The Barrington Town Council is confronted with a decision concerning a noise ordinance that was put into effect back in 2003. The pivotal question at hand revolves around whether …
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10/5/23
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To the editor:
Last week I was nervously watching the Saturday forecast worried that the impending rain would drive away much-needed volunteers to help unload the pumpkins at St. John’s. …
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10/5/23
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Barrington Police are investigating a fake prescription passed at the CVS Pharmacy in the Barrington Shopping Center last weekend.
Police received a phone call from an employee at the CVS …
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10/5/23
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This Saturday, Oct. 7, volunteers from North Farm, the Veterans Home, and Mt. Hope High School will join other volunteers from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Veterans Home greenhouse to add another 10,000 daffodils to Bristol’s streetscape.
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm has received a $20,000 grant from Rhode Island Energy and the PPL Foundation’s Empowering Communities Grant program to support programming at …
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10/5/23
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The 57th Scituate Art Festival takes place this weekend on and around the Village Green in North Scituate. Browse and buy original fine art, handmade crafts and antiques in an open-air market. Enjoy …
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10/5/23
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To the editor:
Defamation is defined as the act of making false statements about another in order to harm their reputation. When those statements are put into writing, they are known as libel. …
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10/5/23
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According to data from the Multiple Listing Service, this is the highest condominium sale ever recorded in the Town of Bristol. Additionally, it is the second-highest residential real estate sale of 2023 in Bristol.
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10/5/23
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Two nights. Two house parties. One wrestling match.
At about 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, Sept. 30, a Barrington Police officer was patrolling Hampden Meadows when he spotted a large gathering at …
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10/5/23
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Debra Lee’s calling to faith came later in life, but there were a few signs along the way.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/5/23
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Once upon a Time the Bristol Phoenix lamented the poor school kids whose parents could not afford to pay for school lunches...Now this same School Board is greasing the wheels to force the good taxpayers of Bristol and Warren to shoulder the costs of $200 million dollar education bond.
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10/5/23
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These facts are hugely important to the most common objection voiced to the Chestnut Street site. From what I now understand, not only shouldn’t wetlands impact be a primary concern there, the proposed mitigation should be considered a positive.
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10/5/23
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According to incident logs provided by DEM’s law enforcement division, the first 15 days of the program in Bristol have either been a run-of-the-mill rollout, or a total disaster; depending, of course, on who you ask.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/5/23
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Bristol and Warren voters are set to make perhaps the most significant financial decision in their combined history in just over a month, so why is there so little apparent interest in the topic?
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10/5/23
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A routine overnight check of Veterans Park in Barrington turned into a police escort out of town on Friday, Sept. 29.
It started at about 3 a.m. when a Barrington Police officer drove down the …
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10/5/23
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Dramatic change recently came to the nondescript cinderblock side of the building on the southeast corner of Hope and Franklin Streets.
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/4/23
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Why would anyone want to steal 52 soccer field flags?
That’s the question some Barrington Youth Soccer Association officials are pondering after the disappearance of more than a dozen sets …
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10/4/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — In an announcement made Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League said the organization for the first time will be sponsoring separate weight …
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By Mike Rego
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10/4/23
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A few stopped motorists waved 'Thank You' out their windows Wednesday afternoon when a good-sized snapping turtle finally made it across Market Street, thanks to a guy with grocery bags on his hands and many patient drivers.
The man who guided it …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/4/23
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The Portsmouth Patriots cross-country team is having one of its best seasons in years, following a strong showing at an event in Maine in late September and a close win over Moses Brown at the Glen Monday.
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10/4/23
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The Tiverton Tigers girls’ tennis team is in a building year. Half the players are freshmen and with no seniors and new coaches, there are endless learning moments and opportunities for …
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10/4/23
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Atlantis RIsing is an international sand sculpture competition featuring 10 artists from all over the world competing for a cash prize for their sand sculpture. For four days over Columbus Day …
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10/4/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — For the second time in a year's time, a second set of City Councilors voted unanimously to deny a application the Cumberland Farms convenience store located at the new …
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By Mike Rego
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10/4/23
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Sewage smells in the science wing, constant water issues, and a lack of school spirit has these seniors advocating for a new school; even if they themselves won't benefit from it.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/4/23
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The 2023 Amica Newport Marathon & Half Marathon take place on Sunday, Oct. 8, and feature all of the beauty and grandeur the City By The Sea has to offer.
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10/4/23
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