With a hard line drive into the back corner of the net, midfielder Jeremy Lima put Mt. Hope up for good as the boys soccer team opened the playoffs with a 3-1 win over North Smithfield Tuesday … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — The Portsmouth High School football team got the win it needed to secure its place in the upcoming playoffs while at the same time ending the chances East Providence had of … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — Central ended the season of the East Providence High School boys' soccer team Monday afternoon, Oct. 31, in the pre-qualifying round of the 2016 Division I state championship … more

The Barrington High School field hockey team captured the Division I state championship on Sunday, Oct. 30, defeating East Greenwich 2-1 in overtime. Barrington trailed 1-0 early in the second … more

PAWTUCKET — Lillian Conti's thrilling three-set victory at third singles lifted the East Providence High School girls' tennis team to the Division III championship, 4-3, over Classical Saturday … more

Two timely goals and stout defense lead by goalkeeper "We have a gutsy group of girls who really want it and work hard to get it, our girls give it all they got every second of the time and that's … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — The voters have spoken, at least they gave their input even though it doesn't actually count. Nonetheless, students at East Providence High School cast their lot with Hillary … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys' soccer team got the points it needed to qualify for the Division I playoffs in its regular season finale after the Townies … more

Schools could be closed tomorrow, according to a warning issued through the Connect-Ed system just before 2 pm today. Superintendent Philip Thornton said, “We have received several credible … more

Hundreds of people — old and young, male and female, and most wearing yoga pants — paraded down Robbins Drive and Knapton Street on Sunday afternoon. The march served as a peaceful … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — The "light" should soon once again shine brightly from the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, the historic structure located off shore in Riverside.... more

EAST PROVIDENCE — At its meeting held Tuesday night, Oct. 18, the East Providence City Council by a 4-1 vote gave its formal approval to the $174,334,775 Fiscal Year 2016-17 budget proposed by … more

Barrington dominated Tolman, 15-2, in front of a packed Homecoming crowd at Victory Field on Friday night. The win was the first of the season for the Eagles, boosting their record to 1-3 in Division … more

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EAST PROVIDENCE — Work on new elementary level report cards for children in grades K-5 is all but completed and the finished project is just about ready for use, assistant superintendent Dr. … more

As monarch butterflies pause along the south coast before setting off on their perilous migration to Mexico, a few are picking up luggage for the long flight. Armed with nets, researchers are … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — A roughly two-hour workshop on the proposed Fiscal Year 2016-17 budget for East Providence held Wednesday night, Oct. 12, was at times contentious and ultimately ended with no … more

Friday, Oct. 7, was National Manufacturing Day, and to celebrate locally the East Bay Chamber of Commerce held a tour of three local businesses and invited educators, dignitaries and other business … more

To the editor:I have had the pleasure of serving with Katherine Kazarian since we were both sworn into the R.I. House of Representatives in January of 2013. During the past four years I have come to … more

To the editor:East Providence voters will have the ability this Election Day to finally choose the form of government they want in their City. At present, we have a strong City Council/City Manager … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — Even with intrinsic knowledge of the situation, East Providence School Superintendent Kathryn Crowley nevertheless said she was still taken aback by a physical plant review of the … more

TIVERTON, LITTLE COMPTON, WESTPORT — Drought has hit the Tiverton, Little Compton and Westport communities, and has sharply limited the availability of water needed to fight fires and, in some cases, for drinking. Last weekend’s rains helped a bit but it will take much more of that to make a real difference. “It's going to take a lot of rain to fill the ponds up," said Little Compton Fire Chief Rick Petrin, who said the 12 pond locations he normally uses to obtain firefighting water have dwindled to two. He said the town hasn't had a big fire in two months more

Richard Wallace looked stunned as the crowd around him jumped for joy when his son Ron announced on the loud speaker that Wallace's giant pumpkin weighed in at 2261.5 pounds at Frerichs Farm's … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Schools Superintendent issued the following statement about the consequences of social media speculation in light of Friday's false claims... "Many of our young … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department Chief Oscar Elmasian will soon recommend the activation of a fourth emergency services vehicle to be housed at Station 3 in the Rumford section of … more