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Cuts to three social workers that were hired during Covid, utilizing temporary grant funding, generated disagreement among the school committee members deliberating on the proposed FY25 budget.
Bristol Warren School Committee torn on proposed budget cuts
The proposed $60.1 million general fund budget, which represents a 2% total increase in spending over the FY24 budget, includes a request for $387,866 more in local funding from Warren (a 2.7% increase over last year), and $704,633 from Bristol (a 2.4% increase over last year). more
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J. Dean Norton has spent more than half a century employed at Mt. Vernon, the Virginian estate of George Washington.
George Washington’s gardener is coming to Bristol
Employed at Mount Vernon for more than 50 years, J. Dean Norton has devoted his career to researching 18th-century gardens and gardening practices. On June 3, he'll bring his nationally recognized expertise to Linden Place. more
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East Bay Food Pantry volunteer Joe Sullivan (left) and Executive Director Karen Griffith put food bags into a client’s car on Wood Street on Wednesday morning.
Local charities enter the season of giving
The season of giving is underway, and this year may be more difficult than ever for social service agencies to spread awareness and foster participation. Complicated by the pandemic, many traditional … more
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Both Silver Creek Manor and St. Elizabeth Manor were purchased by a New Jersey corporation for a combined $10.2 million.
Bristol nursing homes sold to New Jersey-based corporation
Two nursing homes — Silver Creek Manor, family owned and operated for more than 50 years, and St. Elizabeth Manor, part of a family of homes and rehabilitation facilities run by a corporate … more
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Former superintendent Dr. Jonathan Brice resigned with a year left on his contract.
District pays $41,250 severance to former superintendent
About six weeks after Dr. Jonathan Brice tendered his resignation, the Bristol Warren Regional School District and the former superintendent of schools have closed the book on their two-year … more
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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
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Susanna Osinski, a Roger Williams University shellfish field technician and research associate, leads Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (left) and Jack Reed (center) on a “wet tour” of the university’s oyster farm, along with RWU President Ioannis Miaoulis (right).
University welcomes $1.6 million to bolster oyster and aquaculture efforts
On Monday, Aug. 8, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Roger Williams University President Ioannis Miaoulis for a ‘wet tour’ of the university’s oyster farm in Mount … more
Derek Ferreira (left), Mike Godet, and Luis Medeiros watch Kevin Amaral of Vigilant Brewing Company tee off on the first hole at the Bristol Golf Park.
Town cuts tape on Bristol Golf Park, first players tee off
Players took to the links at the Bristol Golf Park for the first time this week. more
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