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The Polar Plunge at Easton’s Beach is A Wish Come True’s biggest fundraiser. This year, Bryan and others are specifically focusing their efforts on wishes for Benjamin, age 9, and Elijah, age 5.
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/7/22
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Back in the old days of two years ago, many parents could go years without hearing from a school nurse. Sometimes their child could pass through an entire school, K to 3, with nary a call or visit …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/6/22
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Warren has imposed a temporary mask mandate for all Town-owned and operated buildings.
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1/6/22
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To the editor: What a painful two years it has been for all of us, but especially for our communities’ children. They have lost times and experiences that they will never get back. And they …
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1/6/22
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To the editor: I want to praise the Warren Times-Gazette for having hit the trifecta in its Dec. 29 edition: Lucy Probert’s excellent reporting (“Stop Your Engines!”) on Sharon …
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1/6/22
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To the editor: Dr. Anthony Fauci has dedicated his long life to protecting us all from deadly viruses, including ebola, HIV, and COVID-19. Our nation’s New Year’s Resolution should be to …
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1/6/22
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The Bristol Warren Regional School District has updated its policies for the quarantining and testing of students and student athletes, reducing the period of time certain close contacts of …
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/6/22
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The COVID-19 Omicron variant worked its way into the heart of the Westport community in December, leaving the town with the highest monthly case total since the pandemic began in early 2020.
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By Ted Hayes
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1/6/22
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Principal Joseph Hurley announced that Barrington High School will switch to distance learning starting tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 6.
Mr. Hurley sent an email to students’ families on …
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1/5/22
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To the editor:
It’s been a few weeks since you published a story called “Parents vs. The State.” I responded to the writer directly in my shock at this kind of attention being …
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1/5/22
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Sharon Gold is a diminutive woman with a big message for everyone — stop idling! The focus of a story in our East Bay Life section this week, Gold is a retired educator and grandmother from …
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1/5/22
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First, the good news: A Tiverton couple emerged without a scratch and didn't have to pay for their ride home early New Year's Day. The bad news? Their Uber driver got a DUI, marking the first arrest …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/4/22
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To the editor:
A modest proposal.
In this most intractable debate, a letter to last week’s Sakonnet Times drew my interest. Jean Ernster of Barrington made a most intriguing proposal to …
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1/3/22
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A Tiverton man died Friday morning, Dec. 31, after he lost control of his car and struck a tree on Brayton Road.
John Carlos "JC" Barretto, 18, was driving south just before 6:30 a.m. when he …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/2/22
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The Annwamscutt Seal Society entered 2022 the same way it embraced previous years — with a dip in Narragansett Bay on New Year's Day.
The informal neighborhood group has been "taking …
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1/2/22
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To the editor:
Three Barrington school teachers were scheduled for a hearing this past Thursday, Dec. 16 to appeal being placed on unpaid leave with threat of employment termination starting …
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1/2/22
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Dozens of Tiverton residents plunged into Sakonnet harbor to welcome in the new year at Grinnell's Beach on Saturday. The plunge was organized by the Tiverton Yacht Club to raise money for the …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/1/22
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Governor Dan McKee recently initiated a new, temporary indoor mask mandate and proof of vaccine requirements. Do you agree with his decision?
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12/20/21
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On Aug. 19 of this year, Rhode Island entered a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing the increased presence and spread of the Delta variant, which triggered a mini-surge in cases from July into …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/17/21
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First, give credit where credit is due. After being questioned, criticized and scorned for not enforcing a mask mandate during meetings, leadership and members of the Bristol Warren Regional School …
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12/17/21
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The Westport Monthly Meeting of Friends is calling for a community-wide discussion on racism and tolerance, after a months-long rash of theft from its 938 Main Road meeting house.
Since August, …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/17/21
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Rising tensions over threats of school violence yielded a response from Barrington school officials late this week.
On Thursday night, Barrington Superintendent of Schools Michael Messore sent …
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12/17/21
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Katherine Quinn sat before the town council and told her story.
The Barrington resident explained how she had tried multiple times to earn a spot on the town’s zoning board only to face a …
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By Josh Bickford
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12/17/21
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Westport police will be on hand at all public schools Friday, after school officials learned of a threat to "every school in the USA, even elementary," posted on the social media platform Tik Tok …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/17/21
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To the editor: Several recent letters to the editor apparently missed my point that the Bristol Warren School District lacks academic achievement. One called my suggestion that our tax dollars might …
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12/16/21
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