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A funeral mass was celebrated Monday morning at Holy Apostles Church in western Cranston for the late former governor.
Hundreds of people showed up at former Gov. Ed DiPrete’s wake on Sunday to pay their respects to the former governor.
Sunday was the visiting hours for former Rhode Island Gov. Ed DiPrete, who died at the age of 91 on Tuesday. 12 News Reporter ...
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Edward D. DiPrete, Rhode Island’s 70th governor and the first and only Rhode Island governor ever to go to jail, died this ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local leaders are mourning the death of former Gov. Edward DiPrete. DiPrete, who was 91 years old, served as Rhode Island’s governor from 1985 until 1991 and as mayor of ...
At a time of the passing of a man like Ed DiPrete, it’s common to say he was a complicated figure. But really, he wasn’t.
Along Rhode Island's Narrow River, activities are plentiful Whether you're a history fanatic, a seafood lover, or a sports fan, the south coast of Rhode Island boasts activities of all kinds ...
EXCLUSIVE — A Rhode Island federal judge who blocked the Trump administration’s freeze on federal assistance is under renewed scrutiny for his long-running ties to a taxpayer-backed nonprofit ...
Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.
Our experience in Rhode Island offers an answer. My first assignment as director of Common Cause Rhode Island was to draft an ethics complaint against then-Gov. Edward DiPrete.