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Letter: Reporting on idling issue deserves praise

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 … more

1/6/22

Letter: New Year’s Resolution? Thank the scientists

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 … more

1/6/22

Letter: Wearing a mask is contributing to the greater good

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 … more

1/5/22

Letter: Only those who support abortions should pay for them

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 … more

1/3/22

Letter: The show must go on, but not for the teachers

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 … more

1/2/22

Letter: What needs to change to fix failing schools?

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 … more

12/16/21

Letter: School committee member was wrong about boosters

To the editor: I’ll be interested to hear how Megan Douglas and this article “ Vaccine mandate, booster shots, and lawsuits ” didn’t get it wrong. To say the … more

12/15/21

Letter: I would love to see artificial turf on Victory Field

To the editor: I have been reading the recent articles in the Barrington Times on plans to install artificial turf on fields in town, and I would like to offer a high school athlete’s … more

12/14/21

Letter: Safety starts at home: lock up your guns

To the editor: The news from Michigan recently is both heartbreaking and infuriating: a teenager took a gun from his home and used it to murder four students and to seriously wound seven others … more

12/13/21

Letter: Rescue funds needed to address workforce crisis

To the editor: The Newport County Community Healthcare Collaborative is an association of 10 community-based organizations that came together 18 months ago to combat vaccine hesitancy and limit … more

12/12/21

Letter: Our students offer the biggest indictment of our schools

To the editor: The Mt. Hope Student Union claims in their overlong public comment, quoted in toto by Tumblr-blog Uprise RI, that our doomed collegebound “are checked for their bigotry, … more

12/9/21

Letter: Growing dismay for school committee leadership

To the editor: Like many East Bay residents, I’ve followed with growing dismay the ongoing actions and statements of the current leadership of the Bristol Warren School Committee. Their most … more

12/9/21

Letter: Pearsall not worthy of holding town accountant post

The following letter was sent by Westport resident Constance Gee to the Westport Select Board prior to Monday night's vote to promote Nicole Pearsall to the town accountant post: To the Westport … more

12/8/21

Letter: Truth versus racial bias

To the editor: Rarely is a letter published that so misinforms as Peter Bilderback’s letter regarding the Rittenhouse verdict in the December 1st Barrington Times. Jacob … more

12/6/21

A gateway welcoming project? Yes. Support for the current proposal? No.

To the editor: The concept of an arrival Gateway to the Town of Warren, as drivers travel east on 114 from Barrington, has been around for some time. Last week’s feature article in the Warren … more

12/6/21

Letter: A world without domestic violence is possible — if we act

To the editor: Imagine a world with no domestic violence — where no Rhode Islanders have their lives cut short by abuse, where children do not witness this violence, where our … more

12/6/21

Letter: School Committee members are setting a bad example

To the editor:Some of us stay home from public events, such as School Committee Meetings, when we are ill in order to keep our neighbors safe. We follow protocols and mandates to curb the spread of … more

12/2/21

Letter: Article shined important spotlight on music in the schools

To the editor: Thank you so much for the excellent article in last week’s East Bay papers about the status of music performance in the schools. You balanced all of the important information so … more

12/2/21

Letter: Blatant disregard for COVID protocols is alarming

To the editor:I attended the BWRSD School Committee meeting on Monday, November 22, and was alarmed by the lack of adherence to COVID-19 protocol on display. The public portion of the meeting largely … more

12/2/21

Letter: Gateway or roadblock?

To the editor:Unwelcoming, Uninspiring, Unimaginative. Those are the three words that came to mind when I read the article in the Nov. 10 Warren Times, featured on the front page. It was a proposal … more

12/2/21

Letter: Proposed Gateway building would not be welcoming

To the editor:On the subject of the Gateway property and the proposal for a 55-foot high “boutique hotel”, I agree whole-heartedly with Andrew Shapiro's letter of Nov. 17, 2021 that a … more

12/2/21

Pictured are (from left to right) Victor "Chet" and Rosie Masiello, Mary and Anthony Iacovelli, and Connie Masiello.

Letter: Connie was genuinely sincere, caring and loving

To the editor: I have known Connie for over 40 years. She was a friend of my grandmother, Mary (Marcello) Iacovelli since childhood. They grew up together here in Barrington, went to … more

11/30/21

Letter: Some of these ‘rising seas’ theories are all wet

Bristol's planning for the adverse flooding arising from the long-term relative sea level rise is very important and needs to be applauded. The disastrous Silver Creek bridge should not be repeated. … more

11/18/21

Letter: Writer's union-bashing tactics were tired and stale

Last week’s Phoenix contained numerous letters to the editor regarding the diversity, equity and racism issues plaguing the Bristol Warren Regional School District, but one letter that at first … more

11/18/21

Letter: Failing grades for our school system

Intrigued by an enlightening opinion letter of the Nov. 11 Phoenix (“ School district isn’t racist — but it is failing ”), stating the math and science proficiency of Mt Hope … more

11/18/21