The East Providence High School softball team fell out of the Division I state championship playoffs over the last week after dropping a pair of games in the double-elimination event.
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6/7/23
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East Providence High School held commencement exercises for the Class of 2023 Friday evening, June 2, at Pierce Memorial Stadium. The following is an alphabetical list of graduates in the …
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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6/7/23
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Some dear friends have a new granddaughter who is a healthy, happy, good baby. Yet they report that a recent overnight stay was harder than they expected or recalled. Babies often get fussy when …
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6/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A quartet of potential future chefs from the East Providence High School Career and Tech Center's Culinary program recently captured the 2023 Rhode Island High School Seafood …
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By Mike Rego
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6/7/23
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A year ago, no one could have imagined that the Barrington School Committee would quickly become the model for openness in government.
For much of the past five years, that board was mired in …
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6/7/23
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With executive orders expired, Rhode Island government agencies are now operating under the same Open Meetings law that was in place pre-Covid. They have no obligation to continue with any of the pandemic-induced adaptations, yet many are doing some of the new best practices, while few are doing all of them.
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By Scott Pickering
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6/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Whiteknact Elementary School instructor Aimee Couto has been chosen as the 2024 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year.
The announcement was made during a surprise event at …
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6/6/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: It has been clear for a while that the sugar high of consecutive budget surpluses in Rhode Island – a rare occurrence in a state usually dogged by perennial deficits --
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By Ian Donnis
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6/6/23
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“The Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament doubled the number of participants with tackle shop partners last year and added a fly fishing shore and boat division,” said …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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6/6/23
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Once again, novelist Marie Benedict focuses her narrative on a brilliant, but overlooked woman, as she did in her earlier novels, “The Other Einstein,” about Albert’s wife Mileva, and “The Only Woman in the Room,” about film star Heddy Lamaar. Both of those books portrayed extremely capable scientists who were overshadowed by male counterparts.
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By Donna Bruno
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6/6/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A day after falling in 11 innings to Chariho, the East Providence High School baseball team responded with a 6-1 victory over visiting Westerly Monday night, June 5, to remain …
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By Mike Rego
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — In an epic encounter Sunday afternoon, June 4, at Brown University, Bay View edged East Providence for the 2023 Division III girls' lacrosse championship in four overtimes, 9-8 .
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — Keira Mullen, Nazarae Phillip and Kenaz Ochgwu were the standouts for East Providence High School at the 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League state outdoor track and field …
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By Mike Rego
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — In an epic encounter and what had to have been one of the longest ever playoff contests in the brief two-decade history of the sport at the interscholastic level, East Providence …
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By Mike Rego
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6/4/23
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“We're busier than we've ever been,” said Executive Director Emily Mushen. “With the expiration of COVID-era SNAP benefits, plus ongoing high prices for food, energy, and housing, we're seeing higher numbers than ever before at the pantry.”
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/2/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Long in need of upgrades and the recent focal point of some very public frustration by department members, the City Council and the administration of Mayor Bob DaSilva …
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By Mike Rego
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6/2/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence High School spring sports teams lost two of three playoffs outings Thursday, June 1, the host Townie baseball club the only one to come away with a victory.
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By Mike Rego
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6/1/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — It's fairly accurate to glean from the top three students in the Class of 2023 at East Providence High School — Gayatri Buchta, Benjamin Fortin and Camryn …
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By Mike Rego
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6/1/23
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CRANSTON — The lone East Providence High School player to make the cut, junior Billy Fitzgerald, finished the 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Golf Tournament played …
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By Mike Rego
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5/31/23
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East Providence High School held its annual Class Night awards banquet for the 2022-23 term Tuesday night, May 30 in the Arthur Elmasian Auditorium.
Makena Petsch, President of the Student …
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5/31/23
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Simply put, eco-friendly burials, also known as “green” burials, refer to burying a body in a biodegradable coffin without embalming or a vault. The Green Burial Council (GBC) describes …
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By Bonnie Evans & Robin Weber
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5/31/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A pitchers' duel for five-plus innings, East Providence High School scored twice in the home half of the sixth as the seventh-seeded Townies edged 10th-seeded Chariho 2-1 in …
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By Mike Rego
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5/30/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The annual Post 10 American Legion Memorial Day Parade took place Monday, May 29, on and around the streets of Riverside.
The procession began at the former Oldham …
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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5/30/23
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