After weeks of warnings of gift card tampering and fraud around the country and in Rhode Island, it struck at home on Jan. 4.
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1/10/24
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Members of Barrington High School boys indoor track team braved the storm on Sunday and competed at two separate meets — the Bryant University High School Throws Competition, and the debut of …
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1/10/24
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Monday’s Town Council meeting flew by in 18 minutes, but that certainly won’t be the case for its next two gatherings.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/10/24
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A hard-hitting storm dumped inches of rain on Barrington and the rest of the region on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Jan. 9 and 10.
The storm combined with a significant high-tide to …
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1/10/24
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The KMS team is one of just five schools in Rhode Island — and the only middle school team — to be selected as a state finalist for the 14th annual Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” competition.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/10/24
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With only a few exceptions, single family, 2-4 family and condominium prices in the East Bay real estate market continued to climb in 2023 vs. 2022, a continuation of a multiyear trend.
Bristol …
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By Douglas Gablinske
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1/10/24
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The 2024 election season in city got off to a quick start earlier this week when Jenni Azanero Furtado, who is the sitting East Providence School Committee chairperson, announced in a release Monday …
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By Mike Rego
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1/9/24
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Winter arrived in recent days in the form of the season's first snowstorm, dropping a measurable amount of the white stuff for the first time in some 11 months.
The East Providence High School …
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By Mike Rego
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1/9/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Rhode Island General Assembly returned to business last week, with the usual feeling of something akin to students returning to the classroom for the first day of school. House …
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By Ian Donnis
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1/9/24
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The Rhody Fly Rodders, the oldest chartered saltwater fly club in America, is holding a 60th Anniversary Banquet Celebration Saturday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m.at Wright’s Farm Restaurant, 84 Inman …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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1/9/24
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We know the dreadful feeling when the electric bill hits your mailbox or email. Your first question may be, “What is it going to be this month?”.
Everyone wants to avoid high energy …
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1/9/24
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At a hearing on Jan. 3, 2024, before Superior Court Justice Linda Rekas Sloan, Christopher Kinney (age 49) entered a guilty plea to two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree child molestation.
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1/9/24
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PORTSMOUTH — If you use the transfer station and you haven’t purchased your new 18-month sticker yet, you can get them at the Tax Collector’s office at Portsmouth Town Hall.
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1/9/24
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While the board actually voted to approve the project by a 5-1 margin, it was done so only under the condition that the number of units be decreased in order to reduce the density of the development.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/9/24
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The Barrington School Department, already in the midst of a search for a new superintendent, will also need to replace its assistant superintendent.
On Thursday, Jan. 4, Paula Dillon …
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1/9/24
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Henry Kelsey had a hat-trick and helped the Barrington High School boys hockey team defeat the East Greenwich/Toll Gate Co-op team, 5-1, on Thursday, Jan. 4.
Kelsey opened the scoring with a …
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1/9/24
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At the end of each week, the law firm d’Oliveira & Associates compiles a summary of recalls, FDA warnings, market withdrawals and safety alerts that the public should be aware of for their …
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1/9/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Looking Upwards and Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice (VNH&H) are swapping places.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/9/24
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The powerful storm that pummeled East Beach a week before Christmas did more than wash out part of the road, damage scores of beach lots and re-shape the topography of the beach itself — it …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/9/24
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It seemed like a slam dunk several years ago when the Little Compton accepted an $80,000 state grant to help fund about 75 percent of the cost of major improvements at the Town Landing. Now, in a nod …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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1/9/24
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Emily Moran and Elsa White combined for 32 points as the Mt. Hope girls basketball team beat Tiverton 43-33 in a Division IIB match up at Mt. Hope High School on Friday night. Moran and White, both …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/9/24
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Next Tuesday, Jan. 16, at Portsmouth High School, there will be a special Town Council meeting to vote on a proposed agreement with SouthCoast Wind to run an electric line along …
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1/9/24
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PORTSMOUTH — The town’s four public schools all received a rating of four stars out of a possible five under the Rhode Island Department of Education’s (RIDE) latest school …
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1/8/24
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After it was all over, Christopher Dunn joked that he wasn’t much for speeches. But the sea of friends who came out to watch him be sworn in as Westport’s new police chief Monday evening …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/8/24
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It was a meaningful victory for a couple of reasons for the East Providence High School girls' basketball team as the Townies edged out visiting St. Raphael 32-28 in a Division I contest played in …
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By Mike Rego
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1/8/24
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