We put together a short back-to-school shopping list. Yes, classes have already started. And yes, the pants we bought last year still fit fine. All the same, here’s our list: • Air …

It happens every two years in Rhode Island. In late August, a few leaves begin twirling down from trees. College students depart; or return. Yellow buses return to the roads. And then, bam! It’s …

In the last few weeks, a handful of towns in Rhode Island have parted ways with Flock traffic cameras. Some communities have cited concerns over privacy rights as the driving force behind the …

In the context of small-town municipal affairs, what the Barrington Town Council did last week was shocking. With one seat vacant and one member absent, a three-person council voted unanimously to …

There is finally some encouraging news about climate change, and Rhode Islanders have the Heartland Institute to thank for it.

Electric bicycles and scooters are not going away, and the problems they cause are not getting any better. They’re getting worse. Too many parents are giving too young children too many of …

Barrington’s new trash and recycling program has been in place for less than three weeks, and while it’s too soon to render final judgment on the new system, it’s not too soon for a couple of …

A town that cares as much about the environment as Barrington does should have thought twice before approving the production/creation/distribution of more than 12,000 extremely large plastic trash …

It keeps happening. Pedestrians, bicyclists and people driving cars keep colliding where the East Bay Bike Path crosses over roads.   On Tuesday, June 9, a teenage girl riding a bicycle …

This year’s financial town referendum offered a little bit of everything: The good. The bad. The yet to be determined. The good was turnout. The town’s first-ever FTR drew nearly 1,700 …

What happened on May 27, 2026, when Barrington voters went to the polls? From our perspective, a lot. The first Financial Town Referendum in the town’s 309-year history was not just an …

Chianese Park feels like a lost cause.   We have looked at the numerous plans and ideas pitched for “improving” Chianese over the years, and there seems to be no clear path to building …

Nearly a week later, it’s still difficult to make sense of a special meeting held by the Barrington Town Council. Last Thursday evening, the council gathered for a session that was far from the …

The reopening of the East Bay Bike Path bridges was met with much pomp and circumstance on Monday, and with good reason. Every Rhode Island delegate in Congress, the governor and half the local …

There is something deeply Rhode Island about fixing potholes with a phone number. Not fixing them, exactly — let’s not get carried away — but creating a system by which we may report them …

Before the Rhode Island General Assembly are two bills that serve the public and improve transparency in government. Both were heard before a House committee this week, and both are led by and …

It was revealed this week that Barrington High School students attend class for less time than their peers throughout Rhode Island, and they have done so for years. Regardless of how the community …

For fourteen years, the Belton Court property has hovered over Barrington like a question waiting to be answered. The debate didn’t start yesterday. It began even before the property was purchased, …

We’ve taken to calling this the storm of the century, because it is. For this region, it is the biggest storm in the lifetimes of anyone living today. Following the Blizzard of 1978, roads, …

During last week’s Barrington Town Council meeting , a member of this community spoke passionately about the proposed housing development at Belton Court, to a body that mostly ignored what she had …

It’s a shame that Zoom School is still a thing. Days before winter storm Fern blew into the Northeast, most school districts announced Monday cancellations. A few, however, announced …

This is a moment for journalists to consider the challenges we will face in the coming years when the robots will be smarter, and the truth may be more difficult to find, but more important than ever.

Speaking of mundane municipal matters with big impact, it is long past time for a safe sidewalk along Federal Road to be at the top of the town’s priority list. This is one of the few critical …

The local government is asking residents who live beside some of Barrington’s newest sidewalks to not use salt to treat and de-ice those sidewalks, as the salt can damage those new surfaces. …

For more than a century, this nation built infrastructure to accommodate one dominant technology — motor vehicles. Roads, highways, bridges, ramps, parking lots, driveways and garages were all …