All my adult life I’ve been obsessed with trash.
In 1986, as a young, very pregnant woman in Brooklyn, my husband and I went door to door, distributing informative pamphlets in our …
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1/27/21
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Editor’s note: The following is an abridged version of a letter submitted to the Bristol Town Council prior to hearing a proposal to create a Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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1/27/21
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Barrington police responded to a variety of incidents last week:
• On Saturday, Jan. 23, a Western Avenue resident called police to report that a man had been riding a dirt bike around nearby …
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1/27/21
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Bristol resident Rob Hancock and many others spoke at length at last Wednesday night’s Bristol Town Council meeting regarding the establishment of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee …
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/27/21
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Perhaps Barrington High School Director of Athletics George Finn best expressed how important Annmarie Gower has been to the school’s girls’ cross country team, indoor track team and …
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BY MIKE SCANDURA
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1/27/21
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To the editor:
I am curious about the Barrington School District policy of not allowing day trips to a place like Wachusett mountain. I personally have no vested interest in this because we …
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1/26/21
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To the editor:
As we look towards achieving our 46th President's goal of unity and healing, I would recommend we look no further than the heroic actions of our nation's first Black recipient of …
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1/26/21
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Warren's sprawling and in many places dated and drab Metacom Avenue could be transformed to a trendy business and residential area, with condos, small shops and green spaces, under a sweeping series of proposed regulations released this week by the town's planning department.
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By Ted Hayes
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1/26/21
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Candace Breen was having a wonderful day.
The Barrington resident was watching President Biden’s inauguration on television last Wednesday when she heard the mail truck pull in front of her …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/26/21
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A Warren man faces several felony charges after a police raid at his home Friday, Jan. 22 uncovered dozens of marijuana plants and more than a pound of prepared marijuana, eight weapons and several …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/25/21
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PORTSMOUTH — The Town of Portsmouth did not use its local sign ordinance to ban the posting of “political” signs by a local man on residential property, the town stated in a …
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1/24/21
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Barrington officials announced recently that the pop-up asymptomatic Covid-19 testing site in town will remain open for an additional two weeks.
The testing site, which is located in the former …
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1/22/21
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Barrington police responded to a variety of different incidents last week:
• On Friday, Jan. 15, a Barrington resident stopped into the station to file a report for missing lawn signs. …
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1/22/21
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PRUDENCE ISLAND — Three homes were completely destroyed by a late-night fire on Prudence Island Thursday.
One woman managed to escape safely from the home at which the fire apparently …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/22/21
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To the editor:
While walking on the beach and around neighborhoods, dog owners sometimes ignore repeated requests from others to keep their dogs leashed. Multiple residents have raised concerns …
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1/22/21
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PORTSMOUTH — No doubt you’ve seen the signs while driving up and down Bristol Ferry Road, although perhaps the wording was difficult to make out from a moving vehicle.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/22/21
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Barrington High School’s winter sports teams will begin playing regular season games this weekend, after the state gave the green light to interscholastic league competition earlier this …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/22/21
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Bristol Warren's school superintendent is stepping away from the job for five weeks to be with his family and provide support to his mother, who is facing health problems.
Superintendent Dr. …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/22/21
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Notices for the recent town-wide revaluation could be mailed to residents as soon as February.
Barrington’s new tax assessor, Ken Mallette, told members of the town council earlier this …
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1/22/21
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The plan to extend the East Bay Bike Path through downtown Bristol to the base of the Mt. Hope Bridge has undergone a significant revision. After spending much of 2020 studying possible bike routes …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/22/21
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It is very unfortunate that a former dedicated public official, Louis Cirillo, has been thrust into the maelstrom, while questions of the propriety of actions of due diligence on the part of one of …
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1/22/21
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Peter Maloney and his teammate Eileen Malloy celebrated after he whacked the softball-sized plastic yellow ball over the net, sending it whistling by his opponents, Cathy Winston and David Schwartz, …
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By Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/21/21
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To the editor:
Dear Community: 2020 presented many challenges for Tap-In. The remodeling of our facility forced us to relocate for months, the pandemic caused restrictive operational measures …
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1/21/21
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All students and staff at Barrington High School and Barrington Middle School are now being offered testing for Covid-19 through a special program that will run through the end of the school year.
The program was made …
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1/21/21
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In his letter to the editor of this newspaper (“ Due diligence and a dedicated public servant ,” Jan. 14), Mike Byrnes made some strongly worded, politically motivated allegations against …
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1/21/21
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