To the editor:
It’s been a few weeks since you published a story called “Parents vs. The State.” I responded to the writer directly in my shock at this kind of attention being …
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1/5/22
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Sharon Gold is a diminutive woman with a big message for everyone — stop idling! The focus of a story in our East Bay Life section this week, Gold is a retired educator and grandmother from …
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1/5/22
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To the editor:
A modest proposal.
In this most intractable debate, a letter to last week’s Sakonnet Times drew my interest. Jean Ernster of Barrington made a most intriguing proposal to …
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1/3/22
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12/29/21
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Governor Dan McKee recently initiated a new, temporary indoor mask mandate and proof of vaccine requirements. Do you agree with his decision?
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12/20/21
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On Aug. 19 of this year, Rhode Island entered a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing the increased presence and spread of the Delta variant, which triggered a mini-surge in cases from July into …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/17/21
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First, give credit where credit is due. After being questioned, criticized and scorned for not enforcing a mask mandate during meetings, leadership and members of the Bristol Warren Regional School …
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12/17/21
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To the editor: Several recent letters to the editor apparently missed my point that the Bristol Warren School District lacks academic achievement. One called my suggestion that our tax dollars might …
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12/16/21
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A proposed dehumidification system could add 50 years to the Mt. Hope Bridge for $35 million. Waiting longer to remedy the issues could cost much, much more.
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By Christy Nadalin
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12/16/21
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A meeting of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee was abruptly ended after meeting attendees refused to wear masks as mandated by Governor Dan McKee and the RI Department of Health.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/15/21
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I was taken aback when I received a letter from Santa! There in black and white was his Christmas list of Rhode Island leaders who have been either naughty or nice. One politician dominated the …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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12/10/21
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What do you think about mandating vaccines specifically for educators who work within our communities' schools?
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12/10/21
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To the editor: The Mt. Hope Student Union claims in their overlong public comment, quoted in toto by Tumblr-blog Uprise RI, that our doomed collegebound “are checked for their bigotry, …
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12/9/21
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To the editor: Like many East Bay residents, I’ve followed with growing dismay the ongoing actions and statements of the current leadership of the Bristol Warren School Committee. Their most …
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12/9/21
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The Rhode Island ACLU sent a letter recently to Bristol Warren district administrators and Mt. Hope High School indicating a troubling trend of disparate suspension numbers between white and non-white students.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/9/21
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A proposed hotel on a large swath of land off Gooding Avenue is continuing to cause a stir among neighbors.
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By Christy Nadalin
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12/7/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Several witnesses have told Portsmouth Police that a 39-year-old woman who is now missing intentionally climbed over the deck railing of the Prudence Island Ferry Monday night …
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12/7/21
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To the editor:
Imagine a world with no domestic violence — where no Rhode Islanders have their lives cut short by abuse, where children do not witness this violence, where our …
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12/6/21
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Multiple school committee members in Bristol Warren are taking heat for their decision to not wear masks during meetings, despite an ongoing state mandate to do so.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/2/21
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Canapitsit Customs of Bristol was recognized for crafting and streamlining the availability and application of advanced materials in UUVs, specifically waterproof, carbon fiber housings that contain critical electronic components for underwater robots.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/2/21
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