseball team starts a spring as a reigning champion, the … more

By Mike Rego | 4/2/24

The daughter of a poet genius was a genius in her own right

‘Enchantress of Numbers’ By Jennifer Chiaverini Anyone who has taken a course in British literature will be familiar with the most lionized of Romantic poets, Geroge Gordon, Lord … more

By Donna Bruno | 4/2/24

Capt. Monti with a spring striped bass caught when fishing with fresh Atlantic menhaden chucks on the channel pad or edge in front of Poppasquash Point, Bristol.

Ten favorite places to catch spring striped bass

The spring migration run of striped bass will soon be underway. The water temperatures off Narragansett at press time was 41 degrees. Traditionally 55 degrees is the temperature when the fish are … more

By Capt. Dave Monti | 4/2/24

Block’s book battles confirmation bias with facts

STORY OF THE WEEK: Add Ken Block to the lengthy list of people who’ve told Donald Trump or his campaign that his fake narrative about a stolen election in 2020 is a lot of baloney. In … more

4/2/24

Mackenzie Pimentel returns to the EPHS softball squad in 2024 as the Townies' starting shortstop.

EPHS softball squad retools in tough top tier

As head coach Katie Solitro sees it the East Providence High School softball team enters the 2024 season not so much "rebuilding," but hopefully rather "reloading." That's what happens when a … more

By Mike Rego | 4/1/24

Property owners impacted by floods can meet FEMA reps in person

Residents of East Providence who suffered loss or damage from the severe storms December 17-19, 2023 or January 9-13, 2024, can meet with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency … more

4/1/24

Senior Zoey Evora was the winner of the 2024 East Providence High School "Poetry Out Loud" contest. Evora later earned honorable mention notice at the state competition.

Portsmouth Abbey student wins 2024 state 'Poetry Out Loud' contest

With the recitation of "Say Grace" by Emily Jungmin Yoon, Jennifer Shon, a junior at the Portsmouth Abbey School, won the 19th Rhode State Council on the Arts "Poetry Out Loud" competition held in … more

3/29/24

Providence Country Day School announces second trimester honor roll

Providence Country Day School has named the students who have earned recognition on the 2023-2024 second trimester honor roll. For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), High Honors is all grades … more

3/29/24

The Post - Thursday, March 28, 2024

3/28/24

Letter: Dredging the Sakonnet River is a mistake

Dredging in the Sakonnet should be prevented and the attendant difficulties in bringing ashore the power cables returned to Massachusetts where they belong. more

3/28/24

Letter: History’s lesson: Our strength lies in diversity

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI): These ideas are anathema to white Christian nationalists who fear losing their “rightful place” and their power and authority in America. DEI … more

3/28/24

Owen Cameron of Portsmouth was last seen leaving his job in Middletown at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday night, March 23.

Heartbreak: Body of missing Portsmouth teen found

MIDDLETOWN — The body of Portsmouth teen Owen B. Cameron, who was last seen Saturday night after leaving his Middletown job, was discovered late this morning in that town. more

3/27/24

Rep. Jennifer Boylan (D-Dist. 66, Barrington, East Providence)

East Bay lawmaker’s bill targets microplastics

Sen. Sandra Cano and Rep. Jennifer Boylan, of Barrington, recently introduced legislation to ban synthetic polymer microparticles, which are better known as microplastics, from Rhode Island. The … more

3/27/24

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Small Business Administration meets with flood victims

FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will be in the Giles room at the Cranston Library at 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd, Cranston to meet with survivors of the Dec. 17-19, 2023, storms … more

3/27/24

Grant goes towards continued renovation of EPPD headquarters

PROVIDENCE — The city will receive nearly a million dollars in federal grant money towards the continued renovation of the East Providence Police Department headquarters on Waterman Avenue. … more

3/27/24

Here is the three-word code for the front entrance to the East Bay Media Group office at 1 Bradford St. in Bristol.

Location app gives a boost to the Rhode Island 911 system

Here’s a scenario one could imagine quite easily here in this little corner of the world … The owner of a small boat invites friends for a day out on the water, fishing, eating and laughing. At some point during the day, the captain slumps over in some sort of distress, possibly a heart attack. more

By Scott Pickering | 3/27/24