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East Providence

American  

noun

  1. a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.


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David Earl Lopes was born May 3, 1945, and raised in East Providence, R.I., a town of Irish, Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants seeking jobs in factories and along the waterfront.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

So in 2017, Nancy took a job as a receptionist at Orchard View Manor, a nursing home in East Providence, Rhode Island.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2020

At Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence and Bradley Hospital, an East Providence psychiatric hospital for youths, one parent will be allowed to accompany patients.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 9, 2020

Later, she said, “Cinderella” got her through a tough time after her mother and father got divorced and she and her sister moved with their mother to East Providence, R.I.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019

The Gordon School in East Providence said in a letter Monday it received credible reports about former teacher Andrew D. Cohen, who worked at the elementary and middle school between 1972 and 1977.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2018

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