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North Providence High School students bettered proficiencies in all four areas of testing, according to the 2011 New England Common Assessment Program tests scores released by the Rhode Island Department of Education Friday, Feb.

Click through the image gallery to see which localA homes are holding open houses on Saturday and/or Sunday.

A Local road crews are getting ready for an expected three- to five-inch snowfall that the i»¿ National Weather Service announced will begin overnighti»¿ and continue into Saturday.

Spanish teacher Katie Hook had an opportunity of a lifetime last November, when she and other teachers from around the U.S. traveled to Costa Rica with the Toyota International Teachers Program .

As Valentine's Day draws near, we always seem to be constricted by that suffocating question of "What do I buy?" A Luckily, local businesses around East Greenwich have alleviated the stress of Valentine's Day to make it A - shockingly - enjoyable.

Dr. Mark Schwager, candidate for Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 30, has named Meghan Lenihan as his campaign chair.

For underground hip-hop heads, it gets no bigger than SEAN PRICE hitting up FAate on THURSDAY ; only $12 at the door, call 401.383.1112 for ticket availability .

The town council approved an amendment on Monday evening which changes the town's noise ordinance to account for auditory disturbances caused by motorcycles.

Workplace Participation: Lessons of Market Reform in China ." The free event will be held in the McKinney Conference Room at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.

School improvement bonds issued to pay for construction of the new Cole Middle School and other school projects were sold last Thursday for what Town Manager Bill Sequino called "an extremely good price." While upcoming budget figures were not yet available, Sequino said that means the 2013 budget will not take as big a hit from debt service ... (more)

In his effort to make this "the year of the cities and towns," Governor Lincoln Chafee pledged almost $40 million in additional funds to municipalities mostly in education aid in last week's budget proposal.

The South Kingstown Police Department has decided not to charge state Rep. Bob Watson of East Greenwich with driving while intoxicated, saying in a press release: "The evidence presented significant legal issues that would have made a successful prosecution unlikely." "It is very difficult," said South Kingstown prosecutor Terrance Simpson Monday.

The following from East Greenwich were named to their college's dean's list for the Fall 2011 semester.

RANT: Excuse me while I remove the "Kick Me" sign from my back. Oh boy, did I light a forest fire with my rant last week.

A southern New Jersey financial officer accused of advertising child pornography for others to download has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Sen. Susan Sosnowski , South Kingstown's only state senator for the last 15 years, won't be representing 3,406 of the town's residents anymore, as the state General Assembly passed redistricting legislation yesterday.

The Planning Board heard back-to-back applications Wednesday night seeking a positive recommendation to the Zoning Board for parking relief.

Police made three arrests at East Greenwich High School last week, one of a boy with a knife at school and two arrests of girls accused of cyber bullying.

As a lawmaker Rhode Island state Rep. Robert Watson of East Greenwich fought marijuana legalization and wrote laws with stiff penalties for possession of the plant.