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Isabelle Courtney (left) and Thomas Faulkner practice the flute using specially made masks during a concert band class on Tuesday morning at Mt. Hope High School. After not being allowed to meet or practice in person for nearly a year, music education students have resumed in-person classes — with restrictions.
Bristol Warren music students go back to class
Vicki Boyle, performing arts educator at Mt. Hope High School, recently experienced a joy she had not experienced since sometime last year. She walked down a school hallway, stepped into the … more
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Reval complete, Barrington's tax base up 14 percent
Residents across Barrington received their property assessments in the mail late last week. For some, the information contained on the one-page mailer was no big deal, as their property … more
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Where have all the kids gone?
Enrollment in the Bristol Warren Regional School District has been steadily declining for 20 years. Since the start of this century, the student population has declined 18 percent. According to … more
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A prior year's FTM in Barrington was moved to the high school auditorium to accommodate for a larger-than-average crowd.
Should FTM be indoors, outdoors, in-person, online?
Most years, the Barrington financial town meeting is held in late May inside the auditorium at the high school, and plays host to a few hundred people. Some years the crowd swells, and the venue … more
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Bristol sells shopping plaza for $2.8 million
It was a deal about three years in the making. Officially known as the Bristol Shopping Center, and commonly referred to as Gooding Plaza, the 10.3-acre commercial property located at 6-40 Gooding … more
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Senior guard Nina Gibbons launches a three at the buzzer and ties the game to send the championship into overtime.
Eagles lose championship game in overtime thriller
With the clock about to expire, Barrington High School senior Nina Gibbons capped an improbably comeback, sinking a long-range three-pointer to tie the Division I State Championship game and send it … more
Map of new water main construction route starting in the area of the Emergency Pump Station on Pawtucket Ave. and ending at the Kent Heights Tank Facilities on Greenwich Avenue. Construction to begin in April and take place throughout 2021.
BCWA will soon connect emergency supply with East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Bristol County Water Authority will soon complete its recent project to construct a new $6.9 million emergency backup water pipeline connected to the City of East … more
Members of the Barrington High School girls swim team celebrate with their trophy after winning the Division I State Championships, 48-46, against East Greenwich Sunday.
Barrington girls win seventh straight state title
It was a Hollywood movie finish. The Barrington High School girls swim team had trailed East Greenwich for the entire Division I State Championship meet on Sunday. In fact, Barrington was trailing … more
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Raquel Pellerin, Bristol Warren's last full time Chief Financial Officer, is shown here taking the oath of office as Bristol Town Treasurer in October 2019.
Bristol Warren schools widen search for financial officer
With the Bristol Warren Regional School District facing a $2.3 million budget shortfall and the prospect of dozens of layoffs and cuts looming, administrators are turning to two recruiting firms to … more
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There is a plan to build an asphalt plant, similar to the one shown, in Seekonk, Mass., a short distance from Barrington.
Barrington’s options limited with proposed asphalt plant
Lawn signs sharing the message “Stop The Seekonk Asphalt Plant” are growing more common across Barrington, but according to the town’s solicitor, there is not too much local … more
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Barrington High School’s Caroline McConaghy controls the ball toward the net under the pressure of a Cranston West opponent.
Barrington girls headed to state championship game
Barrington High School opened a 20-3 lead against Cranston West in the first quarter and never looked back, rolling to a 53-31 victory in the Division I girls basketball semifinals on Thursday … more
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Bristol Police: One arrest for narcotics, a few noisy neighbor complaints
Bristol police officers made one arrest and investigated a handful of coyote and noisy neighbor complaints from Feb. 23 to 28. Tuesday, Feb. 23 Police were called to Jameson Drive at 1:38 … more
Our analysis shows the Bristol Warren Regional School District gets more state aid, per-student, than 21 other Rhode Island school districs.
Does Bristol Warren get its fair share of state aid?
Many locals party blame the State of Rhode Island for shortfalls in public school funding. It’s true — state aid to education has been decreasing in Bristol Warren for years, even … more
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Barrington police: Workers injured, jogger frightened, walker scratched by dogs
Barrington police responded to dozens of incident calls last week: • On Wednesday, Feb. 24, police officers and firefighters responded to a construction site on Bay Spring Avenue after a … more
Superintendent of School Dr. Jonathan Brice and his administrative team are looking at dozens of layoffs and other programmatic cuts.
Bristol Warren school financial mess — how they got here
How did they get here? Even school insiders have been asking that question for the past couple of weeks, ever since it became clear the Bristol Warren Regional School District is facing a major … more
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Owner Jordan Sawyer believe the hospitality industry will come roaring back to life “once this is over,” and he’s betting on the future by opening a second restaurant in downtown Bristol.
For this restaurateur … The future is bright
Jordan Sawyer, who just last week received final approval for his liquor and victualing licenses for his new restaurant, Brick Pizza Co., is optimistic about the future of the industry that was … more
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Officials with the Barrington Community Garden will hold plot registration from March 1 to 15 for those who leased a plot in 2020. For newcomers, the registration period runs March 16 to 31.
Reserve your community garden plot in Barrington
The gray of winter will soon be replaced with the green of spring. That means Barrington residents may want to start thinking about registering for a plot in the community garden. The … more
Barrington parents deflated over ‘de-leveling’ courses at BHS
The decision to “de-level” courses at Barrington High School is being met with resistance. At Thursday night’s school committee meeting, nearly a half-dozen parents in the … more
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Bristol's Fourth will (probably) look more like 2019 than 2020
“Depending on current state guidance.” Last year, if Fourth of July General Chairman Michele Martins said that once, she said it a thousand times. And that’s one thing that … more
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The Mt. Hope girls basketball team celebrates after defeating Woonsocket, 39-34 in the D-III semifinals on Wednesday night. The team will play in the championship game on Saturday.
Mt. Hope girls sink Woonsocket, 39-34, head to D-III championship
The Mt. Hope girls basketball team edged Woonsocket, 39-34 in a Division III home semifinals game on Wednesday night. The Huskies will play either North Smithfield, or Mt. Pleasant, for the … more
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Bristol facility designated an emergency pet shelter
The Bristol Animal Shelter was recently designed as a Rhode Island Emergency Pet Shelter by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). This designation authorizes the Bristol Animal Shelter to … more
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Barrington swim teams compete in playoffs
It had been about a year since the members of the Barrington High School swim teams had actually competed against another team in-person. On Saturday, the Eagles made the most of the … more
Kat Barker skates with the puck, into the Narragansett zone in Game 2.
Eagles outscore South County in Game 3 thriller
The East Bay Co-op girls ice hockey team skated its way into the state championship finals after defeating South County 7-6 in overtime in a Game 3 showdown on Monday afternoon, March 1. The … more
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After debate, Barrington council agrees to fly Autism flag
Members of the Barrington Town Council voted 5-0 to support flying the Autism Awareness flag from the town hall hall flag pole during the month of April, although two councilors initially were … more
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Art teacher Leah Keith enjoys a moment with one of her students, Alan Leach.
In Bristol Warren, an uncommon bond between teacher and students
Even across the dull screen of a 10" Chromebook, the joy was impossible to miss when art teacher Leah Keith logged on Friday morning to talk to one of her classes at Mt. Hope High School. It was … more
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