NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Mass., and the University of Rhode Island (URI) have signed a five-year formal partnership agreement to research how offshore wind energy …
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7/3/23
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The former Bristol resident and Mt. Hope High School graduate brought his musical talent, which includes Grammy nominations and victories, to town for everyone to enjoy recently as part of the recent Bristol Fourth of July Concert Series.
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By Manny Correira
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7/13/23
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There is still time to register for the Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament which takes place within the three-mile limit around Block Island. This year the Tournament starts Saturday, July 22, …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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7/20/23
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Workers began installing temporary bulkheads at the Barrington and Warren River bike path bridges last week.
The work, said Rhode Island Department of Transportation Spokesman Charles St. …
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By Josh Bickford
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8/2/23
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Two Tiverton police officers are being hailed as heroes for rescuing an elderly man from a burning home on Stafford Road Friday evening.
Crews were called to the home at 994 Stafford Road just …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/21/23
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Relocated this year to 240 High St. next to the historic Bristol Statehouse, the Bristol Santa House aims to be even more accessible.
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By Christy Nadalin
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11/16/23
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Roger Williams Park Zoo is hosting its Holiday Lights Spectacular – an annual walk-through experience featuring festive, larger-than-life dazzling displays. Tthis year’s event is even …
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12/6/23
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Ben Shaw is a modern-day renaissance man. He has taken on the weighty role of singer, songwriter, guitarist, saxophonist, pianist, jazz/classical composer and author. Alas, like so many artists and …
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By Michael Khouri
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12/19/23
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A man is in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital after the car in which he was a passenger rolled over on Stone Church Road in Tiverton just before 6:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve.
Police …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/1/24
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This Friday, January 26, Greg Abate and his trio (bassist Paul Del Nero, drummer Gary Johnson, and pianist Matt DeChamplain) will perform songs from The Great American Songbook, classic jazz, be-bop …
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1/24/24
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You have only one solution that meets these obligations in consideration of the planned Penny Lane development. You can vote to disapprove the plan.
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1/31/24
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Officials say the drive-through lane at the new Starbucks will be open on Tuesday morning, Feb. 27.
The new coffee shop opened earlier this month, on Feb. 9, but the drive-through lane, …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/26/24
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Six days before voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the $35 million Route 6 sewer and water debt exclusion, members of the Westport Finance Committee said Wednesday night that they will …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/4/24
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The Barrington Fire Department responded to a gas main leak on Tiffany Circle on Thursday, May 2, at 11 a.m.
According to residents in that neighborhood, a contractor was attempting to connect a …
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5/6/24
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Jodi and Michael Camelo of Bristol are suing the Bristol Warren Regional School District for what they assert was an egregious mishandling of a disciplinary issue last school year with their son, …
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/21/20
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To the editor:
We are writing to you with our concerns about the removal of dedicated honors classes at the high school. Please stop the removal immediately and reinstate the honors classes that …
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3/18/21
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I find it difficult to understand why some Americans are reluctant to give credit to America for taking a lead in ending slavery in North America. We will concede ending slavery was not a unique …
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6/11/21
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With financing worries assuaged, members of the Warren Town Council were expected Tuesday evening to vote to continue the town's relationship with its preferred development partner for the Warren …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/14/21
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To the editor:
I passed by a sign in Barrington that read” Unmask Our Children”.
How dramatic.
Would the kids think that masks were some form of torture? Would they be …
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8/10/21
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Though Barrington has one of the smallest commercial tax bases anywhere, it does have a few notable taxpayers. Atria Bay Spring, the 100,000-square-foot assisted living facility on Bay Spring Avenue, …
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By Scott Pickering
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3/2/22
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The eight girls making up the yet-to-be-named crew that is set to become the youngest, all-female team to compete in the Newport to Bermuda race hatched their plan at the Bristol House of Pizza.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/12/22
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Putting the Pieces Back Together, a national, juried exhibition of works by artists from across the country, is only hanging for one more week at the Bristol Art Museum (BAM), closing Friday, April 1. Try to get out to see it — you will be glad you did.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/25/22
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Barrington residents and non-residents alike can look forward to a new farmer’s market in town this summer.
The farmer’s market will be held at St. John’s Church on Thursdays, …
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5/30/22
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The sweeping ability of the U.S. Supreme Court to reshape American life – and the power of justices with lifetime appointments -- used to be a quiet topic for the inside baseball of political …
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By Ian Donnis
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6/28/22
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Someone stole the fork in the road.
Westport police are looking for the unknown thieves who made off with the fork that marked the split at River Road and Old Harbor, they said Wednesday. There …
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7/19/22
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