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EAST BAY — A tentative agreement was reached Tuesday night, Jan. 21, between school bus drivers for East Providence and Barrington represented by Teamsters Local 251 and Ocean State Transit, a …
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1/22/20
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Welcome to January, the season of rebirth, when all hope springs eternal …
Something seem amiss? It is.
Gov. Gina Raimondo’s State of the State address was easy to cheer. She …
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1/17/20
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On Tuesday, Jan. 14, residents and passersby noticed a person panhandling near the intersection of Rumstick Road and County.
The sight, a less than common occurrence in Barrington, left some …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/16/20
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Barrington police responded to a Hampden Meadows residence after the homeowner was accused of yelling at a 9-year-old girl who cut through his yard after school was dismissed.
Police said they …
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1/16/20
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To the editor:
I just got my Town of Barrington calendar and on the first page for Monday, Jan. 20 is the only abbreviated holiday, "MLK Day" instead of "Martin Luther King Jr. Day". How rude …
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1/16/20
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The newly-inked Barrington teachers contract offers a detailed look at the requirements and compensations extended to local public school teachers.
For starters, the contract calls for around a 2 …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/16/20
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Barrington and East Providence public school officials are preparing for a potential strike by local school bus drivers and monitors.
Members of the Teamsters Local 251 union who serve as bus …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/15/20
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With the onset of the new legislative session, taxpayers are gritting their teeth to see what fiscal ignominies will be piled onto their backs. One thing is for certain. The governor is out of …
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By Arlene Violet
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1/15/20
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The Rhode Island General Assembly got back to work last week, and with it, your elected representatives. East Bay Life spoke to several local senators and representatives to hear what issues are at …
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/15/20
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On Monday, Jan. 6, employees from the town's department of public works were ordered to clean up a resident's yard on Chachapacassett Road. A day later, that resident filed a report with the town's …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/14/20
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A Barrington police officer was locking up the gate at the town beach on Saturday night, Jan. 11, when he looked to the west and spotted a strange green light shining into the sky.
The officer …
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1/13/20
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To the editor:
I am a frequent pedestrian in Barrington, and my walk to and from school leads me across the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Middle Highway, the subject of an article in the …
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1/10/20
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To the editor:
Let me ask a stupid question. Would you take your family out boating in the same cove that is also being used by hunters to shoot water fowl? Of course not, but that's exactly …
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1/10/20
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There were plenty of questions surrounding the proposed construction of a new Starbucks restaurant on County Road during Thursday night's Technical Review Committee meeting.
But no question …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/10/20
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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were close friends back in 1965. They shared the dream that our nation should be “a place where civil and human rights …
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1/10/20
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Newspapers are dying. I hear it all the time; on the news, from strangers, acquaintances, even from some customers. To be sure, it’s hard to hear … every single time. Not because this is …
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1/9/20
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Video surveillance cameras captured footage of two men trying to break into Barrington residents' cars early Sunday morning, Jan. 5.
A Barton Avenue resident called police at about 1:45 a.m. …
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1/9/20
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In the spirit of Columbus Day 2010, 2015 and 2017, one or more moonbats continued the new Elmwood tradition last year — bloodying the explorer’s likeness — and chained to its base a …
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1/9/20
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The deadline to nominate someone for the Barrington Heritage Hall of Fame's inaugural class is quickly approaching.
The Barrington Heritage Hall of Fame, which was recently established in an …
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1/8/20
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Many years ago, when Alica and her mother Relly would go to Newport Creamery for lunch, Relly would doodle on the placemats and beautiful pictures would come to life. Tiny little people and charming …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/8/20
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To the editor:
Barrington deserves better than this. Last year, Mr. Minardi, our tax assessor, covertly concocted a crazy new rule increasing property valuations on a select few properties that …
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1/7/20
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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 …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/3/20
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