To the editor:
Congratulations to the Barrington Minor Division All-Star girls softball team for their recent championship run!
What is even more impressive is that the girls did all …
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8/13/21
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In case anyone missed it, there were two recent despicable opinions over the past week, with similar themes of wishing harm or even death on others.
One came from an elected official — a …
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8/12/21
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John Kinsella’s great baseball novel, “ Field of Dreams,” popularized the phrase “Go the distance.” I regard it also as an exhortation to runners — from the mile …
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By Patrick T. Conley
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8/11/21
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To the editor:
The Town Council proudly announced its foray into its next lunatical fantasy. An anonymous source says the Committee on Divisiveness, Intolerance and Even-stevens (DIE) will …
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8/11/21
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To the editor:
Newspaper editorials have long played an important role staking positions within a community that may be unpopular but necessary to consider. I have long admired the Times-Gazette …
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8/11/21
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To the editor:
How sad it is that a good argument can be made that the “D” in America’s DNA stands for Disrespect.
Slavery and its aftermath and the massacre and …
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8/10/21
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To the editor:
I passed by a sign in Barrington that read” Unmask Our Children”.
How dramatic.
Would the kids think that masks were some form of torture? Would they be …
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8/10/21
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To the editor:
The editorial that ran in the Barrington Times on Aug. 4, titled “Set the students free”, was inflammatory, erroneous and irresponsible.
Describing the CDC and …
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8/10/21
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To the editor:
I am a physician who has been caring for patients in an urgent care that serves a very impoverished community highly affected by COVID. I am completely shocked and infuriated by …
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8/10/21
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Regular readers of this column may be aware that I represent pro bono (no legal fee) the elderly retirees who had worked at St. Joseph’s and/or Fatima Hospital before St. Joseph’s closed …
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By Arlene Violet
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7/30/21
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Of late, I am weekly dismayed to read about what some consider the inhospitable treatment in our once neighborly, bucolic town. By all appearances it remains the very charming place in which I was …
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7/29/21
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As the 2021/2022 school year approaches, I sincerely hope the Bristol Warren school district will consider the bold move to greatly expand music, visual arts, and other fine arts programs and to …
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7/29/21
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It seems a private group will be consuming the entire footprint of the Barrington government center grounds, enveloping the Town Hall, library and senior center. It will be serving and selling …
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7/28/21
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Dear unvaccinated friends, you need to understand that every unvaccinated human body is a sanctuary for the coronavirus. It’s a safe place where the virus can rest, grow, multiply, and …
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7/28/21
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Pondering this month’s coverage of billionaires, proving Sir Issac Newton’s law of gravity and motion, I reflected back on a momentous event 52 years ago.
At 3:17 p.m. EST on …
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By Howard G. Sutton
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7/28/21
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Over the past weeks we have endured a painful conversation with Bristol Warren Regional School Committee members and the community involving the school start date/Rosh Hashanah conflic t. The …
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7/28/21
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A year ago, Town Manager Jim Cunha decided on his own to fly a Black Lives Matter flag at Town Hall. Who knew that a dozen meetings and countless hours later, town leaders would still be talking …
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7/23/21
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I grew up on Hope Street in Bristol, and while I now live outside of town, I proudly consider myself a “Bristolian.” In 43 years, I missed our parade only once.
In the 1960s, my late …
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7/22/21
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This has always been a special space in the local newspaper. Whether thoughtfully crafted after hours of research or thrown together on hectic deadline, the editorial is a revered tradition that …
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7/22/21
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“May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine …
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7/22/21
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To the editor:
After reading the article in the paper this week regarding the Spencer Trust, I immediately thought of the words of a man I had a great deal of respect for...Mr. John Martin, past …
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7/20/21
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To the editor:
Nimali power is seeking master plan approval for the development of a large-scale solar project at 2340 West Main Road in Portsmouth. This is on land owned by the Patriot Petroleum …
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7/20/21
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To the editor:
In the Sakonnet Times letters to the editor, July 15, Dr. Andrew L Rhyne claims that Tiverton residents are making baseless claims about the proposed oyster farms for Seapowet …
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7/20/21
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The Bristol Warren Regional School Committee’s handling of the 2021-22 school calendar is of the more embarrassing episodes you’ll see from a local government body. It’s difficult …
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7/17/21
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To the editor: An open letter to all East Providence Parents, Teachers, Caregivers, and Grandparents, we have tolerated the school mask policy for too long. It is time that it comes to an end. Most, …
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7/16/21
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