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Bristol Warren joint finance committee reviews FY26 school budget, backs construction bond
The Bristol Warren Regional School District Joint Finance Committee held its first meeting to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget being proposed by Superintendent Ana Riley and her staff Thursday night, Feb. … more
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Colin Maloney wrestles for Mt. Hope High School at the 2025 Rhode Island State Championship Meet Saturday, March 1, in Providence.
Huskies finish third at state wrestling meet
The Mt. Hope High School wrestling squad completed a superb 2024-25 season last weekend by placing third as a team in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Meet held Friday and … more
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Some staffing cuts come with consolidation of Bristol Warren school buildings
As part of her presentation to the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee on the proposed operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026, Superintendent Ana Riley explained the staffing changes being made … more
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The Mt. Hope High School boys' basketball team celebrates its Division III semifinal playoff win over Ponaganset Thursday night, Feb. 27.
Huskies hammer Chieftains, punch ticket to Division III boys' hoops title tilt
PAWTUCKET — The Mt. Hope High School boys' basketball team will play for the 2025 Division III title after the Huskies pummeled Ponaganset, 78-56, in the semifinals of the league championship … more
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Goalie Natalie Albritton, one of three Mt. Hope members of the East Bay Eagles girls' hockey co-op, makes a save for the locals during a game earlier this winter. The Eagles face the Northern R.I. co-op in the opening round of the 2025 state playoffs.
Mt. Hope skaters start hockey playoffs; swimmers head to states, tracksters to regionals
Mt. Hope High School winter sports athletes continue their pursuits of local and regional titles this week, including skaters for the two area hockey co-operatives involving Huskies. The … more
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"The Catnip Junkies" brought their New Orleans-style, Bourbon Street Jubilee show to the IMAGO gallery on Market Street Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23. A packed house gathered to hear the Junkies' bawdy brass band-based performance, which aptly leads up to "Fat Tuesday" and Mardi Gras next week.
The Catnip Junkies 'laissez les bons temps rouler' at IMAGO
Fittingly with "Fat Tuesday" and Mardi Gras just a week away, the locally-renowned Catnip Junkies made their highly anticipated return to the area Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23, at the IMAGO Foundation … more
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Warren Police Log: Property listed for sale without owner's knowledge, cooking mishap causes 'alarm'
The following is a synopsis of the Warren Police logs from Monday, Feb. 17-Sunday, Feb. 23: Monday, Feb. 17 A resident of Meadow Street came to Warren Police Headquarters at approximately 6 … more
The contrast of the new pavement on the Swansea side of Route 136 and the aged Rhode Island side leading into Warren. A portion of the roadway from that point to Schoolhouse Road is scheduled to be repaved sometime this year.
Talks continue apace on new Warren wastewater sludge removal deal
The process of having Warren's sludge be removed and transported from its wastewater facility to a new location remains on track, though it is not yet complete. Town Manager Brian Sullivan … more
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Bea Pimental (left), Brooke Polofsky, Maeve McHugh and others celebrate after the Tigers took a 31-15 halftime lead. 
Tigers torch Huskies 51-34 in D-2 quarterfinals
Three Tigers scored in double digits as the Tiverton girls basketball team torched Mt. Hope 51-34 in a Division 2 quarterfinal home game on Friday night. The 17-4 Tigers move on to play East … more
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Centreville Bank announced it has purchased the soon-to-be vacated Citizens Branch on Main Street in Warren.
Centreville Bank announces purchase of Citizens branch in Warren
Meet the new tenant, a lot like the old tenant. The soon-to-be vacated Citizens Bank branch located in town at 521 Main St. has been purchased by another financial institution, West Warwick-based … more
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Hailey Ferreira in Mt. Hope's loss to Tiverton in the quarterfinal round of the Division II girls' basketball playoffs.
Huskies' winter winds down with loss in girls' Division II hoops quarters
Seventh-seeded Mt. Hope traveled to second-seeded Tiverton in the quarterfinals of the Division II girls' basketball tourney Friday night, Feb. 21, returning to town with a season-ending 51-34 … more
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Mt. Hope's Jack Thompson scores two of his game-best 25 points as he and the Huskies pulled away from visiting Exeter-West Greenwich en route to a 58-44 win in the quarterfinals of the Division III boys' basketball playoffs Friday night, Feb. 21.
Top-seeded Huskies trounce Exeter-West Greenwich in D-III boys' hoops quarters
Ninth-seeded Exeter-West Greenwich hung with No. 1-seeded Mt. Hope for a half, but the Huskies, as they've done often this season, pulled away in the third quarter en route to a comfortable 58-44 win … more
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Athletes and coaches from the Mt. Hope High School wrestling team gather after placing second at the inaugural "Red and Green" state meet qualifying tournament held last weekend at LaSalle Academy in Providence.
Two wins lead Mt. Hope wrestlers to second place at inaugural state meet qualifier
As it prepares for the ultimate competition of its 2024-25 Rhode Island Interscholastic League schedule, the Mt. Hope High School wrestling team offered up an impressive performance this past weekend … more
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Jenna Egbe stops a Blue Devils offensive attack during the Wildcats 37-30 win over Fairhaven on Tuesday night.
Wildcats end season with a bang, look ahead to tournament
The Westport girls basketball team finished up their regular season with a bang, winning three games in three days to improve their record to 14-6 and power ranking to 16th in Division 5. The … more
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The landscape in front of Warren Town Hall will soon get a refresh courtesy of town native and businessman Chuck Staton.
Council gladly accepts Staton's gratis Warren Town Hall plantings plan
Chuck Staton's "roots," pun firmly intended, run deep in the community and so it makes perfect sense an owner of one of Warren's cornerstone businesses and one of its well-known volunteers will once … more
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Mt. Hope's Thea Jackson clears one of the last hurdles in the 55 meter final heat at the 2025 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, Feb. 15. Jackson placed third in the event.
Trio lead Mt. Hope girls to ninth-place finish at 2025 state indoor track and field meet
As they have throughout the winter, the trio of Thea Jackson, Lola Silva and Jessica Deal led the Mt. Hope High School girls to a ninth-place finish in the team standings at the 2025 Rhode Island … more
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'Settlers Green' developer requests another continuance for proposed Warren project
Stop if you've read this before. On second thought, you better not or you'll be wasting your evening. Anyway, this is not a revision. For what is now a fourth meeting in a row, the owners of and … more
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Letter: Warren needs more affordable housing
To the editor: The report prepared by the Town’s consultant, Weston and Sampson, presented to the Town Council at its February 11 meeting, offers persuasive evidence of the housing crisis … more
Letter: Attend the 'Settlers Green' planning meeting
To the editor: Fellow citizens of Warren, we need you!! The massive Settler’s Green development proposal will be returning to the Warren Planning Board for a Public Hearing on Monday, … more
Lilly DaSilveira, Emily Moran and Hailey Ferreira celebrate with head coach Katie Kline after Mt. Hope High defeated visiting Johnston Tuesday night, Feb. 18, in the preliminary round of the 2025 Division II girls' basketball playoffs.
Huskies pounce on Panthers early, win D-II girls' hoops quarterfinal contest
The Mt. Hope High School girls' basketball team used a dominant opening eight minutes to take firm control of its 2025 Division II preliminary round playoff game against visiting Johnston Tuesday … more
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Mt. Hope High School's Kara Pisasale performs her winning routine on floor at the 2025 Midge Palmer Individual Gymnastics Championship Meet Sunday, Feb. 16. The sophomore finished third all-around. View more MHHS gymnastics photos in Sports at eastbayri.com.
Mt. Hope's Pisasale 'floors' competition at state gymnastics meet
Kara Pisasale started her second season on the Mt. Hope High School gymnastics team eyeing a top place in the 2025 state championship later in the winter, and sophomore accomplished exactly that … more
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Warren Police Log: Winter weather woes cause problems throughout the week
The following is a synopsis of Warren Police logs from Monday, Feb. 10-Sunday, Feb. 16: Monday, Feb. 10 A Warren Police officer responded to the scene on Market Street at about 3:50 p.m. … more
Maleaq Roderick and his Mt. Hope High School boys' basketball mates enter the 2025 Division III championship playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the event and as the presumed favorites to win the tournament.
Huskies hoops notes: Boys begin D-III playoffs as top seed; girls are seventh seed in D-II
The Mt. Hope High School basketball teams entered their respective 2025 league championship tournaments this week from distinctly different angles, the boys as the No. 1 seed and favorite to win the … more
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Jenna Deldeo drives to the basket between Toll Gate defenders during the Tigers 52-20 victory over the Titans on Tuesday. Tiverton went on to beat Mt. Hope 51-44 on Thursday to finish their regular season 16-4.
Fan ejected as Tiverton girls beat Mt. Hope 51-44 
Tiverton girls’ basketball team beat Mt. Hope 51-44 in a physically played Division 2 game on Thursday night. The game was so tense that a fan was ejected for yelling profanities at the referees, according to coaches.  more
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Members of the 2025 Division III champion Mt. Hope High School boys' swimming team included (from left to right) Cohen Ferreira, Sam Coles, Liam Gagner, Kieran Riedl, Finn Pansa, Max Silva, Ben Coles, Jackson Howland and Max Silva.
Unbeaten Mt. Hope wins D-III boys' swim title, girls finish second
The Mt. Hope High School boys' swimming team added to the legacy of the program by finishing off one of its most successful seasons ever as the Huskies capped off their unbeaten winter in Division … more
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