EAST PROVIDENCE — Tabbed by residents as the city’s first-ever elected mayor in 2018, Bob DaSilva was by an overwhelming margin apparently re-elected in 2022 to a second four-year term …
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By Mike Rego
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11/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Governor Dan McKee, so often a visitor to the city over the past year for various events and ceremonies, made yet another trip to East Providence around lunchtime on Election …
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By Mike Rego
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11/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — After a much longer period of consideration and deliberation than initially expected, work was scheduled to commence earlier this week to remedy a depression around one of the …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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PORTSMOUTH — East Providence High School’s Division II quarterfinal football outing last Friday night, Nov. 4, in Portsmouth against the host Patriots wasn’t …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The following are the state and local referenda items included on the November 8 General Election ballot:
Statewide
Question 1: University of Rhode Island …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The League of Women Voters Rhode Island along with the East Bay Media Group, parent company of The Post, a forum Monday evening, Oct. 17, for State Senate District 14 between …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — First term incumbent State Representative Brianna Henries, a Democrat, met challenger and political newcomer Antonio DeSimas in a forum co-sponsored by the League of Women …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — In a match befitting the two best teams during the regular season, St. Mary Academy-Bay View edged cross-city rival East Providence High School by a 4-3 score for the 2022 …
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By Mike Rego
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11/7/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Things looked somewhat grim for the Portsmouth Patriots football team Friday night, as visiting East Providence nearly shut the door on their season late in the R.I. Division …
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11/6/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Just a week after the sides went the five-game distance in a regular season encounter, host East Providence High School swept its way past Mt. Hope before a raucous packed …
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By Mike Rego
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11/4/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School football team checked all of the boxes it could down the stretch of the 2022 regular season in pursuit of a Division II playoff spot and the …
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By Mike Rego
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11/4/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The League of Women Voters Rhode Island and East Bay Media Group, parent company of The Post, hosted a trio of forums for East Providence City Council candidates in early …
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By Mike Rego
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11/4/22
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Staff from the East Bay Media Group, parent company of The Post, recently held a Q&A with a number of candidates in the 2022 General Election, including Democrat Jennifer Boylan and Independent …
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11/4/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Under the lights on a quite mild mid-fall evening and before a huge throng of supporters at the new Townie Tennis Complex, host East Providence defeated Scituate by a 4-1 …
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By Mike Rego
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11/3/22
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To the editor:
Sarah Smalley wrote a letter to the Post last week in which she spoke disparagingly about the unsuccessful effort by Councilpeople Mourato and Souza to place a bond resolution on …
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11/3/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The city has received proper remit from state authorities, allowing it to respond to the troublesome algae bloom in recent years at the Squantum Pond off Veterans Memorial …
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By Mike Rego
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11/3/22
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To the editor:
You may have noticed that so-called “parents’ rights” groups have popped up all over the country in the past year and have created controversies in school …
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11/3/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The same evening, October 25, as a forum was held for mayoral candidates in the 2022 General Election in the City Hall council chamber, so, too, did another for Ward 2 School …
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By Mike Rego
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11/3/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The 2022 edition of the East Providence High School Unified Volleyball League team, which brings together Special Needs student-athletes with their peers from the general …
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By Mike Rego
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11/3/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Department of Public Works/Highway Division recently updated the remaining list of roads to be repaved during the rest of the 2022 construction …
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By Mike Rego
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11/2/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence High School’s surprisingly strong 2022 boys’ soccer season came a crushing completion over the last week with a pair of losses.
The first, in …
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By Mike Rego
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11/1/22
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NORTH SCITUATE — The East Providence High School boys’ cross country team completed its 2022 season last weekend vying in the Class A Championship Meet at Ponaganset High’s 3.1-mile …
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By Mike Rego
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11/1/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys’ soccer club was shut out, 2-0, by visiting rival LaSalle Thursday night, Oct. 27, in its 2022 Division I regular season finale, but …
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By Mike Rego
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10/30/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls’ tennis team advanced to the Division III playoff semifinals after the Townies defeated visiting Cranston East, 4-2, in a …
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By Mike Rego
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10/29/22
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To the editor: Many local candidates are trying to capitalize on the public’s frustration with the Metacomet issue with promises like, “We will keep Metacomet green” or “We …
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10/28/22
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