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Volunteer Elizabeth Peters helps client Joe Barreiro with selecting produce during a visit to the East Bay Food Pantry in Bristol last week.
Food prices are rising, and so are trips to local food banks
Everything is getting more expensive, and that includes food. According to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual rate of inflation in the United States was 6.2 … more
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Warren Times-Gazette - Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Letter: Writer's union-bashing tactics were tired and stale
Last week’s Phoenix contained numerous letters to the editor regarding the diversity, equity and racism issues plaguing the Bristol Warren Regional School District, but one letter that at first … more
Letter: Failing grades for our school system
Intrigued by an enlightening opinion letter of the Nov. 11 Phoenix (“ School district isn’t racist — but it is failing ”), stating the math and science proficiency of Mt Hope … more
Interim Superintendent Ed Mara with Assistant Superintendent Dianne Sanna during a recent meeting.
Interim Superintendent Mara leaving school district Friday
Interim Superintendent Ed Mara's last day in Bristol Warren will be Friday, Nov. 19, meaning the next person to step up as the district's head administrator will be the sixth one to do so in less than three years. more
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Warren Times-Gazette - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Todd Blount, President and CEO of Blount Fine Foods, is the third generation of his family to run the business since it incorporated in 1946. But the company has deeper roots than that, stretching back five generations to 1880.
Adaptability the key to Blount’s 75-year rise
The Blount story is one of a local business that has stood the test of time through creativity and a constant push to stay in front of the rapid changes inherent within the food industry. more
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Letter: Vaccine skepticism 'increasingly untenable'
To the editor: In 1919 the Volstead Act was passed, which was a nationwide mandate to make the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. It failed, and was repealed. We still, nonetheless, have … more
Crews make improvements to the bike path bridge detours. The 2022 federal Appropriations bill includes $5 million for the bike path bridges.
Federal government kicking in $5 million for bike path bridges
Funding for the East Bay Bike Path bridges has made its way into the 2022 Appropriations bill that was recently unveiled by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.   Senator Jack Reed, a … more
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Boston Dynamics electrical engineer Crystal Kemp puts Spot through his paces.
Boston Dynamics visits Kickemuit Middle School
The world-famous robotics company visited KMS last week to show off one of their robot 'dogs.' more
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Letter: ‘Culturally responsive’ education has a place here
Based on recent discussions in Bristol Warren school board meetings and subsequent letters to the editor, misconceptions remain in our community regarding the benefits of culturally responsive … more
Letter: We must trust our teachers, listen to our students
Student voice and distrust were communicated forcefully Monday night during the public comment section of the Bristol Warren Region School Committee meeting. It is a brave thing to stand up in front … more
Letter: School district isn’t racist — but it is failing
Bristol Warren’s schools aren’t racist … Worse, they are not succeeding at teaching math and science to the majority of children of any color or religion. The real problem … more
Olivia Neverka-Vinciguerra (middle left), co-president of The Mt. Hope Student Union, Edda Petrillo (mid-right) and other members of the group called for the resignation of school committee members, Tara Thibaudeau, Sheila Ellsworth and Chairperson Marjorie McBride due to what they called their racist and discriminatory actions in denying a contract for project-based learning last month.
Bristol Warren students call for school committee resignations
A large contingent of students and teachers, wearing red in solidarity, showed up en masse to the Monday evening meeting of the Bristol Warren School Committee meeting at Mt. Hope High School. … more
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Letter: Veterans can still lead us and lift us
Today is profound. It is the first Veterans Day post-Afghanistan, the longest sustained conflict in U.S. history. The aftermath bears an eerie similarity to that of our second longest, the war in … more
Manuel C. “Manny” Correira accepts the Man of the Year plaque from Bristol Sports President Elisio Castro, shortly before the unveiling of his portrait, which hangs proudly in the sports club’s banquet hall on Wood Street.
Editorial: A community celebration for a writer who sees the good
Last Saturday night, in a jam-packed banquet room, a couple hundred people squeezed elbow to soup bowl for a three-hour celebration of community. The occasion was the Bristol Sports Club’s … more
Warren Times-Gazette - Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The restaurant industry faces a crisis, as nearly every business struggles to find and retain the workers who keep them running
Restaurants short on staff and high on stress — Apply within
The signs are everywhere. Literally, the signs are everywhere. “Help Wanted.” “Now hiring.” “Seeking: Line Cooks, Bartenders, Dishwashers.” Almost … more
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Letter: What about the veterans who served this country?
This is in reference to the Afgans being brought into this country by the Biden administration. Once again our government picks and chooses who they will help. As a Vietnam veteran, I watched … more
Erin Schofield during a meeting in 2019. At the time, she was chair of the school committee.
Pros and cons of school committee grant oversight
Is a new BWRSD procedure of approving grant funding and expenditures good financial practice, needless meddling, or somewhere in between? more
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Letter: Greed is the root of many modern problems
To the editor: Remember when - it was only a few years ago - that Boston’s parking lots near Fenway Park were gouging fans with ridiculously astronomical parking fees. Why would … more
Warren Times-Gazette - Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Letter: Absolutely, it was NOT racism
This gripping headline was representative of two letters to the editor and an editorial in the Oct. 28 Phoenix. Both the letters and the editorial took the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee … more
Housing activists gather in the stairwell during the meeting.
Homelessness highlights Governor’s visit to Warren
A group of advocates made their presence known at the first public input session for the "Rhode Island 2030" plan, held at Hope & Main in Warren. more
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Letter: Carbon fee and dividend good for the Earth and us all
To the editor: Climate change is here and it is a threat to our state, our nation, and our world. President Biden’s plan to cut American carbon emissions has been shot down, but fortunately … more
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