NARRAGANSETT — The East Providence High School boys’ basketball earned its second win in three Division I regular season games to date after the Townies defeated Narragansett by a convincing …
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By Mike Rego
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12/20/22
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The Bristol Christmas Festival brought seasonal magic to the downtown on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 for a weekend of caroling, crafting, live entertainment and lots of tasty food to be bought and enjoyed …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/16/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys’ basketball team began its 2022-23 Division I regular season slate last week with a split of two games, including an agonizingly …
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By Mike Rego
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12/16/22
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The Barrington High School girls basketball team survived a second-half rally by Ponaganset and picked up a 45-40 victory in front of a hometown crowd on Wednesday night, Dec. 14.
The Eagles built …
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By Josh Bickford
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12/15/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — It’s been a whirlwind few years for the East Providence High School wrestling team with the program attempting to rebuild on the fly while also contending with the …
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By Mike Rego
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12/15/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The former Oldham Elementary School property located on Bullocks Point Avenue was, in fact, conveyed from the School Department back to the city as has been expected, with its …
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By Mike Rego
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12/15/22
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The Westport basketball team suffered a heartbreaking 69-66 home loss to Fairhaven while the girls traveled and crushed the Blue Devils 56-37 as both teams kicked off their seasons on Wednesday …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Led by Maryann Lasorsa, Director of Choral Activities, and Marisa Silva, Director of Bands, East Providence High School music students held their annual concert Thursday …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne Jr.
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12/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Students in the East Providence High School Career and Tech Center, with emphasis on the Culinary Arts curriculum, will likely soon have access to their very own food truck …
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By Mike Rego
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12/14/22
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Firefighters responded to a house fire in Roberta Plat on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13.
Barrington Fire Chief Gerald Bessette said the department received the call a little before 12:30 p.m. and …
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By Josh Bickford
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12/14/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence High School students next year will have access to some seemingly exciting new offerings, including a couple pertaining to the ever-growing entertainment side …
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By Mike Rego
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12/9/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The current incarnation of the City Council, elected in 2018 and meeting for the second to last time in its session last Tuesday night, Dec. 6, approved the bonding of $148 …
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By Mike Rego
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12/9/22
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Following months of debate and collaboration with the Rhode Island Music Education Association (RIMEA) and other RI arts education groups, the Rhode Island Department of Education’s Council on …
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By David Neves
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12/9/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — From tip to finish the East Providence High School boys' basketball team thoroughly outplayed the visiting St. Andrew’s School high school level squad en route to a …
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By Mike Rego
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12/8/22
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has announced access on three sections of the East Bay Bike Path in Warren will be limited starting on Monday, Dec. …
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12/8/22
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EAST BAY — Local students of the East Bay step up to prevent underage drinking in Bristol, East Providence and Warren.
On December 11, students working with the East Bay Regional Coalition …
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12/8/22
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To the editor: The League of Women Voters of RI would like to thank the candidates who participated and citizens who sent in questions for our forums in Bristol, Warren, Barrington and East …
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12/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The time is likely now for the current crop of East Providence High School boys’ basketball players, who enter the 2022-23 season not only a year older, but hopefully a …
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By Mike Rego
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12/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — What started nearly a decade ago by a group of student athletes at East Providence High School as a way of supporting their peers in a collective fashion has since been …
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By Mike Rego
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12/7/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at Bradley Hospital has begun enrolling teens for a study focused on the use of a non-invasive type of brain stimulation …
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12/7/22
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Last season the wildcats played Paulo Freire to the death in the Division 5 Sweet 16 in Chicopee on a frigid, stormy Wednesday night. It was a dog fight that wasn’t over until the buzzer and then Panthers went on to play in the finals and Westport took a snowy two-hour bus ride home.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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12/6/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Six East Providence nonprofits that help residents with food, housing and behavioral health are among the organizations that will share a total of $8.3 million in grants …
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12/5/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Some five months after the General Assembly voted to approve legislation and Gov. Dan McKee signed it into law, residents 21-years-of-age and older were legally permitted to …
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By Mike Rego
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12/2/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The annual tree lighting ceremony at City Hall last weekend on Saturday, Nov. 26, kicked off a season’s worth of holiday events in city. The following afternoon a …
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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11/30/22
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CRANSTON — The Champlin Foundation announced $10.2 million in capital funding to 95 nonprofit organizations serving Rhode Islanders of all ages across youth services, healthcare, arts and …
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11/30/22
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