TJ Peck and Frazier Bell want to see politics eliminated from the school committee.
Peck and Bell are Independent candidates running for two seats on the Barrington School Committee. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Mark Tracy recently declared his candidacy for State Representative in District 66.
“As a father of two children in Barrington public schools, I will fight at the State …
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Susannah Holloway, the vice chair of the Barrington Committee on Appropriations, announced last week that she is running for the Rhode Island Senate District 32, which includes …
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Jennifer Boylan announced last week that she plans to be a candidate for the Rhode Island House District 66 (Barrington, Riverside) seat being vacated by retiring Representative …
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6/29/22
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Rep. Jason Knight is the only Barrington legislator seeking re-election this year.
Earlier this month, Rep. Liana Cassar (D. District 66, Barrington and East Providence) and Sen. Cindy Coyne (D. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/28/22
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The Supreme Court’s ruling today, which overturned Roe v. Wade , is nothing less than a shameful, sweeping, …
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By Jessica Arons, ACLU Senior Policy Counsel
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6/25/22
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Round two.
The Barrington School Department recently began a second search process for the next Barrington High School principal.
The first search, which began shortly after …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/24/22
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Thanks to you, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, we have the solution to school safety. One single entrance with an armed guard at his/her post. Well, by golly, this idea requires a closer …
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6/24/22
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My husband Miguel and I had the opportunity and the honor to talk to the eighth-graders and then the seventh-graders about our experience in the Holocaust. We were so impressed with the attentiveness …
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6/24/22
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Next month, Barrington residents will get a glimpse of what local schools may look like in the future.
Last month, the district held two deep dive visioning sessions where a group of 50 people …
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6/24/22
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Three East Bay Lacrosse teams made it to the state championship finals games held at URI last weekend.
The East Bay Girls Grades 7/8 Division I team played a hard-fought game and lost to …
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6/24/22
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The Bristol County Water Authority board of directors approved a 4 percent rate increase for the fiscal year 2023.
The rate increase went into effect on March 1, meaning that all water used …
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6/23/22
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Barrington Town Council member Jacob Brier announced Wednesday, June 22, that he was suspending his re-election campaign, following the Barrington Democratic Town Committee meeting a night earlier. …
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6/23/22
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Sen. Cynthia A. Coyne (D. Dist. 32, Barrington, Bristol, East Providence) announced this week that she will not be seeking a fifth term in the Rhode Island State Senate.
“I have decided that …
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6/23/22
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Barrington’s Asher Robbins captured second place in the Championship Division Hammer Throw at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals at the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday. Asher's throw was …
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6/22/22
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Skipper Charlie Enright of Barrington, guided the IMOCA 60 Mālama, from 11th Hour Racing across the finish line, almost eight and a half hours after first place finisher, Argo, which completed …
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Story courtesy of Newport Bermuda Race, Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/22/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Bristol County Water Authority (BCWA) and the City of East Providence jointly announced the pipeline interconnection between the two systems has been completed and …
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6/22/22
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Weeks after Barrington voters approved the school and municipal budgets for next year, town leaders learned they would be receiving a lot less state aid for education than they had been expecting. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/22/22
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Members of the Barrington Town Council will be meeting this summer to talk about flags.
Toward the end of the June 6 meeting, councilors took a moment to discuss what items they planned to …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/22/22
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Barrington’s Maude Smith-Montross and Gianna Vigliotti won silver medals at the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla. earlier this month.
Smith-Montross and Vigliotti, …
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6/21/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island SPCA is scheduled to receive a transport of 40 beagles (15 puppies and 25 adults) today from the Humane Society of the United States.
The beagles were …
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6/21/22
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Two Barrington residents woke up Monday morning, June 20, and discovered that their vehicles had been stolen.
Barrington Police said a Governor Bradford Drive resident and a Chapin Road …
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6/21/22
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Barrington Police are investigating a suspicious condition at the Shaw’s Supermarket in the Barrington Shopping Center.
On Monday, June 6, a caller told police that a short, stocky, …
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6/17/22
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Barrington Police responded to Barrington Beach on Wednesday, June 8, after receiving a report about a dog wandering around the beach off-leash.
Police located the dog and eventually discovered …
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6/17/22
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