Barrington Christian Academy graduates its Class of 2013
Students from across the state and from as far away as South Korea were honored as the Class of 2013 from Barrington Christian Academy recently. Attendees were welcomed by Elsie R. Wright, head of school, while BCA history teacher Jack Diamond offered the commencement address, “Living a Life of Success.” Teara Caston, a Portsmouth resident [...]
Read More →Elderly Warren man pinned underneath his car in Barrington
People had to come to the rescue of an 84-year-old Warren man after he became pinned underneath his own car in Barrington on Monday, June 10. Barrington police received a phone call at about noon alerting officers to an elderly man who was stuck under the opened driver’s side door of his own car on [...]
Read More →Competition in Barrington cuts into town’s theater program
A few years back, 50 or 60 kids would fill the summer sessions for Barrington Community Theater. This year, 12 youngsters have signed up for the first summer session, and nine are registered for the second. “I would love to bump the numbers up a bit,” said Reid Eighme, the program’s director. “We’re not looking [...]
Read More →Another intoxicated Barrington teenager rushed to hospital
For the second time in less than two weeks, a Barrington teenager consumed a large amount of alcohol, fell ill and needed to be transported to a hospital. Police received a 911 call at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 alerting officers to a 17-year-old Barrington boy who had downed about 7 or 8 [...]
Read More →Barrington High teacher plans fund-raiser for March of Dimes
Jake Correia was born on March 13, 2011. He was eight weeks premature and weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces, and for the first six weeks of his life, he stayed at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Women and Infants Hospital. Things have improved for the Correias since the first weeks of Jake’s life — [...]
Read More →Barrington teenagers honored for civic leadership
Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis honored two Barrington teenagers — Molly Williams and Michael Miniati — with his office’s 2013 Civic Leadership Awards, which are given annually to members of the senior class who make outstanding contributions to their school and their community. “This award recognizes students who show an understanding of [...]
Read More →Barrington veterans cancel poppy sale, blame supermarket
A group of local veterans said that future scholarships to Barrington and East Providence students are in doubt after a local supermarket informed the veterans that they could not stay in the store’s foyer during a Memorial Day weekend fund-raising effort. Bill Groves, the commander for the local VFW post, said management at the Barrington [...]
Read More →Barrington parents bitter over school board’s inaction
A light rain started to fall on the small group of people who had gathered outside the Barrington School Committee room late Thursday night, June 6, but the precipitation did little to dampen the heated discussion. The moms and dads had just sat through three hours of frustrating conversation. They had entered the school committee [...]
Read More →Duck in the damper — fowl found in Barrington chimney
David Kopec was in for a little surprise when he attempted to clean the chimney at an Olive Lane home recently. The co-owner of A-Tec Chimney Sweeps could see the six inches of ash sitting in the bottom of the fireplace, but he was completely unaware of the male wood duck that was sitting on [...]
Read More →Barrington official: adding full-day K next year may be more difficult
Joel Hellmann had some bad news for people attending last Thursday’s school committee meeting in Barrington. The member of the Barrington Committee on Appropriations told folks at the meeting that while the forecast for adding full-day kindergarten this fall did not look promising, the budget challenges in the future should also cast doubt on whether [...]
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