It’s a long day but a short-term commitment, and the election couldn’t happen without them.
“The town requires about 100 people for this task,” said Town Clerk Lou Cirillo …
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9/17/20
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Only about eight months ago, long before 2020 opened showed its real face, the high-season closure of the northbound route into town was Bristol’s biggest headache. The Rhode Island …
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9/16/20
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Bristol’s Colt Andrews Elementary School will open on Monday with no students in the buildings, and Mt. Hope High School students have lost 50 percent of their in-person classroom time for the …
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By Scott Pickering
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9/10/20
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In a 5-3 split vote, the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee voted Thursday night to approve the Monday, Sept. 14 re-opening of schools, despite a request from the superintendent and some …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/4/20
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A Colt Andrews Elementary School teacher tested positive Thursday for the Covid-19 virus, and several staff members at the Bristol elementary school are currently in quarantine for 14 …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/4/20
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For the neighbors of two Roger Williams University student rentals on King Philip Avenue, it was a long spring. COVID-19 closed campus, leaving the students living off-campus without much to do.
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By Christy Nadalin
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9/3/20
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The Bristol Democratic Candidates Forum was held virtually on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 2, and posted online on Thursday. Cosponsored by the League of Women Voters and the East Bay Media Group, …
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By Christy Nadalin
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9/3/20
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One out of every four students enrolled in Bristol Warren will learn from home this year, after their parents opted to keep them at home instead of allowing them to return to the classroom.
As …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/3/20
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Reached after the first of two weeks of the Bristol Police Department’s third annual Youth Leadership Camp, Lt. Steven St. Pierre, who oversees the program, was feeling celebratory. …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/27/20
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The Town of Bristol wants to connect the southern end of the East Bay Bike Path to the southern end of Bristol. The big questions are how, and how much?
The town has so far formed a task force to …
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By Scott Pickering
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8/26/20
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When Covid restrictions forced everyone inside, painter John Jameson went outside.
That’s not to say he’s a rule-breaker — quite the opposite. “I’d rather take …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/15/20
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Bristol police officers made one domestic violence arrest and responded to an array of calls for noisy or annoying neighbors from Aug. 3 to 10.
Monday, Aug. 3
Police responded to Sandra …
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8/14/20
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When Joan Prescott took the helm of Rogers Free Library three decades ago, she settled into a small office that was located immediately to the left of the entrance of an outdated, outgrown …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/14/20
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For a museum whose mission has long been to preserve an authentic depiction of late 18th-century farm life, Coggeshall Farm has seen a lot of changes in the past year or so. Long before the …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/13/20
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More than five months after telling everyone to stay home and finish their spring semester online, Roger Williams University kicks off a reunion of sorts this weekend. Students and faculty are …
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By Scott Pickering
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8/13/20
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PROVIDENCE — At her regular weekly press conference today, Gov. Gina Raimondo confirmed what she had already hinted at during media interviews earlier this week: The opening day for Rhode …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/12/20
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Bristol Town Councilor Mary Parella brought up an issue at the July 1 council meeting that, for some residents, remains an unresolved complication of the new automated trash collection system.
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/17/20
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Costing about $450,000 outfitted and delivered — with 75 percent of that paid for by a Federal Port Security grant — Bristol’s new fireboat is capable of doing things that the …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/16/20
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Yes, Bristol is having a parade on July 4. It will be smaller, quicker and earlier than anyone has seen in decades, but there will be a parade.
Here's some of what you need to know if you're …
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7/3/20
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People began to gather around 9:30 on Friday morning in Independence Park for the raising of a flag in honor of first-responders, an event sanctioned by the Bristol Town Council following a 4-1 vote …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/3/20
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As has been the case in surrounding towns, fireworks are a frequent complaint from residents in Bristol. Following are excerpts from the Bristol police log of June 22 to 29.
Monday, June 22
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7/3/20
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Minutes after approving a controversial request to fly a first-responders flag for two weeks over Independence Park, the Bristol Town Council voted unanimously to approve a newly-devised flag policy …
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By Scott Pickering
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7/2/20
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It has been nearly three years since High Street resident Richard V. Simpson died on July 4, 2017, while preparing to participate in the Fourth of July Parade. Always one of his favorite days of the …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/2/20
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One week after proposing the idea of raising a first-responder flag in downtown Bristol, an upstart citizens group won the day. The Bristol Town Council voted 4-1 Wednesday night to allow that flag …
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By Scott Pickering
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7/1/20
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The Rhode Island State Police announce that members of the State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have arrested a Mt. Hope High School …
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7/1/20
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