The Barrington High School girls soccer team opened its season against perennial powerhouse LaSalle Academy on Saturday morning, losing 2-0.
It was a tough way to kick off the season but BHS …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/15/20
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Barrington police responded to the Wampanoag Trail near the first bird sanctuary at about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7 after a pedestrian was struck by a car while crossing the road.
Police said …
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10/15/20
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A meeting of the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) on Tuesday resulted in the final approval of a town marina expansion plan, on the same day that Sen. Jack Reed visited town to review …
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/15/20
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The Barrington High School boys soccer team has opened its season with a pair of wins, defeating Rocky Hill School 4-0 in a non-league game on Friday, and then knocking off Cumberland 1-0 in a league …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/15/20
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Policing has been a hot topic across America in 2020, with high-profile cases of police brutality shining a spotlight on the structure, training and mission of modern police forces. Concurrently, the …
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By Scott Pickering
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10/15/20
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A man known throughout the Bristol community for his molestation of young boys has been released from prison and is back living in town. On Wednesday, the Bristol Police Department took steps to …
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10/14/20
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Mark Whittaker has always enjoyed taking his students outdoors for some of their lessons.
The Hampden Meadows School teacher said he has long incorporated trips outdoors into his curriculum plans: …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/14/20
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Twenty years ago she walked the halls of Barrington High School as a student.
Now she walks the halls as an assistant principal.
The school district recently hired Allison Scanlon, a longtime …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/13/20
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There are new lawn signs sprouting up around Barrington, but they do not promote a candidate.
Created by the Barrington United Veterans Council, the signs share this message: "Keep Politics off …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/13/20
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Eight candidates for the five Bristol Town Council seats are debating on Thursday, Oct. 8. Their forum will be on Zoom and can be viewed live, beginning at 7 p.m. It can also be viewed any time …
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10/8/20
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Eight candidates for the five Bristol Town Council seats are debating on Thursday, Oct. 8. Their forum will be on Zoom and can be viewed live, beginning at 7 p.m. It can also be viewed any time …
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10/3/20
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Mark Papi has some experience opening a brewery. A year ago, he was brewmaster helping open Bristol’s first-ever brewery, Twelve Guns, located off Metacom Avenue.
About a mile away, he has …
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By Scott Pickering
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10/2/20
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Tap-In is moving back into its Peck Center location early next month, and will need more volunteers when it does so.
The all-volunteer organization which provides goods and services to people in …
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10/2/20
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Bristol Police made no arrests from Sept. 21 to 27, though they did investigate the usual array of suspicious characters and loud backyard gatherings.
Monday, Sept. 21
A resident on …
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10/2/20
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Barrington Public Schools and the municipal government received nearly $100,000 in grant money from the state recently, as part of the "Take It Outside" program.
Rhode Island Governor Gina …
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10/2/20
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Medical experts predicted it, anecdotal stories supported it, and now communities around the globe are experiencing the effects of long-term isolation of those at highest risk of COVID-19. While …
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/2/20
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Candidates for Barrington Town Council shared their opinions regarding the location of the Black Lives Matter flag on the town hall flag pole in Barrington.
In the first installment of the …
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10/1/20
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Bristol County Water Authority Executive Director Pamela Marchand will retire when her current contract expires at the end of February.
Ms. Marchand, a Providence water supply engineer who was …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/1/20
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Mt. Hope High School students will be back in school two days a week, starting next Tuesday, after Bristol Warren Regional School District officials decided this week to switch to the Partial Hybrid …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/1/20
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In a Phoenix story a week ago, several candidates for Bristol Town Council warned voters to be wary that some of their opponents may not be fiscally responsible with town budgets and taxes. This week …
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By Scott Pickering
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10/1/20
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The Barrington Department of Public Works removed a couch, table and piles of litter from a makeshift campsite that someone had built in the woods behind the YMCA.
A resident who was going for a …
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9/30/20
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A power outage in Barrington resulted in a delayed start for the high school on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The electricity went out at about 7:30 a.m., and officials at the high school decided to keep …
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9/30/20
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The Barrington United Veterans Council will hold a rally to protest the town's decision to fly "private/political" flags on the town hall flag pole above the veterans memorial.
The rally will be …
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9/30/20
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Arguably Tom Tanous and his three sons could be classified as Barrington’s “First Family of Baseball.”
Tom is the New York Mets Vice President of International and Amateur …
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By MIKE SCANDURA
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9/29/20
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As everyone knows, Bristol loves a parade. So how else would they reopen the Silver Creek Bridge after it was partially closed for more than seven months?
In true Bristol fashion, a parade …
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9/25/20
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