EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – In a step that could ease traffic congestion and improve public safety in the neighborhoods near the Washington Bridge, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced a new federal grant to inform future upgrades to key infrastructure and technology related to traffic control along the City of East Providence’s most trafficked roadways.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) encourages small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island with economic losses due to severe storms and flooding on Jan. 9-13, to apply for working capital disaster loans before the Dec. 23 deadline.

The disaster declaration includes the following counties: Bristol, Newport, Kent, Providence, and Washington in Rhode Island; New London and Windham in Connecticut; Bristol, Norfolk, and Worcester in Massachusetts.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) encourages small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island with economic losses due to severe storms and flooding on Jan. 9-13, to apply for working capital disaster loans before the Dec. 23 deadline.

The disaster declaration includes the following counties: Bristol, Newport, Kent, Providence, and Washington in Rhode Island; New London and Windham in Connecticut; Bristol, Norfolk, and Worcester in Massachusetts.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Works Department, Recycling/Refuse Division announces that all household rubbish, regularly collected on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, will be collected on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 due to the Christmas Holiday.

Collections for the remainder of the week will be delayed one day.

Household rubbish and recycling, regularly collected on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 will be collected on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 due to the New Year holiday.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The City of East Providence is hosting its annual tree lighting celebration. Residents will have the opportunity to stay warm by the bonfire, enjoy some free hot cocoa and take photos with Santa, all while supporting local businesses and vendors.

WHO:
• Mayor Bob DaSilva
• Local officials
• Santa Claus
• The Grinch
• Local businesses, vendors and food trucks

PERFORMANCES BY:
• Rosemary’s School of Dance
• Fabulous Feet Dance Studio
• Manny Brando
• Nathan Pimentel
• Andrea Vargas

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Works Department, Recycling/Refuse Division announces that all household rubbish and yard waste regularly collected on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, will be collected on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday. All collections for the remainder of the week will be delayed one day. Regular collections will resume the week of December 2, 2024. Residents are asked to have all materials at the curb by 6 a.m. on the day of collection.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The City of East Providence held its fifth annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Garden of Flags Memorial, founded and maintained by the East Providence Battle Monuments Foundation.

During the event, U.S. Army Lt. John Wolf and U.S. Army Sgt. Clarence Butler Jr., both East Providence residents, were presented with proclamations from Mayor Bob DaSilva and Governor Dan McKee.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Works Department, Recycling/Refuse Division announces that the Forbes Street compost site will be open to residents on the following Saturdays in November 9, 16, 23, and 30 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents may drop off leaves, grass, branches no larger than two inches in diameter and other vegetative material suitable for composting at the site. Incoming material must be loose; no plastic bags, no contaminates, no trash or fencing material. Residents must show a valid driver’s license or state-issued ID card as proof of residency.