Barrington Firefighter 5K event is Sunday at the high school
It’s time to lace up those running sneakers for the Barrington Firefighters Local 1774 5K Charity Road Race on Sunday, May 26 at Barrington High School. The fifth annual event is a fund-raiser to benefit local charities, and this year and organizers are hopeful the event will generate money to support organizations that are in need of financial [...]
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Fishing tournament for visually impaired adults The RI Lions Sight Foundation (RILSF) will host their 6th Annual VIP Fishing Tournament for Visually Impaired Persons (VIP’s) of Rhode Island on June 23. The tournament will take place on a chartered party boat out of Galilee RI. The tournament is sponsored and organized by the RILSF and [...]
Read More →Full-day kindergarten in Barrington: A $633,000 question
It all comes down to this. One night. One meeting. One chance to vote an additional $633,000 into the school department budget. Tonight, May 22, taxpayers attending the annual financial town meeting in Barrington will be asked to vote yea or nay to Waseca Avenue resident Amy Morton’s amendment, which calls for a significant increase [...]
Read More →The wheels are falling off!
President Obama is having more than a bad week. The recent flare-ups involving his administration with the soft-pedaling proffered as explanations by the White House have not stopped the wheels from falling off. Mr. Obama is losing valuable time to pursue his agenda and is on the brink of an early retirement into the lame [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Rumford Lions celebrate 60 years of giving back
EAST PROVIDENCE — Though having just recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, the Rumford Lions Club remains a vital and integral part of the East Providence community. Late last week, a group of Lions gathered to reflect on their six decades of service and looked ahead towards their continuing efforts. On the meaning of reaching the [...]
Read More →Jillian Way fire cause still a mystery
Firefighters: Outside fires can destroy a new house fast The cause of the fire that destroyed most of a house at 89 Jillian Way on May 7 is a mystery to investigators and may stay that way. State Police investigators have eliminated ‘accidental’ causes, Deputy Fire Chief Allen Manley said Thursday, and there is no [...]
Read More →Barrington to Boston: Stay Strong
A group of local people laced up their running shoes to help people affected by the Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15. Barrington resident and FuelBelt company owner Vinu Malik helped organize the “Barrington to Boston Run” on May 15 — joggers ran a 4.15-mile course that started and finished on Chachapacassett Road. Organizers also collected [...]
Read More →Grant to study Portsmouth man’s digital novel
PORTSMOUTH — A 20-year-old digital novel by Portsmouth science fiction writer John G. McDaid is among the works to be studied under a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant awarded to the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), the group announced recently. According to ELO, the NEH awarded a $52,000 digital humanities grant to explore and preserve [...]
Read More →Michael P. Perry, 57, Tiverton
Michael P Perry, 57, of Tiverton, died at St. Anne’s Hospital on Monday, May 20, 2013. Born in 1955, he was the son of Charles Perry and the late Lorraine Perry, and brother of Colleen Perry Ramos, all of Tiverton. He is survived by his father, Charlie, his sister Colleen and her husband Rick Ramos, [...]
Read More →East Providence Police Log: Underage drinker/driver crashes into Willett Avenue fence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Drinking and driving don’t mix, especially for a young city resident who drove her car into both a tree and a fence on a Willett Avenue property in the wee hours of May 17. Veronica Smith, 20, of 44 Oak Crest Drive, Riverside, was arrested by East Providence Police and charged with [...]
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