Jill Campanella-Dysart, adult services librarian, and Michaela Hutchinson, youth services librarian, are excited about the potential of working at the George Hail Free Library.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/20/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The City Council, while approving the Fiscal Year 2022-23 operating budget at its meeting last week on October 18, included a line-item to formally fill a long-inactive …
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By Mike Rego
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10/20/22
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Town officials are exploring alternatives to holding a financial town meeting every year.
Initially, the town council considered the idea of forming a committee to study how other communities …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/19/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Twelve candidates are running for a seat on the Town Council in next month’s election, and we asked each one the same question: “What issue(s) should be given the …
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10/19/22
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Sakonnet Times is hosting a candidates forum for Little Compton Town Council and Little Compton School Committee on Thursday, Oct. 27. The live, in-person forum will take place at the Little Compton …
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10/19/22
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Eight passionate and motivated candidates faced off in a candidate forum for Bristol members of the regional School Committee, held last Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Roger Williams University.
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/19/22
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Part two of a Q&A series featuring Warren’s candidates for School Committee, Jarrod Hazard and Kyle Jackson.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/19/22
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On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters across the Sakonnet area will decide whether or not their community will allow recreational marijuana businesses to open up when legal sales go live on Dec. 1.
But …
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/19/22
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Hay Ray’s Farm and Feed, located at 1077 Main Road in Westport, sells hay, straw, bagged animal feed, poultry supply, spruce wood shavings and more. Ray Raposa, who is also head of Westport …
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By Deanna Levanti
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10/19/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The City Council, via a 3-2 tally at its October 18 meeting, gave final approval to an overall budget of $212,609,094 for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The budget takes effect as of …
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By Mike Rego
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10/19/22
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The Bristol Town Council unanimously authorized the Town Administrator to draft a program which would allow bow hunting on some town-owned lands, beginning next year, hoping it will reduce incidents of vehicle collisions, Lyme disease, and property damage.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/19/22
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The project, which will take about four years to complete, has multiple ecological benefits, including flood resiliency and habitat restoration for the endangered saltmarsh sparrow.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/19/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys’ soccer team stumbled in its first attempt to secure the one point the Townies needed to secure a Division I playoff berth as the …
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By Mike Rego
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10/19/22
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Columbus Day no longer exists in Barrington.
At the Oct. 3 council meeting, Jacob Brier, Annelise Conway and Carl Kustell voted to change the name of that holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day. …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/19/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Michael Cranson, who stepped down as Portsmouth’s fire chief in 2018 after spending 27 years with the department, started his new job as fire chief on the island of …
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10/18/22
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Two candidates for the R.I. Senate District 11 (Portsmouth and Bristol) seat tackled issues ranging from substance abuse to affordable house during a forum last week hosted by the League of Women …
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10/18/22
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Barrington officials are trying to save Belton Court.
During the recent town council meeting, Barrington Town Solicitor Michael Ursillo said the town was planning to meet with the owners of the …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/18/22
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Candidates for Rhode Island Senate District 10 came together at Warren Town Hall to participate in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/18/22
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Jarrod Hazard and Kyle Jackson, the two candidates vying for one available seat to represent Warren on the regional school committee, each spoke about their desires to positively change the culture and outward appearance of the school board.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/18/22
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Barrington High School celebrated its Homecoming last weekend — there was a pep rally on Friday afternoon and a parade during halftime of the football game.
BHS also crowned its Golden …
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10/18/22
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As department heads in the Town of Westport begin this month to work on their budget recommendations for a new fiscal year, they will be expected to operate within a now familiar set of constraints …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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10/18/22
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Little Compton Town Council member Andrew Iriarte-Moore pled not guilty last Friday to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct filed by Little Compton police on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Iriarte-Moore …
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By Jen Campisi
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10/18/22
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The Barrington High School football team came up short, 35-21, in an offensive showdown against North Kingstown at Victory Field on Friday night.
The Eagles kept pace with the …
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10/18/22
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The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the East Bay Media Group are sponsoring two Candidates’ Forums to be held at the Barrington Library from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
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10/17/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Local, state and federal officials lauded the completion of the East Shore Expressway/Wampanoag Trail resurfacing project via a press release issued Monday morning, Oct. 17.
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10/17/22
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