The Bristol Police have launched headfirst into the new year, upgrading systems that will impact operations and efficiencies and providing new avenues for positive interactions with the … more

On Thursday, Jan. 9, St. Mary’s Church held a Mass of Appreciation in honor of National Law Enforcement Day. This was the church’s second annual celebration thanking and honoring law … more

More than thirty years after they vanished from the collections of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, a group of 34 stone projectile points, hundreds, perhaps more than a thousand years old, … more

Barrington and East Providence public school officials are preparing for a potential strike by local school bus drivers and monitors. Members of the Teamsters Local 251 union who serve as bus … more

The Rhode Island General Assembly got back to work last week, and with it, your elected representatives. East Bay Life spoke to several local senators and representatives to hear what issues are at … more

On Monday, Jan. 6, employees from the town's department of public works were ordered to clean up a resident's yard on Chachapacassett Road. A day later, that resident filed a report with the town's … more

A Barrington police officer was locking up the gate at the town beach on Saturday night, Jan. 11, when he looked to the west and spotted a strange green light shining into the sky. The officer … more

Monday, Jan. 6 Daniel Ryan, 78, of 55 Manning St., was charged with violating a no contact order, after the state Department of Elderly Affairs alerted officers. A Mason Street woman contacted … more

There were plenty of questions surrounding the proposed construction of a new Starbucks restaurant on County Road during Thursday night's Technical Review Committee meeting. But no question … more

Bristol is starting 2020 with a lot more knowledge about its senior population, thanks to a community needs assessment sponsored by an organizational grant by the Rhode Island Foundation, and … more