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By Mike Rego
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9/15/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence School Department and the larger community was saddened to hear of the recent passing of former district teacher and School Committee member Karen …
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By Mike Rego
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9/14/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — With two preseason games under its collective belt, the East Providence High School football team takes to the field for "real" this weekend as the locals begin their 2023 …
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By Mike Rego
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9/14/23
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Two University of Rhode Island researchers estimate that the top 5 centimeters (2 inches) of the floor of Narragansett Bay now contain more than 1,000 tons of microplastics, and that buildup has occurred in just the last 10 to 20 years.
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9/14/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence School Department needs to count its pennies as the end of current fiscal year approaches and the mandated need for it not to run a deficit becomes a real …
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By Mike Rego
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9/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' soccer team began its 2023 Division II regular season Tuesday night, Sept. 12, at home, suffering a 3-1 loss to Ponaganset.
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By Mike Rego
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9/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 12. the City Council, for the first time in its still young session, to the note noteworthy step of overriding several vetoes issued by …
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By Mike Rego
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9/13/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' volleyball squad opened up its Division II regular season schedule in impressive fashion over the last week with a pair of sweeps.
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By Mike Rego
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9/12/23
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NORTH SCITUATE — The Rhode Island State Police last week apprehended an East Providence resident on gun and drug charges.
RISP announced Wednesday, Sept. 6, the High Intensity Drug …
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9/12/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 12, released details related to a single-car, roll-over accident which took place two days earlier on Veterans Memorial …
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By Mike Rego
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9/12/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys' and girls' cross country teams had their 2023 Metropolitan Division debuts delayed earlier this week when heavy downpours washed away the …
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By Mike Rego
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9/12/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The City of East Providence, Monday morning, commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington DC and Shanksville, …
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By Mike Rego
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9/11/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School football team lost to visiting Westfield 18-6 in a non-league contest played Friday night, Sept. 8, at Townie Stadium.
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By Mike Rego
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9/9/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School football team dropped an 18-6 decision to visiting Westfield, Mass., Friday night, Sept. 8, at Townie Stadium as the locals played their …
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By Mike Rego
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9/8/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse were recently joined by Mayor Bob DaSilva and representatives from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management …
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9/7/23
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The East Providence High School boys' soccer club gave its new head coach Tim Calouro his first official victory as the leader of the program as the host Townies thwarted a feisty Central squad 3-2 …
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By Mike Rego
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9/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE —The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation recently awarded East Providence a $33,232 grant for the purchase of the recycling portion of eight "Bigbelly" double station …
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9/6/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Gabriel Amo, the former member of the Obama and Biden Administrations and first-time candidate, emerged from the crowded Democratic field while another novice in electoral …
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By Mike Rego
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9/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Nothing like a little adversity to test the mettle of a new coach and a host of new players, which is exactly what the East Providence High School boys' soccer club and …
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By Mike Rego
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9/5/23
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Most of the East Providence High School fall sports squads got their first taste of action last weekend as the Townies continued to prep for the respective starts of their upcoming 2023 regular …
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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9/4/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Primary Election for the vacant Rhode Island United State Congressional District 1 Special Election takes place Tuesday, Sept. 5.
In East Providence, voting takes …
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9/4/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Ninth Annual edition of the Rhode Island Folk Music Festival took place Sunday, Aug. 27, at Crescent Park in Riverside.
The festival featured three stages on the …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne Jr.
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8/31/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The City Council, at its dual-purpose gathering Tuesday night, Aug. 29, gave the second of two necessary passages to a series of ordinances allocating the bulk East …
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By Mike Rego
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8/31/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Nearly all of the East Providence High School fall sports squads will be in action this weekend as the Townies prep for the start of their upcoming 2023 regular season …
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By Mike Rego
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8/31/23
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The following are recent notes from the East Providence Police Department:
Fatal accident update East Providence Police continue to investigate a fatal two-car collision that occurred on the …
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By Mike Rego
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8/29/23
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