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The Northeast is not making any measurable progress in addressing the demand for housing. Meanwhile, the South is only three years away from closing their housing gap.
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6/12/25
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Trees on Lamson Road. Trees on Maple Avenue. Trees near the middle school property. A huge tree on Lorraine Street.
All over Barrington, private companies and public contractors have been …
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6/11/25
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Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on local veterans written by Westport Middle High School students who spent the first half of 2025 interviewing more than 20 local …
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By Peyton Phillips
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6/11/25
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To the editor:
I never know day to day if another community will be devastated by gun violence once again. Even more worrisome is if I turn the news on and hear one of those communities is right …
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6/11/25
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To the editor:
I had intended to write a much different letter this week with information on No Kings Day. I will get to that, but first I feel the need to express my horror and heartbreak at …
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6/11/25
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To the editor:
Attorney General Peter Neronha recently announced several important actions related to healthcare that seek to address the problems facing our state and all RI citizens. These are …
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6/11/25
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Dear Members of the Barrington Town Council:
We understand that your upcoming special meeting on June 10, 2025 will focus specifically on the merits of installing ticketing speed cameras near …
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6/10/25
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The Westport Recreation Department would like to thank the Westport Commission on Disability for their generous donation of a communication board that was purchased to be hung and used at the new …
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6/10/25
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Little Compton has a $3 billion tax base and a lean budget, giving homeowners some of the lowest property taxes around. However, over six years reserve withdrawals have hollowed out our fiscal …
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6/10/25
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On June 14th the nation will be subjected to the spectacle of a military parade the likes of which we generally do not have in our country, and to make matters worse, the chief …
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6/9/25
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The “Letter to the Editor” column has for years been a place where readers from all walks of life are free to express their opinions about what is happening in our neighborhoods and the …
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By Stephan Brigidi and Craig Evans
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6/9/25
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1. STORY OF THE WEEK: When does the calculus of doing nothing outweigh the value of doing something at the Statehouse? That question will hang over Smith Hill until the resolution of the proposed …
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By Ian Donnis
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6/9/25
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Sunday’s Barrington Arts Festival had so much going for it — large crowds, diverse food trucks, artists and artisans, live music, good people and great atmosphere. It had one major flaw …
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6/6/25
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Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the United States Coast Guard as officials c onsider removing Bell Buoy 2A (AKA the middle buoy) one mile west of Sakonnet Harbor. He asked that it be …
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6/4/25
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To the editor:
On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student from the South Side of Chicago, marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. One week later, Hadiya was …
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6/4/25
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To the editor:
As we approach the July 4th celebration please let us also celebrate freedom of religion brought about to the USA by the enormous efforts of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish …
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6/4/25
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To the editor:
The recent article in the Bristol Phoenix entitled "Mt Hope Bridge is Safe, RITBA assures public" provided zero assurance to concerned East Bay citizens that the bridge is in fact …
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6/4/25
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To the editor:
Perhaps it is my new age of 60 coupled with some delightful extra time on my hands. It could also be my new role as chair of Bristol’s 250th Commission that I have been …
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6/4/25
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Regarding last week’s story on the USS Thresher disaster, there was another local family impacted by the USS Thresher being lost at sea. My father, James G. Rooney, worked his entire …
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6/2/25
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1. STORY OF THE WEEK: When Attorney General Peter Neronha makes a presentation, he really goes to town. A case in point was the news conference in his office Wednesday, about confronting Rhode …
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By Ian Donnis
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6/2/25
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Politicians in the state no longer hide their conflicts of interest. It is probably because the voters have become anesthetized to abuses. Here are just a few recent examples.
Speaker of the …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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6/2/25
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To the editor:
I am writing to encourage East Bay readers to contact their representatives to voice support for House bill H 6207 pending in the Rhode Island legislature that would create a …
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5/29/25
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To the editor:
In a recent letter to the editor, Zachary Cooper apparently thought he was being clever and funny when he made snarky remarks about elderly Rhode Islanders’ concerns for …
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5/29/25
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To the editor:
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Bristol Chief of Police Kevin Lynch for graciously hosting a wonderful “Chief of Police for the Day” award ceremony …
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5/29/25
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Editor's Note: Scott Cary, co-owner of Stingy Alley, submitted the following letter he sent to Stanley Fafara, owner of Jack's Bar who is in the midst of another battle with cancer, this one likely …
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5/28/25
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