To the editor: The new development at Robin Rug will not benefit the people of Bristol without inclusion of affordable housing. Affordable housing is the answer for many people who have lived in …
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6/29/22
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To the editor: Ana Riley made the right decision to remove Deb DiBase as the principal at Mt. Hope High School. Anyone who spends time to look at academic performance, student (and teacher) …
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6/29/22
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Rhode Island’s (now) Commerce Secretary and Lieutenant Governor meet with business leaders in Warren.
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By Scott Pickering
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6/29/22
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Police have recovered one of the vehicles stolen in town last week.
Barrington Police received a call over the weekend from the New Haven Police Department. Detectives there told Barrington …
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6/29/22
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Sometime over the past two decades, we fell in love with our celebrations for youth, more than ever before. Mix the “everyone gets a trophy” philosophy, with a general softening of …
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6/29/22
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Great pitching, defense and timely hitting was the formula for Portsmouth Little League 12U all-stars as they shut down Middletown 5-1 at Aquidneck Field on Saturday and thwarted Riverside 5-2 at …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/29/22
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TJ Peck and Frazier Bell want to see politics eliminated from the school committee.
Peck and Bell are Independent candidates running for two seats on the Barrington School Committee. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Mark Tracy recently declared his candidacy for State Representative in District 66.
“As a father of two children in Barrington public schools, I will fight at the State …
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Susannah Holloway, the vice chair of the Barrington Committee on Appropriations, announced last week that she is running for the Rhode Island Senate District 32, which includes …
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6/29/22
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The Bristol-Warren Little League 12U all-stars shut out Newport 5-0 at Bristol Memorial field on Saturday and crushed Pawtucket 15-3 on the road on Sunday to earn a winner’s bracket …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/29/22
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Barrington resident Jennifer Boylan announced last week that she plans to be a candidate for the Rhode Island House District 66 (Barrington, Riverside) seat being vacated by retiring Representative …
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6/29/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Despite pleas from local residents who live near approved — or once-proposed — commercial solar arrays, the Town Council Monday night declined to enforce …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/28/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth is a Purple Heart town, and has the signs to prove it.
The Department of Public Works recently installed four signs around town that proclaim “Purple Heart Town …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/28/22
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The sweeping ability of the U.S. Supreme Court to reshape American life – and the power of justices with lifetime appointments -- used to be a quiet topic for the inside baseball of political …
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By Ian Donnis
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6/28/22
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One woman spoke of her decision to have an abortion and how it enabled her to escape an abusive marriage. Another talked of an ectopic pregnancy she'd suffered years ago, and how her response to it …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/28/22
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Rep. Jason Knight is the only Barrington legislator seeking re-election this year.
Earlier this month, Rep. Liana Cassar (D. District 66, Barrington and East Providence) and Sen. Cindy Coyne (D. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/28/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The Town Council Monday night voted unanimously to approve a budget for fiscal year 2023 that calls for a tax rate increase of about 2.23 percent.
The spending plan carries a …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/27/22
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Kate Galop, the pastor of the Westport Point United Methodist Church for the past six years, led her final service Sunday and is headed to a new assignment at Faith United Methodist Church in …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/27/22
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To the editor,
I want to thank State Rep. Terri Cortvriend (District 72-Portsmouth, Middletown) and State Sen. Jim Seveney (District 11-Bristol, Portsmouth, Tiverton), for sponsoring legislation …
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6/27/22
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The Supreme Court’s ruling today, which overturned Roe v. Wade , is nothing less than a shameful, sweeping, …
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By Jessica Arons, ACLU Senior Policy Counsel
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6/25/22
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Twenty-three eighth graders at the Wilbur & McMahon Schools said goodbye to their hometown school Thursday, when they graduated in an outdoor, evening celebration at the school.
The students …
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6/24/22
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Westport resident Joe Moniz has made learning a trade the law in his household. The last seven of his 10 children have gone to Diman Regional Vocational Technical and his youngest, Gloria, an …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/24/22
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PORTSMOUTH/EAST PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health (RIDOH) and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with Thurston Gray Pond (also …
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6/24/22
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Notes and points from the Tiverton Town Council's most recent meeting, held last Monday:
Solar energy
A council-appointed group revising an ordinance to regulate the installation of solar …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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6/24/22
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A Main Street vacancy won’t remain vacant for long, as the owners of Water Street’s The Square Peg have received Town Council approval for a business and liquor license to operate another …
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/24/22
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