The state House of Representatives approved the Senate bill, 57-14, just after 7:30 p.m.
Wendy Lin, owner of East Buffet, was fined $1,500 and the restaurant's liquor license is suspended until December.
City Council members said they had "no taste" for cutting recreation and senior service programs.
Special education facilities and charter schools are on a list of vendors owed outstanding payments from East Providence.
Major Steven Bannon will give a report to the state regarding the city's finances after 120 days of advisement.
Bradley Hospital is owed millions of dollars; officials continue to work on a five-year deficit reduction plan.
B&E Consulting will conduct a performance audit on city and school department finances.
Officials discussed methods to preserve area land and water bodies.
Participants in the seventh annual parade will strut around Pierce Memorial Field this Friday.
Two residents and four business taxpayers from East Providence owe Rhode Island between $924,145 and $50,110.27 in taxes, according to the Division of Taxation.
The state General Treasurer addressed the joint House and Senate Finance Committees Tuesday evening.
The mayors of Cranston and Providence asked the Legislature to amend the pension reform to prevent bankrupting municipalities.
Operation Clean Government's annual meeting on Friday, Nov. 4, has the Rhode Island general treasurer as its keynote speaker.
Paul Valletta accused Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo of "cooking the books" to push through pension reform.
After graffiti and skateboarding tarnished Riverside's WWII Monument, the East Providence Battle Monument Foundation has restored the site.
Follow along with updates from the budget hearing held at the East Providence City Council Chambers.
The city council will hold public hearings regarding budgets tonight.
Kevin J. Wong of East Providence has been summoned to appear on Oct. 31 for an attack involving a boxer/pit bull mix that appears to have been abandoned at Barrington's animal shelter.
A section of the East Bay Bike Path will be closed starting November until the installation of new East Providence sewage systems is complete.
Mayor Rogers, who performs computer-based ordering for the restaurant, signed a recusal form during last Tuesday's council meeting.
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Patch reported live from Wednesday night's city council meeting, where City Manager Peter Graczykowski introduced a deficit reduction plan.
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Thirteen Rhode Island branches are being studied as possible closures.
The East Providence Waterfront Commission gets $237,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop stormwater runoff, arrest invasive plants and replant damaged trees in Squantum Woods.
The Rhode Island Department of Health tracked the milestone using its KIDSNET registry.
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The city's finance director has proposed cuts to library services and the Affirmative Action office.
Follow along with Tuesday's East Providence City Council meeting, which included a lot of budget talk and the hiring of a new city manager for $125,000 a year.
The RI Public Interest Research Group says that more than 322 of the state's bridges are 50 years or older.
As the deadline looms for a decision on TLA/Pond View, an East Providence Zoning Board hearing runs long, and another is to be scheduled.
Selected candidate Peter Graczykowski has accepted a contract to become East Providence's next city manager.
A man from Providence County contracted the mosquito-borne disease.
CME is moving in the direction of having a solar farm in Riverside.
Mayor Bruce Rogers confirms that Peter Graczykowski has been offered the position of East Providence city manager.
El Azteca pays $1,000 for its second offense in less than a year, while Riverside Kitchen's owner protests his fine of $250.
After Kenneth Fields answers questions from the East Providence City Council in a public interview, councilors go into executive session to vote on who the new city manager will be.
The East Providence City Council holds off on enacting the hotly contested Pay-As-You-Throw program in favor of more discussion.