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East Providence Police conduct ninth annual memorial service
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department held its Ninth Annual Memorial Service Sunday, May 19, at its headquarters, the Major Alister C. McGregor Public Safety Complex. The event, sponsored by the East Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1 and the East Providence Fraternal Order of Police Associate Lodge 1, took place under [...]
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The Honey Dewdrops in Tiverton
The Honey Dewdrops are the Virginia-based roots duet of Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish. With a blend of new Americana and traditional folk music, they create inspired songs that are rooted in the experience and lives of people, and they’ve embedded a sparse Appalachian clarity on every track. The songs they write shine with energy [...]
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Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, Bristol
Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, of Paine Avenue, Bristol, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. He was the husband of Alicia A. (Turner) Eastwood. Born in Onaga, Kansas, he was a son of the late Carlos L and Nora L. (Gamino) Eastwood. Mr. Eastwood was a Navy veteran of the [...]
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Editorial: It’s time for politicians to fish or cut bait
The noted political speech writer turned columnist William Safire penned the phrase “nattering nabobs of negativism” for use by then Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1970. Mr. Safire wrote those words in defense of the Nixon Administration against what it perceived as an assault by the “liberal” press and other detractors of the time. In [...]
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Barrington starts slow, but finishes strong, wins Class Championship
Seniors on the Barrington High School boys’ track team were a bit tired at the start of the Class B Championships on Saturday morning — likely the affect of a late Friday night at the prom and BHS AfterProm party. But the upperclassmen powered through the cobwebs and helped the team capture the title. [...]
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