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While some school districts in Rhode Island are projecting significant savings due in part to the switch to distance learning, that is not the case in Barrington.
"We have not had a significant …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/8/20
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To the editor:
Apparently your editorial struck a nerve with town councilor Steve Boyajian regarding town manager Jim Cunha.
Councilor Boyajian was quick to defend Mr. Cunha’s action and …
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5/8/20
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Rhode Island’s stay-at-home order will indeed end on Saturday, Governor Gina Raimondo announced at her …
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By Bruce Burdett
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5/7/20
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The Sunrise team at Barrington High School is still working hard each day to bring their fellow students the news, despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic.
In fact, the news …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/7/20
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President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel believed that a crisis was an opportunity to do things that you once thought were impossible.
We are facing a pandemic of historic …
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5/7/20
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To the editor:
A Twin River billboard on I-195 captures the irony of the age. “Let’s all come together. Stay home. Stay safe.” How do we come together when we are practicing …
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5/7/20
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Letters have appeared recently that appear to seek to shield the president from any responsibility for the fact that with just over 4 percent of the Earth’s population, we have about one-third …
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5/7/20
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Two days of warm sunshine illuminated a stark reality in Barrington last weekend. When thousands of residents stumbled out of their houses into the bright sun of a true spring weekend, they found …
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5/7/20
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To the editor:
With the entire planet changed utterly in a few weeks’ time you have focused wasted attention on the workout habits of the Town Manager with a snide editorial comment and …
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5/6/20
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PROVIDENCE — Despite the fact that surrounding states have extended their stay-at-home directives due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rhode Island is still sticking with its plan to let Gov. …
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By Jim McGaw
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5/1/20
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Barrington Town Manager Jim Cunha is defending his use of the public safety building’s gym for his daily workouts.
While gyms and fitness centers across the state and beyond remain closed …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/30/20
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The same-old, same-old questions about healthcare, hotlines and hospital beds were pushed to the side for one day on Thursday, when Rhode Island children replaced the regular pool of coronavirus …
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By Scott Pickering
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4/30/20
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PROVIDENCE — To help foster the continued viability of the Rhode Island commercial seafood industry during the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) …
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4/30/20
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The whole country is adrift at sea, powerless, taking on water, and hoping not to sink into the deepest Great Depression in modern history … and then there’s the Town of …
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4/30/20
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To the editor:
This is in regards to the Barrington town manager that wrote last week about people being angry over the use of masks. He went on to explain his daily workouts .
I was hoping …
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4/29/20
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To the editor:
I would like to address the many points made in the letter written by Michael L. Martel in the April 22, 2020 edition of the Barrington Times. Mr. Martel's letter contains a …
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4/29/20
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Distance learning — “How long will it last?“ is the question Governor Gina Raimondo said she has heard more than any other.
And Thursday came her answer …
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By Bruce Burdett
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4/23/20
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Emotions run high these days, with most people quarantining at home, many worrying about loved ones, far too many wondering how they will pay their bills, and no one knowing when and how there will …
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4/23/20
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U.S. News and World Report has again ranked Barrington High School near the top of its list of the best high schools in America .
Barrington High School ranked number 199 out of more than 17,000 …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/23/20
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It bothers me that the noose constricting our freedoms has been so continually tightened of late that our rights have been all but dissolved in the name of protecting us from ourselves and others …
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4/17/20
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We can all agree that our nation has entered uncharted waters over this Covid 19 virus, and Congress is already planning to go even deeper into those waters.
Last week our federal government …
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4/16/20
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Gov. Gina Raimondo added two new terms to the growing lexicon of Covid-19 terminology. Along with “social distancing” and “Knock it off,” Rhode Islanders can add “Blue …
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By Scott Pickering
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4/16/20
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Why do so many intelligent, successful people support our president? In the face of never-ending, wacky, and unsubstantiated claims as illustrated in Thomas Browns’s letter (“ These days, …
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4/16/20
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Barrington police are investigating an incident that occurred during a town board's online meeting last week.
Town officials contacted police on Thursday, April 9, and reported that someone had …
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4/16/20
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The Barrington Town Council has approved the installation of three electric vehicle charging stations.
The council voted to approve the new charging stations during its teleconference meeting on …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/16/20
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