EAST PROVIDENCE — Before of raucous crowd of fellow students, members of the East Providence High School Unified Basketball League team, administrators and elected officials recently unveiled a …
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By Mike Rego
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5/5/22
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It’s back! After a two-year break, the Tough Tiger adventure race is making a comeback.
The event, which serves as a key fund-raiser for the Hampden Meadows School PTO, offers a fun …
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5/5/22
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Detectives located and seized $35,000 in cash, 10 pounds of marijuana, 12 ounces of cocaine, pills, and THC extract vape cartridges from a house that had called police to respond to a breaking and entering in progress.
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5/5/22
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Advocates are questioning why the Town of Bristol used a generous measurement to allow more residential units in redevelopment of Thames Street mill.
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By Ethan Hartley
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5/5/22
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It is not yet clear what will happen to the former Carmelite Monastery property in Barrington.
But Dave Butera, Sr. believes the former monastery building, which had been home to Carmelite nuns …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/5/22
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A big crowd turned out on Sunday, May 1 to welcome a new, but familiar face to the Bristol dining scene. Roberto’s, which recently reopened under the ownership of Portside’s Richie …
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/5/22
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To the editor: Rhode Island has been on the cutting edge of historic preservation from its very early days. Major figures like Antoinette Downing, Bonnie Warren, Bristol’s own Lombard Pozzi and …
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5/5/22
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To the editor: For the first time in three years, since Covid-19, the U.S. Postal Service, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), will restart the "Stamp Out Hunger" …
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5/5/22
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To the editor:
The developer’s — Brady Sullivan LLC — own submitted floor plans state multiple times that the Maximum Floor Area, the total Gross Floor Area (GFA) – or …
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5/5/22
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To the editor: I can agree with the title given to Mike Proto’s letter in last week’s Phoenix . Candidates for public office should disclose their advocacy affiliations. That seems fair …
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5/5/22
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To the editor: Last week there were two letters in the Phoenix that covered a talk by Erica Sanzi sponsored by the Bristol County Concerned Citizens (BCCC), but the two letters were quite different …
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5/5/22
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About two dozen members of the Warren High School Class of 1965 came together to plant two saplings in the ground near the corner of Child Street and Hugh Cole Road.
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By Ethan Hartley
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5/4/22
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The Masqueraders are bringing back their spring musical with “School of Rock”, Thursday through Saturday, May 5, 6, and 7 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m., at the Mt. Hope Performing Arts Center, 199 Chestnut St., Bristol.
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/4/22
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Goalkeeper Abby Razzino made seven saves as the Mt. Hope girls lacrosse team fell to Tollgate 7-3 during a home game on Friday evening. The Lady Huskies record dipped to 1-5 and the team is currently …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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5/4/22
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The project developer contends it will generate enough clean energy to power 800,000 homes, and will plug into the grid that serves Rhode Island as well. But potential environmental impacts have yet to be discussed publicly.
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By Ethan Hartley
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5/4/22
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Businesses within Warren’s lone Qualified Census Tract in town — an area that includes much of Market Street, Child Street, Water Street and Main Street — are eligible for up to $25,000 in grant funding to help rejuvenate their storefronts.
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By Ethan Hartley
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5/4/22
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Voters at Tuesday night's anual Town Meeting breezed through what could have been a contentious agenda in less than four hours, approving dozens of warrant articles in efficient fashion and with …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/4/22
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To the editor:
I have lived in town for over 31 years and for most of that time had a favorable impression of the BUVC, the Barrington United Veterans Council, and I knew that the group had …
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5/4/22
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To the editor:
The proposed 2022-2023 school budget was presented to the Barrington School Committee on Thursday, April 28. While I am certain much time and planning went into developing this …
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5/4/22
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To the editor:
I feel obliged to clarify facts in response to Josh Bickford’s April 27 editorial about the 8 reasons to reject the Haines Park plan.
The two proposed fields at Haines …
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5/4/22
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The Barrington High School AfterProm needs your help.
The event, designed to keep students safe on prom night, is set for Friday, May 13. Organizers say the event needs volunteers to help with a …
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5/4/22
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PORTSMOUTH — In provisionally approving a $69.97 million budget for 2022-23 that calls for a 1.29-percent increase over the current spending plan, the Town Council made a move that several …
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By Jim McGaw
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5/4/22
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The good news is that the Barrington High School softball team is loaded with young, talented players. It’s also one of the challenges for the team.
“They’re still in the …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/4/22
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PORTSMOUTH/BRISTOL — Two games against Mt. Hope High School added up to two Division 1 wins for the Patriots varsity baseball team Friday and Monday.
On Friday at Guiteras Field in …
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5/3/22
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To the editor:
Town Hall's flagpole fetish fortunately is ending.
In 2020 the Town Council adopted a blatantly discriminatory, unconstitutional policy of allowing private flags on the town …
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5/3/22
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