Eleanor G. Davol, 101
Eleanor G. Davol, 101, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012, at St. Elizabeth’s Manor, Bristol. Born in Tiverton on Feb. 11, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Allen L. and Zoe (Grinnell) Small. Mrs. Davol worked as an accounts receivable clerk for Firestone in Fall River for 30 years. She was a member [...]
Read More →Anne Martin Withrow Laubi
Anne Martin Withrow Laubi, 73, of Deltona, Fla., passed away on Oct. 28, 2011, after a battle with AML Leukemia. She was surrounded by her family. Anne was the wife of Paul K. Laubi for 55 years. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Withrow and the late Dora Martin Withrow. [...]
Read More →Duffy retires as Barrington’s ACO
The Barrington Police Department has a new Animal Control Officer following the retirement of John Duffy last month. Officer Duffy, whose career with the Barrington Police Department totaled 30 years, had been the ACO since July of 2008. He previously worked in dispatch for 26 years. Police Chief John LaCross had no shortage of good [...]
Read More →Warren police logs: Suspicious stargazer catches officer’s eye
Monday, July 9 Police dispersed a man and woman swinging on swings at the bottom of Water Street at 12:29 a.m. Bristol police asked their counterparts in Warren to keep their eyes peeled for a red Honda that was involved in a hit and run accident in that town. A clerk at a Main Street [...]
Read More →Little League: Darlington’s seven homers force a final game
Sean Dunphy hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to put an end to a wild Little League Major Division baseball all-star game and give Darlington a 10-9 triumph over Barrington Sunday night at Sherwood Park. Dunphy’s homer was the fourth solo smash and seventh four-bagger hit by his team [...]
Read More →Road race: Zablocki runs smart in winning Little Compton race
Ivy-League educated Chris Zablocki put to use what he learned a year ago at the same event when he captured the 32nd Annual Little Compton 4.8-mile Road Race Saturday morning. The 23-year-old Dartmouth College grad who calls Essex, CT, home ran a 4:57 pace in muggy conditions to finish with a time of 23:43. Fellow [...]
Read More →Two Barrington schools are “Commended”
A pair of Barrington elementary schools recently received the highest designation possible under a new statewide school classification system. Primrose Hill and Sowams Elementary Schools were among 26 Rhode Island schools to be placed into the Rhode Island Accountability System’s “Commended” category. The 2012 School Classifications were released by Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist with [...]
Read More →Ex-con charged with child molestation in Bristol
An ex-convict who served 25 years of a life sentence for a 1985 murder conviction before being released was arrested on Wednesday, July 4, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 9 year-old Bristol boy the night before. At 5:30 a.m. on July 4, the boy and his mother came into police headquarters where they filed [...]
Read More →No charges for driver in Grist Mill crash
The driver of a truck that crashed into the Grist Mill last month will not be facing charges, according to a press release issued Friday by the Seekonk Police Department. The release states that an investigation determined there was no evidence that driver of the tractor trailer was speeding or otherwise operating impaired. The investigation [...]
Read More →Fire crews on scene at Bristol Metals
Bristol fire crews are at the scene of a smokey blaze that broke out in a pile of scrap metal at Bristol Metals just before 3 p.m. The location of the fire is in a remote section of the Broadcommon Avenue scrapyard, away from any structures. A backhoe was being used to knock down the [...]
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