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Sen. Sandra Cano and Rep. Jennifer Boylan, of Barrington, recently introduced legislation to ban synthetic polymer microparticles, which are better known as microplastics, from Rhode Island.
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3/27/24
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FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will be in the Giles room at the Cranston Library at 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd, Cranston to meet with survivors of the Dec. 17-19, 2023, storms …
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3/27/24
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PROVIDENCE — The city will receive nearly a million dollars in federal grant money towards the continued renovation of the East Providence Police Department headquarters on Waterman Avenue.
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3/27/24
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Six days after a quahogger’s boat flipped in the Westport River’s West Branch, friends of the owner managed to right it, pump it out and tow it south to Westport Point Wednesday morning.
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By Ted Hayes
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3/27/24
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Barrington Police responded to an accident on Lincoln Avenue on Tuesday morning, March 26.
A large truck collided with the rear-end of a silver sedan just west of the Barrington High School …
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3/27/24
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Here’s a scenario one could imagine quite easily here in this little corner of the world … The owner of a small boat invites friends for a day out on the water, fishing, eating and laughing. At some point during the day, the captain slumps over in some sort of distress, possibly a heart attack.
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By Scott Pickering
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3/27/24
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After nearly a decade, and despite booming business, Metacom Kitchen in Warren will close down on April 22.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/27/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Team Madagascar triumphed over Team Canada in the Portsmouth High School 2024 International Volleyball championship match held march 15 in the old gym.
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3/26/24
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A cell phone tower on Peter Road in Bristol recently collapsed, but caused no injuries.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/26/24
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Tiverton Town Council members harshly criticized the school committee and the superintendent of schools Monday night for what they said were ill-considered fiscal decisions, including a pattern of …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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3/26/24
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“If somebody gets bonked on the head with a brick and we get a lawsuit, we know what that does to town finances.”
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/26/24
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In an incredibly rare event, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast earlier this month. This is a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for …
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3/26/24
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PORTSMOUTH — The music will play on at Ragged Island Brewing on Bristol Ferry Road.
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By Jim McGaw
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3/26/24
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Members of a Barrington garden club stopped into the Barrington Police Station on Monday, March 18 to report suspicious behavior at the Osamequin Bird Sanctuary on the Wampanoag Trail.
The …
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3/26/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police are continuing their investigation after the body of a man was pulled from the shore of the Providence River in city Thursday evening, March 21.
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By Mike Rego
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3/26/24
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Some time soon — it could be a month, maybe two — Holly will finally have a beautiful new home to call her own.
When that day comes, the 1989 Westport High School graduate and single …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/26/24
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Throughout his life, during the good times and bad, the music has been there for Ken Totushek.
It started decades ago when he was in the seventh grade, grew during his teenage years and …
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By Josh Bickford
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3/26/24
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Who’s going to tell them?
Time for fisticuffs!
Those are a few responses posted locally on Facebook this past week, after the Irish Star newspaper published a story just after the …
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3/25/24
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Confused about Westport’s Town Meeting? How it works, the process and procedure, and more? On Wednesday evening, Westport middle schoolers become the teachers.
The eighth grade class will …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/25/24
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Monday, March 18
A report of a suspicious person on Alan Street came in at 3:27 p.m.
A caller reported debris on Route 24 at 4:03 p.m.
A White Tail Lane resident reported trespassing …
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3/25/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The 2024 East Providence High School Unified Basketball League squad made its season debut recently at home against visiting Mt. Pleasant, the program now almost a decade old …
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By Mike Rego
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3/25/24
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A home on Mathewson Road in Barrington recently sold for $4 million. That is the highest home sale for the entire East Bay so far this year, and is the highest ever for a home on Mathewson Road, …
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3/25/24
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is informing motorists as part of it ongoing effort to alleviate the intense congestion on the Washington Bridge since the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/25/24
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PORTSMOUTH — A 23-year-old Johnston man was arrested last week after he was found to be allegedly in possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia, police said.
While conducting a …
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3/25/24
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A man was struck and killed on Willett Avenue in Barrington on Thursday morning, March 21.
Barrington Police said the victim is 78-year-old Riverside resident …
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3/25/24
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