Seniors win Barrington High School talent show
Seniors Caroline Coleman and John Rockwell took first place at a Barrington High School talent show last Tuesday night that included plenty of singing, dancing and even a surprise teacher flash mob. Caroline and John received the night top prize, $100, for duet of the Rihanna song “Stay.” Caroline sang the hit song accompanied by [...]
Read More →Barrington all-day K sub-committee meets this week
A sub-committee aimed at exploring what full-day kindergarten should look like in Barrington will meet for the first time this week. The Barrington School Committee appointed the group last month, one of several recently established sub-committees formed to help facilitate on-going implementation of the district’s recently adopted strategic plan. The full-day kindergarten sub-committee is expected [...]
Read More →Local doctor, Barrington resident, shares beauty secrets
Looking for the secrets to lifelong beauty? Dr. Luciano Sztulman has you covered. The Barrington resident and chief of gynecology services at Roger Williams Medical Center recently published his first book, “Beauty is Power: Dr. Luciano’s Brazilian Beauty Secrets for Staying Young.” The book is inspired by Dr. Sztulman’s homeland, Sao Paulo, Brazil. It’s a [...]
Read More →Business hopping at Blue Kangaroo in Barrington
A new cafe is open in Barrington and business is, well … hopping. The Blue Kangaroo welcomed its first customers through the door late last month, and it wasn’t long before the County Road hub formerly home to Madigan’s Cafe was packed. Some sat down to try one of the cafe’s many sandwiches while others [...]
Read More →John Gray tribute is May 11
The Barrington High School auditorium will be the site of a tribute to John Gray on Saturday, May 11. The auditorium will be re-named in honor of the former long-time Barrington High School Principal who passed away last year. He served as principal for 29 years before retiring in 2009. The auditorium was where [...]
Read More →BAY Team funding up in the air
It’s going to be a long spring for the BAY Team. Executive director Kathy Sullivan recently requested another five years of funding through a Drug Free Communities grant. The federal program isn’t the organization’s only source of funding but it is certainly the largest. The BAY Team has received $124,000 annually in Drug Free Communities [...]
Read More →Marijuana: ‘It’s illegal and it’s a drug’
Possessing a small amount of marijuana no longer carries a criminal charge in Rhode Island but local officials don’t want young people to think that means the drug is safe. Especially driving under the influence of marijuana. A report issued by the BAY Team and several similar groups last spring states that marijuana use causes [...]
Read More →Rx records missing from Barrington Rite Aid
A few boxes containing prescription records for roughly 2,000 individuals are missing from the Rite Aid on County Road in Barrington. According to a statement issued Thursday afternoon, it was learned the boxes were missing during a review of the stores’ records on Feb. 8. An “exhaustive search” of the store was conducted though the [...]
Read More →Fun comes first for unified teams
The Barrington High School unified basketball team is about a lot more than winning and losing. Just look at last Wednesday. The team captured its second victory of the season, a come-from-behind 36-31 win over Mt. Hope. Few seated inside the school gymnasium, however, paid much attention to the scoreboard. Instead, they spent the [...]
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