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Warren PD: Fireworks, a loose cow, and four arrests
Warren PD made four arrests between April 10-17, 2023. more
Danielle Carey, a North Providence native and former finance director for the Town of Smithfield, will begin on May 8.
Bristol Warren School District hires new finance director
Danielle Carey, a North Providence native who previously worked for the State Division of Municipal Finance and as the Finance Director for the Town of Smithfield, will begin in her new role for Bristol Warren on May 8. more
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The 12-foot-tall stained glass window currently sits inside the former St. Mark’s Church on Lyndon Street in Warren, which is being converted into a private residence after being saved from becoming a residential development.
In Warren, a revelatory discovery has hidden in plain sight since 1877
A stained glass window, installed over 145 years ago at the former St. Mark's Church in Warren, displays Jesus and Gospel figures as persons of color, sparking widespread discussion and interest in its origins and implications. more
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Bristol Warren School Committee approves safe gun storage resolution
A resolution to send correspondence to parents informing them of pending state bills on the requiring of safe storage of firearms and ammunition passed by a 7-2 vote of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee. more
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Ava Monroe looks up from working on a design project within the Graphic Communications room at East Providence High School. Graphics is one of 10 different Career and Technical Education tracks offered at the school, where about half the students are enrolled in some form of CTE programming.
Career and Technical — a new era in education
Since school choice began to proliferate a few years ago, hundreds of students have chosen to leave their hometown districts and enroll elsewhere. They often enroll close to home, choosing a neighboring district or a district a short drive away. But not always. more
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Bristol Warren School Committee denies plan for student representative
An attempt to have one non-voting member of the student body chosen to be seated at the table alongside publicly elected school committee members was voted down by a 5-4 margin. more
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Brad Denson makes a pitch during Mt. Hope’s 9-0 win over Central. Denson struck out 7, walked 5 and gave up just 2 hits in 6 shut out innings of work.
Mt. Hope nine pound Central, lose to Hendricken
Timely hitting and clutch pitching and defense were the keys to victory for the Mt. Hope baseball team as they beat Central 9-0 in a Division I game on Tuesday morning at Guiteras Field. The Huskies … more
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Although this shot was from Bristol's 4th of July Concert series, rock and roll was on trial this past week regarding Warren's Summer Concert Series
Warren summer concert series criticized for noise, lack of variety
Neighbors complained at the recent Town Council meeting regarding the noise created by the 8-week summer concert program, which earned a mixed reaction from the governing body. more
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Juliet Vazquez is entertained by the baby animals from "Records and Burpee Traveling Children's Zoo" while waiting to hunt for eggs at Burrs Hill, Saturday.
Baby animals delight at Burr's Hill over Easter weekend
Baby animals and a beautiful day at Burr's Hill...what more could you ask for? more
Four extension options explored for East Bay Bike Path
For the past several years, the Town of Bristol has been looking into ways to connect the end of the East Bay Bike Path to the Mt. Hope Bridge and RWU. Major progress has been made toward that goal, and some safety improvements are already moving forward. more
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The existing four spaces at Bywater, located at 54 State St., will be utilized for a shared parking plan for the new cafe and bakeshop, which will be located across the street at 277 Water St.
Bywater bakeshop and cafe hopeful for June opening
Back by popular demand, the bakeshop that operated out of Bywater as a creative means to keep business going during Covid will have its own brick and mortar, right across the street, hopefully as soon as this June. more
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Survey shows most Bristol Warren students say no to drugs
A sizable majority of over 1,000 students in Bristol Warren reported that they had never personally tried any mind altering substances, but they were more accepting of others using them than health professionals would like to see. more
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Sammy Malafronte (left) high fives pitcher Reily Amaral (middle) after a clean inning during their game against Lincoln on Thursday. Mt. Hope won 9-1.
Mt. Hope softball batters Lincoln 9-1 in home opener
Mt. Hope senior pitcher Reily Amaral struck out 11 batters and the Huskies offense bashed 14 hits as the girls softball team crushed Lincoln 9-1 in a league game at the high school on a chilly … more
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A comparison of the first quarter in 2022 to the first quarter in 2023 shows that actual sales have slowed in all categories of residential housing. The writer believes the market is in a period of transition, but it does not know which way it’s heading yet.
Analyst: The local real estate market is frozen
A review of the cities and towns up and down the East Bay, from Newport and Little Compton to East Providence, comparing the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023, shows that unlike our … more
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Pay increases sought for Warren department heads
The Warren Town Council unanimously requested Town Manager Kate Michaud to find $20,000 in cuts throughout the approximately $26.2 million budget in order to boost the salaries of certain non-union town employees. more
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Broken Mt. Hope PA system causes concern
An anonymous letter from a parent alleged safety concerns regarding a broken PA system at Mt. Hope. Administrators for the district confirmed it is being fixed, and was delayed by supply chain issues. more
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Allison Newsome gathers with members of the Bristol Garden Club, which commissioned this “RainKeep” sculpture located off Route 114 in Bristol, near Guiteras School, in 2017. It was the first practical implementation of the rain-catching sculpture in Rhode Island, which has now gained considerable interest among international water conservation advocates.
Warren sculptor's blend of design and function earns international acclaim
A sculpture concept that Allison Newsome came up with first in 2014 has expanded significantly since, all the way to her invitation as a keynote speaker for an international panel of experts discussing water conservation more
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John Migliori with a 25.5-inch pickerel he caught on Aquidneck Island last week.
Opening Day for fishing season is this Saturday
O pening Day of the freshwater fishing season in Rhode Island is at 6 a.m. this Saturday, April 8.   The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has stocked 100 waterways, many … more
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Dickey photographed 146 Water Street and dedicated an entire post to it, writing, “This little commercial building is likely the best preserved little shop in all of Rhode Island. What really makes it special is that is sits on a street with several other, small-scale and well preserved commercial buildings. Together, they provide a sense of what it was like to live in 19th-century coastal New England.”
Popular 'streetscape' influencer charmed by Warren's waterfront
Matthew Dickey runs an increasingly popular Instagram page called “streetscapecurator”, and though he normally focuses his attention throughout the Greater Boston area, Warren came calling his name. more
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Talia Reid sings “Like a Tattoo,” by Sade accompanied by David Lauria on guitar during the 26th Musicafe at Mt. Hope High School on Thursday.
Performers bloom at 26th Musicafe
The high school cafeteria buzzed as a crowd of 200 students, family and friends sat in the dark with anticipation. Mt. Hope senior Casey Ruth Little and her pink electric guitar took the makeshift … more
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Providence Country Day School announces 2022-23 second trimester honor roll
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Providence Country Day School has named its 2022-2023 second trimester honor roll. For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), students earn High Honors with all grades of … more
New St. Mary Academy-Bay View president Amy Gravell.
St. Mary Academy-Bay View names Gravell as new school president
EAST PROVIDENCE — Amy Gravell, a Providence resident and alumna with a long history in leadership positions for non-profit organizations, has been selected to become the fourth president in the … more
Dee Proulx and Wendy Baker of the St. Mary of the Bay Food Pantry, alongside Kim Wetherald, Director of Volunteer Services at EBCAP, and Nicole Giroux, coordinator of the mobile food pantry program for EBCAP, after discussing the program at the food pantry in Warren on Monday.
This food program, born amidst Covid, is still delivering the goods
With food insecurity rising amid increasing inflation, a mobile food pantry program from the East Bay Community Action Project that began in Warren is appearing more and more useful to other communities. more
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Po Menuhkesu Menenok, Historian of the Pokanoket Tribe/Pokanoket Nation; Richard Pickering, Deputy Executive Director of Plimoth Patuxet Museums; and Roger Williams University Associate Professor of History Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, presented a rich historical depiction of the bond formed between Edward Winslow and Massasoit Ousamequin.
Exploring the 400-year-old friendship that made America possible
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the friendship and pact formed between Plymouth Colony's leader Edward Winslow and the Massasoit Ousamequin, which enabled America as we know it today to be formed. more
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Tax assessor says Warren department heads are 15-25% underpaid
Warren’s Tax Assessor, Kristopher Leadem, brought lively discussion to an otherwise humdrum preliminary budget meeting last week at Warren Town Hall by doing something many of us have probably wanted to do at some point — he pointedly asked for a raise in his salary. more
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