STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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By Ian Donnis
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2/20/24
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Helena Hyde finished second in the high jump and helped the Barrington High School girls indoor track team earn a seventh-place finish at the state track championship meet on Saturday, Feb. 17. …
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2/19/24
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The Barrington High School gymnastics team scored 137.45 points and finished third in the state championship meet on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Rhode Island College.
The Warwick Co-op team won …
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2/18/24
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The Barrington High School boys indoor track team highlighted a memorable season by winning the state championship on Saturday, Feb. 17.
It was the first-ever state title for a BHS boys …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/18/24
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The Barrington Youth Basketball Association recently crowned its recreational league champions.
Tenacious D, coached by Todd St. Onge and Anna Slaybaugh, won the championship in the Girls …
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2/16/24
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Barrington Police arrested three people on warrants last week.
On Thursday, Feb. 8, police arrested Michelle E. Raduano, 60, of Medfield, Mass., on two warrants for fraudulent checks less than …
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2/16/24
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The Barrington Charter Review Commission is recommending a series of changes to the town charter, including one that would eliminate the annual Financial Town Meeting and another that would make …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/15/24
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At the Feb. 5 Barrington Town Council Meeting, Town Council Vice President Robert Humm presented his plan to upgrade the athletic fields in Barrington. He cited as …
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2/15/24
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For those who doubt climate change: In my back yard I have a Winterberry bush that has beautiful red berries from late Fall through the Winter. I also have pine trees. Every Fall …
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2/15/24
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To the editor:
Councilor Robert Humm is zeroing in on lower Chianese field, a capped landfill, with a proposal at the Town Council meeting on Feb. 5 for a synthetic turf field with lights to …
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2/15/24
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To the editor:
Words matter, and a two letter suffix can be the difference between description and this newly understood concept of “othering.”
Elder is a word that invokes a …
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2/15/24
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To the editor:
Last year the Barrington Town Council approved the spending of $69,750 to Traverse Landscape Architects for an “Athletic Fields Condition and Needs Analysis.”
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2/15/24
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In the January 25, 2024 Shorelines Opinion Section, Mr. Clay Commons offers examples to show how well our economy is functioning and requests countering information. He explicitly states …
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2/14/24
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Last year, more than 5,500 people arrived at the big brown doors in front of the Peck Center building looking for help.
And each time, Tap-In answered the call.
Tap-In (Touch …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/14/24
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It is a special team. That is how Coach Stephen Lenz describes this year’s Barrington High School girls basketball team, which currently stands in first place in Division I.
Lenz, …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/14/24
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American Rescue Plan Act money continues to support expenditures in Barrington.
At the Town Council meeting on Monday, Feb. 5, the Council voted unanimously to approve the use of ARPA …
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2/13/24
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The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography held an online seminar last Wednesday, titled “Recreational Fishing and Offshore Wind Energy: Understanding the Changing …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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2/13/24
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The Barrington High School boys basketball team extended its home winning streak to 19 games after defeating Mount Pleasant 68-35 on Friday night, Feb. 9.
The Eagles improved to 19-1 overall and …
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2/13/24
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Barrington fell to 6-4-1 in Division I standings after losing to Burrillville 4-2 on Friday night. The loss dropped the Eagles into sixth place in the division.
Barrington held a 2-1 lead …
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2/13/24
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Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti took the brunt of the blame for the calamity created as he was peppered with questions about the status of the Washington Bridge from …
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By Mike Rego
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2/12/24
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Not everyone in town was happy to learn that the Town Council and School Committee recently approved the Stage II application for school construction.
Members of the Barrington Resilience …
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2/12/24
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The names of five local hockey greats who represent the RI Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 were unveiled last weekend between periods of the Providence Bruins-Hershey Bears “Hall of …
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2/11/24
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During a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1, the Barrington School Committee voted 5-0 to approve the Stage II application for the school construction project.
And on Wednesday night, Feb. 7, …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/9/24
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To the editor:
I would like to respond to Magnus Thorsson’s letter to the editor about the Resilience and Energy Committee’s conclusion on synthetic turf.
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2/9/24
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