It only took an hour or so before they got used to their boats last Monday. Since then, it's been smooth sailing, so to speak, for the 10 young rowers enrolled in Dharma Voyage's new community youth …
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8/13/21
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It is August, but Michele Geremia is still very excited about the fireplace.
The director of the Peck Center for Adult Enrichment (formerly known as the Barrington Senior Center) said its recently …
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By Josh Bickford
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8/13/21
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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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The sale of the shopping center at the corner of Hope Street and Gooding Avenue in January yielded a tidy $2.8 million profit for Bristol . It was a deal several years in the making, and the plan has …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/12/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Five people with serious injuries were transported to local hospitals following a head-on collision Thursday morning, Aug. 12, on West Main Road near Melville …
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8/12/21
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Barrington Police responded to the intersection of the East Bay Bike Path and West Street on Monday, Aug. 2, after witnesses reported seeing a man brandishing a large knife in the area.
Police …
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8/12/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Protesters who blocked the entrance to missile defense manufacturer Raytheon Co. Thursday morning “delayed resources” for police and rescue workers who were …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/12/21
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At the last Bristol Town Council meeting on July 28, Chairman Nathan Calouro opened the discussion about compensation and benefits for the town’s two elected employees , Administrator Steven …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/12/21
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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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Bristol Yacht Club and the East Bay Sailing Foundation welcomed world class sailors to town over two days in late July for a unique experience that some lucky young sailors will remember for a …
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/12/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — To the consternation of the dozens of neighbors and concerned residents in the area, the Zoning Board opted not to take up the matter of the proposed marijuana dispensary in …
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By Mike Rego
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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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Westport Conservation on Wednesday continued a hearing on a proposed beach boardwalk sought at Westport Point until its next meeting in September.
Applicants Keith Miranda and Michael Tzannes, …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/11/21
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Christopher Stanley, a Warren resident and teacher at Ponaganset High School, was listed as a first-place recipient of an accolade granted to just 20 educators nationwide.
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By Ethan Hartley
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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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Do you love dogs? What about supporting small, local businesses? Assuming you’re not Ebenezer Scrooge prior to his ghostly visitors kickstarting his steely, cold heart, we’ll assume …
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/30/21
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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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PROVIDENCE — Governor Dan McKee, following up on updated recommendations made earlier this week by the Centers of Disease Control as the “Delta” variant of the coronavirus has …
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By Mike Rego
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7/29/21
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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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