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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When will the U.S. government step in and shut down TikTok in this country?
We realize this is a very un-American suggestion — trampling on free speech and the free market — but it is …
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1/5/22
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To: The Hon. Daniel McKee, Governor, Providence
Dear Governor McKee,
We write to you on a matter of great urgency for open government. Three months ago, our coalition, ACCESS/RI, consisting of …
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12/21/21
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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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There was a time, not long ago, when we celebrated Barrington for setting a great example in small-town governance. Citizens with talent and good intentions volunteered for public service, spent one …
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12/15/21
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Regardless of who is in charge, who is departing and who is arriving, the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee follows the same process whenever it hires a new superintendent — which is no …
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12/2/21
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As families gather for the most traditional of American holidays, on a day wrapped in traditions and memories, we hope they find many reasons to be thankful for the bounties in their lives. We …
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11/24/21
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The latest proposal for artificial turf fields in Barrington was conceived by good people, volunteering their time, off and on, for more than two years. That does not make it a good plan.
We have …
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11/17/21
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Last Saturday night, in a jam-packed banquet room, a couple hundred people squeezed elbow to soup bowl for a three-hour celebration of community. The occasion was the Bristol Sports Club’s …
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11/11/21
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A week ago, it would have been difficult to imagine the spectacle of three teachers sitting before the school committee, like defendants before the jury, their careers, reputations and incomes …
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11/5/21
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