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Youngsters get ready for last year's Fraid Knots kids bike ride event in Barrington. This year's ride will take place June 22.

Kids bike ride in Barrington will raise money for PMC

The Fraid Knots Pan Mass Challenge team will hold a special fund-raiser on June 22 — a kids bike ride. The event will take place on Fairway Drive in the Country Club plat neighborhood in … more

6/14/22

The Barrington Town Council recently adopted a new ordinance that includes fines for people caught littering at town parks and beaches. The law stems from a littering issue at the middle school basketball courts.

Litterbugs in Barrington now face escalating fines

Get caught littering at a town park or the beach and it will cost you. On Monday night, June 6, members of the Barrington Town Council voted unanimously to adopt a new ordinance that creates a … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/10/22

The Barrington High School Science Olympiad team won its 12th consecutive state championship recently. Pictured are (front row, from left to right) Levon He, Isabelle Chen, Alan Weng, Vignesh Peddi, Vineet Abbineni, Coach Sonalya Jayasuriya, and (second row) Coach Laura Donegan, Genevieve Geiser, Shaswat Singh, Rahul Yehiya, Yike Chen, Noah Higbie, Yiming Xiong, Dawen Cheng, and Troy Tian.

BHS Science Olympiad team wins state title

Call it a dynasty — the Barrington High School Science Olympiad team recently won its 12th consecutive state title. The Barrington students medaled in 12 out of the 15 events at the … more

6/10/22

Barrington High School senior Lucy Dreier has been named as a 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar. The award is based on a student’s academic success, artistic and technical excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as a demonstrated commitment to community service and leadership.

Barrington's U.S. Presidential Scholar: 'She’s worked so hard'

Yes, he is impressed by her grades. They are impressive: All A’s, not a single B — and with a course-load that features the top-level calculus class and a handful of other AP … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/9/22

Barrington officials are considering adding portable restrooms at the town's athletic fields. Pictured is a soccer field at Haines Park.

Barrington official proposes port-a-potties at town's athletic fields

Rob Humm is requesting the town take a closer look at locating portable restrooms at the athletic fields around Barrington. The town council member spoke about the issue during the council … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/9/22

Farmers' market planned for this week, all summer in Barrington

Residents and non-residents alike can look forward to a new farmer’s market in Barrington this summer. The farmer’s markets will be held at St. John’s Church on Thursdays, June … more

6/8/22

Pam Zabel of Greene counts fish at the 2016 BioBlitz in Hopkinton.

This weekend, it’s a Bio-Blitz along the bike path

Don’t be surprised to see more traffic than usual along a 4.4-mile stretch of the East Bay Bike Path this weekend — nor folks there at all times of day and night. BioBlitz 2022 is … more

6/8/22

Barrington Town Council sending marijuana question to voters

Should there be a recreational cannabis retail store in Barrington? Members of the Barrington Town Council discussed that question during their meeting on Monday night, June 6, and eventually … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/8/22

Arts festival has food, music and fun for kids

The Barrington Arts Festival features over 65 artists showcasing their paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, glass, textiles and books. Children’s activities are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., … more

6/8/22

Juniors Emma Johnson (facing), Amy LaBelle (#7) and the rest of the BHS girls' lacrosse team celebrate their stunning upset of Moses Brown in the state championship game.

Barrington flips the script, ends season with a championship

The Barrington High School girls’ lacrosse team played its best game in its last game and dethroned the six-time defending state champion Quakers of Moses Brown on Saturday night at Cranston … more

By Scott Pickering | 6/7/22

Davis Lee of Portsmouth congratulates a classmate at the conclusion of Portsmouth Abbey’s commencement exercises on Sunday, May 28.

Abbey grad: Classmates ‘picked me up’ after failures

PORTSMOUTH — Catherine O’Hara told her fellow graduates at Portsmouth Abbey that she had “failed a lot” over her four years of high school, but nearly every time one of … more

6/7/22

Rep. Liana Cassar, shown at a 2019 chamber of commerce event, recently announced she will not be running for re-election when her term ends.

District 66’s Cassar not running for re-election

Representative Liana Cassar will not be running for re-election. The Barrington resident is in her second term serving as the District 66 Representative (Barrington/Riverside). … more

6/6/22

Barrington Town Council President Michael Carroll (center), shown during the recent financial town meeting, said he is in favor of allowing the sale of recreational cannabis in town.

Council president OK with allowing a cannabis store in Barrington

Michael Carroll is in favor of it. Jacob Brier is leaning the same way. And Rob Humm would not show his hand — at least not yet. Members of the Barrington Town Council held a special … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/3/22

Charlotte Danyla sends a pass over a South Kingstown opponent.

Barrington girls play for state championship on Saturday

The Barrington High School girls lacrosse team will battle for the Division I State Championship this weekend. The Eagles entered the playoffs as the second seed and will square off against Moses … more

6/3/22

Advocates celebrated back in 2018, when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order making Rhode Island the first state to act on new gun policies since a gunman shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school earlier that month. The event was attended by hundreds of people, including many students. Rep. Jason Knight (holding microphone) addressed the crowd in the Statehouse lobby at the time.

The long fight for new gun laws

There are many ways to absorb and process news of a lone gunman slaughtering 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Images of the smiling, mostly 10-year-olds and their teachers evoke sorrow, … more

By Scott Pickering | 6/2/22

Barrington Town Moderator Richard Staples addresses the crowd at last week's FTM.

Barrington school budget increase grows to nearly $3 million

John Stafford’s request was granted. Mark Hanchar’s was denied. Stafford, a Strawberry Drive resident, filed an amendment calling for a larger increase for the school … more

By Josh Bickford | 6/2/22

Police investigating car break-ins in Barrington

Barrington Police received reports of car break-ins early Thursday morning, May 26. Residents on Deep Meadow Lane, a street that runs close to the Barrington-Swansea line, called police at about … more

6/1/22

Emmett Mountain, 2, (left) and his twin sister Penelope sit with Patty Watson, while watching the Barrington Memorial Day Parade on Monday. Warm weather and sun-filled skies greeted parade-goers.

Photos: Barrington celebrates Memorial Day

This year's Barrington Memorial Day Parade celebrated "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" - the cause for which veterans and deceased service members fought. The parade traveled along … more

5/31/22

Farmer’s markets planned for this summer in Barrington

Barrington residents and non-residents alike can look forward to a new farmer’s market in town this summer. The farmer’s market will be held at St. John’s Church on Thursdays, … more

5/30/22

Barrington High School’s Emma Marvelli, Stella Densley, Louise Marie Choi-Schattle, Yike Chen, Yiming Xiong, Helen Copple, Dawen Cheng and Sean Fearon (from left to right) brought home the top team award at the recent URI Chemistry contest.

Barrington High School wins chemistry competition

The Advanced Placement chemistry students from Barrington High School competed in the annual URI Chemistry contest recently, and brought home the top team award and also swept the individual awards. … more

5/30/22

Cathy Winston looks on as teammate David Schwartz returns a serve during a game of pickleball on the Bristol Town Common. The Town of Portsmouth’s grant request for matching funds to build a pickleball facility at Elmhurst Park was recently denied.

State to Portsmouth: No pickleball for you!

PORTSMOUTH — Sorry, pickleball enthusiasts. The sport won’t be coming to Portsmouth just yet. The town recently learned that its 2022 Department of Environmental Management (DEM) … more

By Jim McGaw | 5/29/22

Should Barrington allow the sale of recreational marijuana?

The Barrington Town Council is encouraging the public to attend a workshop on Tuesday, May 31 to provide feedback on whether the sale of recreational cannabis should be permitted in … more

5/29/22

Dozens of competitors break from the starting line at this year’s Tough Tiger adventure race at Hampden Meadows School.

Tough Tiger returns to Barrington

After a two-year hiatus, the Hampden Meadows School Tough Tiger returned with a new course, new obstacles, but the same fun atmosphere. Hundreds of competitors — young and old — … more

5/27/22

Barrington School Committee Chairwoman Gina Bae issued a response to a Superior Court judge's ruling that the school committee violated the Open Meetings Act.

Barrington school official responds to Open Meetings Act violation

The chairwoman of the Barrington School Committee has offered a response to Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Lanphear’s ruling that the committee violated the Open Meetings Act when it … more

5/27/22

Former Barrington teachers Stephanie Hines, Brittany DiOrio and Kerri Thurber (from left to right), shown during their appeal hearing on March 31, were fired after the school committee denied their religious exemption request to the vaccine mandate. On May 25, a Superior Court judge ruled that the Barrington School Committee violated the state’s Open Meetings Act by failing to provide sufficient notice before enacting the school district’s vaccinate mandate for teachers.

Judge rules Barrington School Committee violated Open Meetings Act

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday, May 25, that the Barrington School Committee violated the state’s Open Meetings Act by failing to provide sufficient notice before enacting … more

By Josh Bickford | 5/26/22