Foresake four-year terms
The most interesting kernel of information to come out of the city last week was the introduction of a package of Charter changes proposed by the City Council and City Manager Peter Graczykowski. In their infinite wisdom, in arguably the worst political climate the city, state and county has been ...
Coaching topics come to the fore
A couple of coaching topics in the city that have been simmering on the back burner came to the fore during the week. The East Providence High School coaching staff is facing a proposed 60-percent salary, which isn't sitting so well with many of those involved. The Budget Commission put ...
No conspiracy theories, please...
Look, I haven't been on this new beat that long and I've spent a majority of my career in Sports, but you don't have to be a genius to understand the reasons why the state decided to put the Budget Commission in place. Simply put, the city was in a ...
Politics-free week...almost
It's been about eight weeks since I changed up responsibilities here at The Post, and I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable I've had on the job. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but I didn't spend much time on politics over the ...
Good in E.P.? Yes, our schools
The buildings may not be the best, but the teachers and students in East Providence are pretty darn good. At least that's what I keep finding out when I visit them for the first time in this new gig. I had the pleasure of attending the Francis School's Reading Week ...
Good in E.P.? Not our politics
Councilman William Conley is right. There are a lot of very good things about the City of East Providence. However, I'm not quite sure our politics is one of them. As I wrote in an editorial a few weeks back, even though this is an election year, this isn't the ...
An eye-opening week
Vacations are great, but the week back, work-wise, is never pleasant; long hours spent trying to play catch-up with what's been missed. Glad it's over. I did spend a great deal of time at EPHS this week and what I found was pretty encouraging. Let's get this out of the ...
No rest for the leary
O.K., so I decide to take a break from the action and found out in East Providence, at least, there is no lull in the process. First off, we get a tip about TLA-Pond View filing Receivership papers in Superior Court and it proves to be accurate. The thing about ...
Need a vacation?
A little over two weeks into the job at the Post and realizing the truth depth of the city's woes. I guess we were a bit premature in our editorial in this week's paper (March 15 edition). Politics, unfortunately, will continue to play a significant role in work of the ...
Interesting first week
Spoke and/or met a lot of the city pols during my first full week on the News beat. Did not anticipate the follow-up story on Frank Devall's retirement from the Senate to go the way it did, but that's journalism. I was impressed with some of the artwork of city ...
New position
If you haven't noticed already, there have been some staff changes here at the Post as well as throughout East Bay Newspapers. We're a leaner machine now, which means not only will I continue to report about sports in the city, I'll also be chronicling events as its pertains to ...
Thumbs up on stories
Readers can give a thumbs up on stories they like. Its like Google's Plus One or Facebook's Like. The amount of thumbs up a story receives goes into determining how popular a story is. Its a great way to show that you like a story. You can also keep track ...
Creating Search Alerts
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User Photos
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User Blogs
Registered users to eastbayri.com or any of the other town websites can now create their own blogs. Its real simple. Join the site, go to your profile and start posting. These blog posting will be monitored to ensure that inappropriate content will not be apart of the site(s). So, sign ...