There are plenty of reasons to visit Water Street in Warren. From the tantalizing local eateries to the thriving small businesses, it’s a slice of the way life used to be in small towns across …
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/28/21
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Born on the Westport River, a dozen young osprey took flight recently — in a plane — and landed at their new home in Illinois. There it is hoped that they will help launch an osprey …
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Story and Photos by Richard W. Dionne Jr.
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7/27/21
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A week after Dr. Jonathan Brice resigned as superintendent of the Bristol Warren Regional School District, the School Committee hired his temporary replacement. Robert “Bob” Hicks was …
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By Scott Pickering
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7/27/21
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Picture this: The rear entrance to Barrington Town Hall has been transformed into a beer garden. Servers from local breweries pour cups of beer while customers line up near the electric car charging …
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By Josh Bickford
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7/23/21
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WESTPORT — Ah, the sweet sounds of summer — birds chirping, children at play and the Friday evening din of the lawn care company’s stand-on mowers and 80-decibel backpack blowers …
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By Bruce Burdett
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7/23/21
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Following a COVID-delayed but ultimately successful launch in 2020, Bristol Bookfest will return in 2021 for a deep dive on another classic work of fiction: “Frankenstein; or, The Modern …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/22/21
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When Bruce Burdett first arrived in Bristol to start his new job at East Bay Newspapers in the mid-’70s, he was just two years out of college with only minimal experience working for his school …
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By Jim McGaw
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7/22/21
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When they next meet, Bristol town councilors are expected to resume a thorny conversation about how to compensate the town’s two elected employees. A discussion over pay and benefits for the …
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By Scott Pickering
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7/22/21
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The Town of Warren and Pokanoket Tribe, which held dominion over what is now Warren for thousands of years prior to the arrival of colonists, have entered into what could be a first in New England …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Pragmatism won out over passion as it pertains to the future of the former Metacomet Country Club after the City Council, at it July 20 meeting, approved a series of revised …
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By Mike Rego
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7/21/21
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Bristol Warren Regional School District Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Brice resigned his post during a closed door meeting with the school committee Monday evening. Dr. Brice confirmed his departure …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/20/21
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Bristol Warren schools will not open on the first full day of Rosh Hashanah this fall, after Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Brice issued a directive Monday afternoon that overrules an earlier school …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/20/21
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Bristol Warren schools will be closed on Rosh Hashanah this fall, after Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Brice issued a directive Monday afternoon that overrules the school committee's earlier vote to …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/19/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Jeff Yanes never even got to walk through the “Dream House” on Vanderbilt Lane that he won in April.
Like many winners of HGTV Dream Home’s contest, he …
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7/16/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Following the positive recommendations of two of its sub-groups the previous week, the full East Providence Waterfront Commission, at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting …
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By Mike Rego
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7/16/21
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The rain had just let up Monday afternoon as Assistant Warren Harbormaster Dawn Rego climbed aboard Warren's Harbor Patrol boat and shoved off from the Town Wharf to patrol the Warren …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/16/21
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Bryan Ganley and Melissa Cotta, co-founders of Bridging the Gap for Safety and Healing, have been working tirelessly for years to have suicide prevention barriers installed on Rhode Island’s …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/15/21
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PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that an East Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 16 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions …
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7/15/21
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TIVERTON — A Tiverton man faces a charge of first degree child molestation sexual assault after a missing Pennsylvania girl was found at a Tiverton home on Wednesday, July 7.
Tiverton Police …
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By Bruce Burdett
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7/15/21
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Annelise Conway wants to see a Barrington united, pulled together in its shared philanthropic approach.
Neighbors helping neighbors.
The town supporting those in need.
Less fighting. Less …
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By Josh Bickford
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7/14/21
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At the last Bristol Town Council meeting on Wednesday, July, 7, the council revoked the Class B Victualer Intoxicating Beverage License of Toasted Bun Hospitality, owned by Christopher Kleyla, doing …
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By Christy Nadalin
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7/14/21
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With financing worries assuaged, members of the Warren Town Council were expected Tuesday evening to vote to continue the town's relationship with its preferred development partner for the Warren …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/14/21
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A series of speakers representing both Jews and educators stood on the front step of United Brothers Synagogue in downtown Bristol on Thursday to denounce five members of the Bristol Warren Regional …
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By Scott Pickering
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7/9/21
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Low supply and high demand continue to fuel an increasing median sale price for homes sold in Barrington.
Information from the statewide Multiple Listing Service for the month of May showed that …
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7/9/21
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Two women in their 20s were lucky to escape with scrapes and cuts after their tandem kayak capsized just off the American Tourister plant, leaving it and them pinned under the Palmer River bridge …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/8/21
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