Once again, Barrington students have distinguished themselves as some of the best in the nation. This time, it is for STEM.
On Friday, the district announced that Barrington High School was ranked …
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11/13/19
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Dr. Jonathan Brice was appointed as the permanent full time Superintendent of the Bristol Warren Regional School District Tuesday evening.
Dr. Brice, who was hired as a one-year interim …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/12/19
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Bristol's veterans were honored in the annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Rhode Island Veteran's Home on Monday. Veteran's gathered in the new hall with their families and friends. Brigadier …
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Photos by Richard W Dionne Jr
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11/12/19
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Many hands make light work.
That was the case at Tinsley Kampmier-Williamson's home late last month, when more than a dozen Barrington children helped assemble care packages that will be …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/12/19
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The Barrington School Committee and local teachers' union have agreed on a new contract, but the two groups were still divided when it came time to issue a statement about the new contract.
On …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/11/19
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Two local women spoke out against the Barrington School Committee's recent decision to take the Rhode Island Department of Education, the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education, and one of its …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/8/19
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Bristol police officers responded to multiple rollover accidents, one of which resulted in criminal charges, in a busy week for the police department.
Monday, Oct. 28
Following a report of …
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11/8/19
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The revised plan for Silver Creek Bridge replacement is great news for Bristol. There won’t be a total blockade of the downtown district; vehicles will continue to pass in one direction at all …
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11/7/19
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Cheers to the Kickemuit Middle School PTO, students and hundreds of residents from these towns for coming together and providing the financial aid needed to continue Nature’s Classroom , a …
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11/7/19
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A community working together to confront issues and solve problems is a beautiful thing.
Happily, we can say this is true about the Bristol community, where citizens and public officials work …
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11/7/19
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To the editor:
Across the state in recent months, there has been an enormous amount of hand-wringing by some school officials over an advisory opinion issued this past April by former state …
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11/7/19
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This past June I opined on these pages about the scheduled closing of the Silver Creek Bridge and the lack of commitment and vision by Town and State leadership to devise an alternative to the …
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11/7/19
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“The new traffic plan would still clog up the town to the detriment of businesses, and the elevation of the roadbed is not high enough to accommodate sea level rise.”
Patrick …
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By Christy Nadalin
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11/7/19
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Bristol Warren’s new school superintendent laid out a five-year plan for the district Tuesday evening, telling a group of about 100 parents and teachers during a 90-minute presentation at Mt. …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/6/19
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The Barrington School District is suing the state’s highest educational authority, as well as one of its own families, in a third attempt to prove that it properly suspended four middle school students in the winter of 2018. The district already lost this case twice but is refusing to abide by rulings of the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education.
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By Josh Bickford and Scott Pickering
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11/6/19
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To the editor:
I am writing you with the hope you can answer a question for me in your weekly paper.
I am a resident of Bristol, but my business is located in Portsmouth.
Our so-called …
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11/6/19
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That the calligraphy in the windows of the building at 205 Thames St. was visually appealing was never really in question; virtually everyone at the Monday night Bristol Zoning Board of Review …
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By Christy Nadalin
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11/5/19
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The Barrington High School girls cross country team finish second at states, losing by just one point to East Greenwich, 76-77. The race was held Sunday at Ponaganset.
Caroline Livingston led the …
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11/5/19
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The Barrington Town Council remained quiet on the town's new assessments policy on Monday night, but nearly two dozen taxpayers spoke out in opposition to the change.
During the public comment …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/5/19
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Barrington Middle School officials emailed parents of eighth-graders this week, warning that donations for the Dec. 19 field trip to Trinity Rep.'s production of "The Christmas Carol" were well short …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/5/19
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Sandi Tinyk is still doing what she loves.
She is just not doing for the Barrington Community School.
The longtime Barrington resident spent 40 years working as the director of the …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/4/19
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To the editor:
The town council has said it should not interfere with our tax assessor doing his job. Doing so, counselors argue, would allow political pressure to shape the assessor’s …
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11/1/19
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PORTSMOUTH — From their waterfront home at 2 Bayview Ave., Larry and Lynn Walsh enjoy one of the most spectacular views of Mt. Hope Bridge and the surrounding bay one could …
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By Jim McGaw
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11/1/19
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A letter-writer is urging the Town of Bristol to act quickly to acquire and preserve the home at 1200 Hope St., which is enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places. Do you agree?
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11/10/17
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Sea to Table Tasting
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Take an epicurean tour of the sea, East Bay style. Rhode Island is home to a thriving seafood culture and industry with a deep heritage and bright future. Spend an evening sampling the harvest from some of the richest waters in the world — or as we like to call it, our backyard. Join us at The Barn at historic Mount Hope Farm for a night of locally-sourced seafood, craft beer and wine.
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3/11/16
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