The East Providence City Council gives initial approval to an ordinance that will set up a tax-increment financing plan for the residential development on the waterfront. To read more by The East … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — After a few starts and stops due to some financial and architectural concerns, renovations at two East Providence Fire Department hubs are finally going full bore.To read more … more

EAST PROVIDENCE — Approaching a half-year in the position, Oscar Elmasian is just about getting his feet firmly planted in his role as acting chief of the East Providence Fire Department.To … more

The Department of Environmental Management announced last week an agreement with the property owner to clean up the Dexter Road facility in Rumford.To read more by the East Providence Patch click on … more

PROVIDENCE – There’s no mistaking this latest news about the controversial TLA/Pond View recycling plant on Dexter Road in the Rumford section of East Providence. Its days as an active … more

PROVIDENCE — In a strongly worded letter penned directly to House of Representatives Finance Committee Chairman Helio Melo, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee urged House leadership to rethink portions of … more

To The Editor: A bill that I introduced in the House of Representatives this year calls for the elimination of the state’s 7 percent sales tax. That bill will be heard in the House Committee on … more

The former Riverside landfill is being turned into RI's first solar-energy field; after some delays, capping and grading is being done by East Providence's public works department.To read more by the … more