BookFest 2024 is on Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, in three historic downtown Bristol locations. Registration will open in January.
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9/7/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse were recently joined by Mayor Bob DaSilva and representatives from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management …
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9/7/23
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The East Providence High School boys' soccer club gave its new head coach Tim Calouro his first official victory as the leader of the program as the host Townies thwarted a feisty Central squad 3-2 …
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By Mike Rego
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9/7/23
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Monday, August 28
Police responded to a disturbance on Reed Road at 7:16 a.m.
Police assisted after a Gifford Road resident called in animal complaints at 2:08 p.m.
A caller from …
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9/7/23
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A Tiverton appeals board ruled this week against Sakonnet Partners, LLC, the company that proposed building a crematorium in the north end of town, saying the planning board was justified when …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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9/7/23
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To the editor:
The events of the fire at the Harborside (Inn), downtown Block Island this past weekend (Aug. 19-20) could have proved devastating.
It is only because of a strong …
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9/7/23
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With the fall’s approach there’s seemingly a festival around every corner. The week after next, a brand new one kicks off its inaugural run at the Westport Fairgrounds.
The …
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9/7/23
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Pink flamingoes aren’t native to the Northeast, but a big one — a really, really big one — was spotted at Little Compton’s Goosewing Beach Tuesday. David Webb took this photo …
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9/7/23
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To the editor: By your receipt of my letter, the 1st Congressional District special primary will still be underway. Presumably, the glut of Democrat candidates scrambling for a special election …
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9/7/23
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I am writing to express my concerns about the proposal to build a Mainstay Extended Stay/Sleep Inn on Gooding Avenue. The developer has filled out a DEM Wetland Application …
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9/7/23
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Is the Town's new hunting cooperative program a necessary step to reduce the deer population, or a tragedy waiting to happen?
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/7/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Ken Rutter stands inside the shabby looking basement room of the VFW Post 5390 hall in Common Fence Point and knows there’s a lot of work to be done.
But with the …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/7/23
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Barrington High School dropped nearly 5,000 places in the recent U.S. News and World Report “Best High Schools” ranking.
BHS ranked 308 out of nearly 20,000 high schools in last …
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By Josh Bickford
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9/7/23
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To the editor:
The Bristol Warren Regional School District (BRWSD) is in the process of seeking approval of a $200 million bond issue for the construction of a new high school and for making …
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9/7/23
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During the summer months, many local news stories fly under the radar, and one that received little feedback is a new program in Bristol allowing bow and arrow deer hunting on …
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9/7/23
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The plan would join the Colt and Andrews Schools both visually and spatially, creating a complete school campus that will provide a secure space for students to walk, learn, and play safely between and around the two buildings.
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By Christy Nadalin
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9/7/23
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In honor of the Kennedys' 70th wedding anniversary, one can re-live that special day, Sept. 12, 1953, when Jacqueline Bouvier married then-Senator John F. Kennedy at St. Mary’s Catholic Church …
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9/7/23
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We Americans are different. We’re different from all other industrialized countries, and we’re different from one another. The U.S., for example, is the only industrialized …
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9/6/23
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Members of the Long Term Building Committee will host a public walk-through of the old high school Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., as they continue to close in on a plan for what the town should do …
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9/6/23
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Warren resident and Mt. Hope graduate of 2016 Victoria Gendreau realized one of her long-time dreams during a recent pageant in Connecticut.
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By Manny Correira
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9/6/23
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A few date remain in the Food Truck Fridays series, taking place every Friday through September at Roger Williams Park. More than 15 food trucks are the featured attraction, along with beer and wine …
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9/6/23
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Mayor Brett P. Smiley, the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture, Tourism and founding partner FirstWorks will once again host PVDFest, Providence’s free outdoor signature arts …
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9/6/23
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A day after members of the Barrington Educational Support Team attended a Barrington School Committee meeting to plead for a new contract, the chairman of the Committee responded.
In a …
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9/6/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE —The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation recently awarded East Providence a $33,232 grant for the purchase of the recycling portion of eight "Bigbelly" double station …
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9/6/23
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Technical issues surfaced at Victory Field during the first games of the fall season.
At Thursday night’s Injury Fund football games, the lights atop one of the poles would not turn on, …
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By Josh Bickford
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9/6/23
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