Can you help install new equipment at Nayatt School playground?
Nayatt School needs help — volunteers are needed to prep and assemble new playground equipment next weekend, May 24 and 25. A small group of volunteers is helping plan the work. On Friday, May 24, about 40 people are needed to unpack the new playground equipment and place it in the existing playground area behind [...]
Read More →What’s going on at Newport Creamery?
People driving down County Road in Barrington recently may have noticed a large trash container parked in front of the Newport Creamery restaurant. Workers have been busy gutting the interior of the restaurant — all the booths, carpet, tables, counters, light fixtures and ceiling have been removed in preparation for a complete remodel — since [...]
Read More →Barrington bitten by another afternoon break-in
A month-long absence of house break-ins in Barrington ended on Monday, May 6. According to police, a County Road resident called the station at about 4:30 to report a breaking and entering. The resident told officers he had left the home, which is located just east of the intersection with Rumstick Road, at about 11 [...]
Read More →Barrington affordable housing project draws criticism at public hearing
About 60 residents turned out for the first of two planning board public hearings on the proposed Palmer Pointe affordable housing development on Monday night. The East Bay Community Development Corporation is proposing the 48-rental unit development for a 10-acre parcel on Sowams Road, filling part of the property that currently houses Sowams Nursery. (EBCDC [...]
Read More →Sowams School parents plead for another teacher
A vocal group of parents have been asking school officials to make sure that money for an additional second grade teacher at Sowams School is not chopped out of the budget. Currently, there are three first grade classes at Sowams School. Two of those classes have 25 students each, while the third has 26. Parents [...]
Read More →Barrington brush-chipping program runs through June 21
The Barrington Department of Public Works has been busy chipping downed tree limbs and other vegetation since last October, but the official brush-chipping program is due to end June 21. A busy storm season — it started with Hurricane Sandy in late October and carried through the winter with the early February blizzard — badly [...]
Read More →Barrington family moves one step closer to getting a memorial
A group of town officials met with members of the Dellefratte family last week to discuss the creation of a family memorial at corner of Prince’s Hill Avenue and Foote Street. It was about a month ago when Mike Dellefratte and his father asked the town council for permission to construct the memorial, honoring the [...]
Read More →Barrington school officials differ on when to add full-day kindergarten
Just about everyone who attended the Barrington School Committee meeting Thursday night, May 9, supported the implementation of full-day kindergarten in Barrington, but not all people could agree on when the program should be added. Barrington Schools Superintendent Mike Messore said his recommendation was to add full-day kindergarten next year, not this fall. School [...]
Read More →Key Barrington School Committee meeting is tonight at 7:30
The Barrington School Committee will hold a meeting tonight, May 9, to discuss the creation of a full-day kindergarten program and the proposed school budget. The meeting will be held in the school committee room at 7:30 p.m. Full-day kindergarten has been a hot topic in town. School officials initially put a $141,000 placeholder in [...]
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