The East Providence High School boys indoor track and field team was among the Townie outfits to begin its 2023-24 slate over the weekend by participating in the annual Injury Fund meet as well as …
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By Mike Rego
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12/11/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police have identified the driver and victim of a deadly motor vehicle accident that took place in the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 10.
Chaz …
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By Mike Rego
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12/11/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced in a statement released just before noon time on Monday, Dec. 11, officers were actively investigating reports about threats of …
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By Mike Rego
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12/11/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — One person died while another was seriously injured as a result of a car accident on Veterans Memorial Parkway Sunday, Dec. 10.
East Providence Police responded to …
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12/10/23
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Jonathan Levi lives within his life’s work. His home, nestled along the east branch of the Westport River, is unlike any other.
Besides being home to Levi and his wife, it is a physical …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/9/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence has initiated a request for proposal (RFP) for a qualified consultant or consultant team to conduct a feasibility study on the conversion of a …
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By Mike Rego
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12/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — First to the starting per the annual winter sports schedule, the East Providence High School boys indoor track and field squad opened up its 2023-24 Metropolitan Division dual …
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By Mike Rego
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12/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The annual East Providence City Hall Christmas Tree Lighting event held Saturday evening, Dec. 2, on the grounds of the building located off Taunton Avenue.
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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12/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — By two-vote margins, the City Council pretty much propelled the oft-discussed community/recreation center proposal over the final hurdle upon approving a pair of …
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By Mike Rego
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12/6/23
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In September, the Sogkonate Garden Club of Little Compton collected over 87 pounds of trash from our beaches in one day and over the past year, Friends of the Saugatucket in Wakefield collected over …
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12/6/23
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Joshua Pavao, the suspect in the shooting/vehicular chase in city December 1, has been arrested on more firearm charges following a separate investigation in Coventry.
Coventry Police Department …
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By Mike Rego
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12/5/23
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The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame will host a first-ever High School All-Star Showcase at Schneider Arena, on the campus of Providence College, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m.
The aim of the …
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12/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Enthusiasm is never a problem for the respective East Providence High School swim teams and numbers, which in the recent past have been, are becoming less of one as the …
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By Mike Rego
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12/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department Chief Glenn J. Quick, recently announced he was retiring following a 37-year career. His last day on the job was November 18.
Quick began …
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12/5/23
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“First Ladies” By Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
A highly skilled writer of historical fiction, Marie Benedict usually chooses as her subjects women of substance who …
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By Donna Bruno
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12/5/23
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It’s almost crass to write about the Israeli-Hamas war in the abstract. Whether it is a father searching for his children under rubble that had been his home in Gaza or a parent and child bound …
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By Arlene Violet
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12/5/23
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Hats off to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and his staff for putting together the Energy, Environment and Oceans Leaders Day, Friday, Dec. 1, at the Rhode Island Convention Center. This is the 14th year the …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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12/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A group of about two dozen middle schoolers from around the city recently completed an introductory swim program held at the Boys and Girls Club of East Providence where …
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By Mike Rego
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12/4/23
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To the editor:
I feel obliged to answer Mr. Hewett’s letter (“Voters in Rhode Island do not seem able to get it,” Portsmouth Times, Nov. 30) about the integrity, or perhaps …
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12/3/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police identified the suspect and announced charges he faces from a harrowing chase he led officers through Friday afternoon, Dec. 1.
Joshua D. Pavao, …
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By Mike Rego
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12/2/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Officers from the East Providence Police Department endeavored on an epic chase, mid-afternoon Friday, Dec. 1, of a shooting suspect who left a trail of destruction before …
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By Mike Rego
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12/1/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — By the numbers, the ones in the end that have the most meaning, the recently completed 2023 campaign for the East Providence High School football team wasn't too great. But …
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By Mike Rego
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11/30/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The proposed partners in the development of the South Quay property in city at the shore of the Providence River announced an agreement to move forward on the project
In …
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By Mike Rego
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11/30/23
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