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The Barrington Town Council will discuss the Carmelite monastery property on Monday night, May 6, and is expected to vote on whether to advance a monastery-specific resolution question to the upcoming FTM.
Council could vote on monastery property development question on Monday
The Barrington Town Council will discuss the Carmelite monastery property on Monday night, May 6, and is expected to vote on whether to advance a monastery-specific resolution question to the … more
Barrington reverses contentious assessment policy
The new year brought a change to Barrington's approach to conducting property assessments.  Last year, Barrington Tax Assessor Michael Minardi adopted a new approach to conducting property … more
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Bristol Council candidates talk taxes, spending and small business
In a Phoenix story a week ago, several candidates for Bristol Town Council warned voters to be wary that some of their opponents may not be fiscally responsible with town budgets and taxes. This week … more
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St. Michael’s volunteers staged a demonstration of what the purple ribbon project will look like, once it begins on the first day of Lent, Feb. 17.
This Lenten season, St. Michael’s is putting hope out front
It’s a simple concept, but organizers are hopeful that their Lenten prayer ribbons initiative will have a big impact. Beginning on the first day of Lent, Wednesday, Feb. 17, there will be a box … more
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Gov. Dan McKee (left) elbow-bumps with Bristol Warren Regional Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jonathan Brice outside of the Quinta-Gamelin Community Center on Friday. The governor and other state leaders visited while hundreds of teachers, educators and child care workers received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A shot in the arm for Bristol
State officials, including Gov. Dan McKee, Education Commissioner Angelica Infanté-Green, and Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, visited Bristol last Friday to tour the … more
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Todd Nicholson and Rebecca Ernst stand inside the 8,000-square-foot space that will house their Pivotal Brewing Company. Part of “Unity Park,” rising in the shell of the old Industrial Park off Wood Street, its construction has been delayed for many months because of supply line delays with their custom, historic windows.
Brewery to anchor new Unity Park development in Bristol
If not for the windows, a recent tour of Pivotal Brewing Company, one of the many new tenants set to make a splash at Unity Park, the site of the former Bristol Industrial Park, would have certainly … more
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Westport transfer station employee Stephanie Harvey greets visitors to the transfer station Friday morning.
Westport trash service back following shutdown
The Westport Transfer Station is once again accepting household waste, after service was suspended earlier this week due to problems with the town's former trash provider. On Monday, the Board … more
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There has been an increased police presence at Barrington High School this week.
Barrington officials respond to school threat, TikTok trend
Rising tensions over threats of school violence yielded a response from Barrington school officials late this week. On Thursday night, Barrington Superintendent of Schools Michael Messore sent … more
Twelve acres near Fogland sell for $1.2 million
A 12-acre stretch of coastal land just south of Fogland Beach has sold for $1.2 million, the biggest land sale in Tiverton in six years. The property at 0 High Hill has two approved buildable lots, … more
Mt. Hope’s Alan Leach aims to make a shot while competing against Tiverton last Wednesday.
Unified basketball provides unparalleled joy for all participants
If you’re looking for a wonderful afternoon of competitive sports in a feel-good environment, look no further than Mt. Hope High School and its unified basketball team. more
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The late Peggie Perrotto will be sadly missed throughout the East Bay area.
Loss of Peggie Perrotto will resonate with many in East Bay
Peggie, 70, was an all-around gal whose love of life was unmatched. She unexpectedly passed from this world on April 10, after suffering a stroke, attributable to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. more
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Portsmouth Town Council member Andrew Kelly is running for the District 11 Senate Seat in the R.I. General Assembly.
Portsmouth's Kelly running for District 11
PORTSMOUTH — On Monday, Town Council member Andrew V. Kelly became the third Democrat to declare his intention to run for the R.I. Senate District 11 seat which is being vacated by Sen. … more
Members of the Portsmouth Girls’ Senior softball team pose for a photo after winning the state title.
Portsmouth Girls’ Senior Softball team heading to regionals
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Girls’ Senior Little League Softball team defeated Cranston Western to capture the Rhode Island state title on Thursday, July 14. The team will move on to play … more
Artistic rendering from the Mayflower Wind website.
Tiverton council talks anti-semitism, Mayflower Wind
The Tiverton Town Council was expected Tuesday evening to discuss whether to hire an attorney to represent its interests as the Mayflower Wind project moves forward, and also considered a resolution … more
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The wreck of a ship thought to be the 19th-century Rhode Island whaler Dolphin at low tide off Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
Scientists help confirm wreck is long-lost Warren whale ship
Scientists investigating the remains of an old wooden ship off the cold, windy coast of far southern Argentina say it almost certainly is the Dolphin, a globe-trotting whaling ship from Warren, R.I., lost in 1859. Archaeologists have spent years researching the ship’s origin without making a definitive identification, but a new analysis of tree rings in its timbers has provided perhaps the most compelling evidence yet. more
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Incumbent Walter Felag Jr. (right), Democrat, and challenger, Allyn Meyers (left), Republican, face off during a League of Women Voters forum held last Thursday.
Felag, Meyers clash on gun laws, school choice during forum
Candidates for Rhode Island Senate District 10 came together at Warren Town Hall to participate in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island. more
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A bagpiper from the Westport Fire Department plays during the town's Veterans' Day ceremony last November. This year's ceremony is Friday.
Westport honors veterans in ceremony Friday
Westport will honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces, including the approximately 900 veterans who call Westport home, during its annual Veterans Day … more
Kelsey Perry, Mayflower Wind’s community liaison coordinator, and Tim Reiher, the developer’s offshore cables package manager (left), speak to residents at the drop-in session on Dec. 7 inside Ragged Island Brewing Company’s Brewery Barn. Another session was held the previous night at the Portsmouth Free Public Library.
Mayflower Wind: ‘People still have a lot of questions’
PORTSMOUTH — What will the cables look like? Why come up the Sakonnet River? What’s in it for Portsmouth? Will recreational and commercial fishing be impacted?  more
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The speed camera on Broadway at Grovesnor Avenue in East Providence.
Speed cameras generate massive revenue for East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The current incarnation of the City Council gave its greatest consideration to date on the controversial issue of speed cameras placed around East Providence during its June … more
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Windsurfers cut across the water on a perfectly windy afternoon.
High-stakes racing on Mt. Hope Bay
Many of the best youth sailors in the world spent this week zipping across the waters of Mount Hope Bay, off the shore from Roger Williams University. The university and U.S. Sailing hosted the U.S. … more
Alicia Saldana speaks to members of the Bristol Town Council while pitching a new Peruvian restaurant, Qhali, which is set to open this weekend.
Is a 'world's best' restaurant coming soon to Bristol? Sort of.
“I have a restaurant in Boston, I cook Peruvian cuisine," the petitioner said. "Last month we ranked one of the best restaurants in the world..." more
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the S and 15 class start during Sunday’s races.
Light wind didn’t dampen 2023 Classic Yacht Regatta
Herreshoff's annual Classic Yacht Regatta brought 36 vessels, some over 100 years old, to partake in one of Bristol's classiest and most classic races. more
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Mia Shaw (left) looks on as teammate Gianna Lunney volleys the ball over the net for a point with Mary Gerhard (right).
Volleyball battles back to beat Middletown 3-1, starts season at 5-1
The Mt. Hope girls volleyball team came from behind to beat Middletown 3-1( 19-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-12) on Thursday night. The Huskies are currently in third place in Division II with a record of … more
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New Hampshire artist Sam Malpass in front of her work, which can be seen on the corner of Hope and Franklin Streets.
New mural pops up at corner of Hope and Franklin in Bristol
Dramatic change recently came to the nondescript cinderblock side of the building on the southeast corner of Hope and Franklin Streets. more
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Aiden Echevarria and Gabriella Humes, Portsmouth High School’s 2023 Homecoming king and queen, wave to the crowd from their perch in a convertible during the Homecoming Parade on Saturday.
Portsmouth High celebrates school spirit at Homecoming
PORTSMOUTH — On an unseasonably balmy day with temperatures reaching into the 80s, Portsmouth High School showed off its school spirit for Homecoming. more
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