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The May 5 Bristol Town Council meeting wrapped up with a series of agenda items that were a departure from the standard fare of committee appointments and victualing licenses. In a string of public …
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/12/21
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A Barrington resident called 911 after a disturbing experience with an Uber driver late Saturday night, May 8.
The resident and her husband had been out to dinner in Providence and later called …
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5/12/21
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Barrington’s Soraya Fanion has always loved animals, so when she began volunteering at Mount Hope Farm more than a year ago, she was quickly drawn to some of the animals that live …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/12/21
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To the editor:
As we await Sgt. Hanley’s new trial in Superior Court in Providence for kicking Rishod Gore in the head, we need to ask what more can be done? We can start by empowering our …
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5/12/21
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To the editor:
Congratulations to the Barrington High School football team for their Division II Super Bowl trophy, to Brigham Dunphy for winning the MVP award, and for the cheerleaders who have …
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5/11/21
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To the editor:
In response to the letter encouraging residents to welcome the asphalt plant in Seekonk, let me first say that I completely agree with your main point: we cannot continue to enjoy …
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5/11/21
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Moments before the kickoff, officials for the Division II Super Bowl invited the captains for both teams to the center of the field for the coin toss.
St. Raphaels sent four players to the …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/11/21
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Linden Road, Echo Drive and College Lane are getting repaved. In fact, the town council recently approved a bid that will bring a fresh coat of asphalt to nine roads in Barrington, and a portion of …
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5/11/21
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The fate of the Mt. Hope High School theatre program will remain up in the air for one more week, after school committee members on Monday night overwhelmingly rejected Supt. Jonathan Brice's …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/10/21
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Barrington EMTs rushed a 14-year-old girl to the hospital and local police charged 11 teenagers with underage possession of alcohol following an underage party on Friday night, May 7.
Someone …
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5/10/21
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Editor's note: This letter from a former Mt. Hope High School theatre director and teacher was sent to East Bay Media Group, as well as members of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee, on …
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5/7/21
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Members of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee's budget/facilities subcommittee on Thursday night approved a list of budget cuts totaling $2.3 million, sending the proposed cuts to the full …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/7/21
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The East Bay Bike Path bridges were shut down in 2019 when regular inspections showed that they were unsafe. At the time, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said that they would replace the …
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5/7/21
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I reside with my family on Chachapacassett Road where we are blessed with a fantastic front porch. One of our favorite pastimes is sitting on the porch and watching the world pass by. “Chacha" …
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5/7/21
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Mt. Hope High School theatre director Nick Mendillo is fighting for the program's life, and his job, after he was surprised to learn Thursday evening that Supt. Jonathan Brice has proposed …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/7/21
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The first-ever Hampden Meadows Yard Sale and Pantry Clean Out Day was held Saturday, and deemed an overwhelming success.
The event was sponsored by Susan Kostas, a Realtor with Coldwell …
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5/7/21
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While I oppose some Congressional Republicans’ posture on certain issues, they were prescient about one thing, i.e. the unintended consequences of extending and paying unemployment benefits …
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By Arlene Violet
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5/7/21
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I want to thank all the folks who came out this past weekend to clean up the town and/or participate in an environmentally-oriented activity.
I also want to thank the Mt. Hope High School …
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5/7/21
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The Barrington Park and Recreation Commission is considering dividing the Legion Way ice rink, allowing for a more permanent skate park.
During the Commission’s recent meeting, Barrington …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/7/21
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There’s more than one way to catch the bad guys. Police officers can catch them in the act, catch them after they commit the act — or they can stop them before anything even happens. The …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/7/21
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Roger Williams University’s commencement celebration this year will be a hybrid of in-person and remote events. Families of graduates will be allowed on campus — briefly — while the …
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5/6/21
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Michael Carroll had not rehearsed the line or spent much time thinking about what exactly he would say.
But in the midst of Monday night’s meeting, the Barrington Town Council president …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/6/21
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This fancy new anagram only serves to confuse the issue and obfuscate the problem. Suddenly after the fictional plague of QANON and the real plague of Covid 19, we are treated by the Phoenix to a new …
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5/6/21
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The Town of Bristol has begun a new cycle of updating property assessments, led by a team from Northeast Revaluation Group of Warwick. Northeast has done previous townwide assessments and currently …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/6/21
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Earlier this spring, the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee received a sobering evaluation of the district’s financial leadership , policies and procedures from an outside evaluator. Last …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/6/21
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