To the editor: The State of Rhode Island has been encouraging the shore towns to get serious in planning for sea level rise, especially in the East Bay, and the proposed development of Robin Rug runs …
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1/20/22
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A team representing Brady Sullivan Properties presented plans and answered questions from members of Bristol’s Planning Board and community members for nearly three hours last Thursday, Jan. 13 via Zoom.
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/20/22
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John Hanley was voted in as the new President of the Warren Town Council.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/20/22
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Granted, Barrington has produced numerous high-quality student-athletes. But how many have gone on to play Division I hockey let alone for a nationally-ranked team?
Enter Mike Lombardi, a senior …
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BY MIKE SCANDURA
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1/20/22
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Should teachers have shorter quarantine times than students? In Barrington, they do.
On Jan. 8, the school district sent an email to families of Barrington students detailing the …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/19/22
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ARPA-funded projects approved include a storefront improvement program, seed money for an affordable housing trust, and a look into municipal broadband access for all of Warren.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/19/22
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PORTSMOUTH — When Isabelle Boullier was 13, her older sister Kyra was out driving in Narragansett on her 17th birthday when a drunk driver hit her car head-on. Kyra survived the crash, but she …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/18/22
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To the editor:
The Jan. 13, 2022 edition of The Portsmouth Times resurrects the state highway situation in Portsmouth.
Please note that Sprague Street is not mentioned. That is the …
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1/14/22
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To the editor:
Engaging in physical and social activities is an important part of the lives of Barrington residents of all ages. Historically, efforts to provide funding for youth sports …
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1/14/22
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To the editor:
The Barrington School Committee has scheduled the submission of a Rhode Island Department of Education Stage 2 School Construction Plan for Feb. 15. The recommended plan, based on …
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1/14/22
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A Tiverton man allegedly found in possession of more than 150 images and videos depicting child sexual abuse was arrested Tuesday.
David Burke, 63, was charged with possession of child …
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1/13/22
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A Brookfield Avenue resident in Barrington called police on Monday, Jan. 3 at about 10:45 p.m. to report a stolen vehicle.
The resident said the vehicle had been left unlocked and there was a …
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1/13/22
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Biologists from Mystic Aquarium spent much of Thursday dissecting the young female humpback whale that washed up at Church Cove and was first spotted Saturday.
Using a bulldozer to help them move …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/13/22
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To the editor: Bristol has a beautiful harbor matching those of many lovely towns in New England, such as Padanaram, Mystic, and Rockport, but it has been sealed off from most of its residents by …
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1/13/22
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Do you think that schools moving to a 5-day quarantine and a "monitor to stay" approach in regards to COVID is a smart move, or a potentially dangerous move?
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1/13/22
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TIVERTON – There’s the old saying that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Instead of lemonade, 14-year-old Tiverton resident Morgan Pontagarca is making soap to make the best out …
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By Kristen Ray
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1/13/22
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has issued a request for proposals for the replacement of the two East Bay Bike Path bridges.
The RFP was made public late last month and includes …
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1/13/22
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The pandemic introduced a few silver linings. Remote learning is sort of, kind of, one of them.
Across America, schools figured out how to conduct themselves when no one was in the school …
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1/13/22
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‘A Letter To Our Daughters’, was selected as a winner of the 2021 Best Indie Book Award’s (BIBA) non-fiction category in December.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/12/22
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It may take a decade to overhaul the playing fields in Barrington. Many of the people who draw up plans today will have moved out of town, their children grown past youth sports, before plans come to …
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1/12/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Well, here’s some good news to start off 2022: The long-awaited resurfacing of beat-up East Main Road may start much sooner than anyone had expected.
The town …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/12/22
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The owners of the former Zion Bible College property recently unveiled a new plan for the vacant college campus, one that calls for more apartments, more townhouses, and more duplexes, but less …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/12/22
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The Pearson family are used to tinkering in factories, inventing new things and then plunking them in the water. It’s kind of their thing.
Nearly 70 years ago, cousins Clinton and Everett …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/12/22
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Barrington schools will follow some of the new protocols and procedures set by the Rhode Island Department of Health and the CDC, but not all of them.
The Rhode Island Department of Education …
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1/9/22
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Normally, this is the column where I have the audacity to suggest New Year resolutions for resident politicians. Instead I have a more urgent resolution for all of us: I want us Americans to go back …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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1/7/22
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