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Speakman voted Barrington town council president

By   /  December 4, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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Elected council members from left, June Speakman, Ann Strong and Kate Weymouth are sworn in during the Barrington Town Council Inauguration at 8p.m. sharp on Monday night.

Recently elected Barrington Town Council and School Committee members were sworn in Monday night. The ceremony marked the official start of a third term for June Speakman and Kate Weymouth  council term while Ann Strong begins her first term. Ms. Speakman was later unanimously approved as Town Council President and Ms. Weymouth was unanimously approved [...]

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Photos: Bristol Grand Illumination 2012

By   /  December 3, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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Maxwell Coelho and Shivani Mehta join Santa and Mrs. Claus as they light up the tree.

Hundreds gathered to catch a glimpse of Santa and Mrs. Claus and listen to merry singing and dancing and view the spectacle of the tree lighting during Bristol’s Grand Illumination outside of the Burnside building on Sunday night.

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Hundreds pose with Santa – See the photos here

By   /  December 1, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

Photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus are ready to be viewed.

BRISTOL —  East Bay Newspapers and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island hosted the 14th annual “Photos with Santa” Saturday at the Audubon’s Environmental Education Center on the Bristol/Warren town line. More than 300 families turned out to visit with Santa and Mrs Claus. The photos taken at the event will be published in your local [...]

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Photos: LaSalle pummels Portsmouth 41-14 in D-1 semifinal

By   /  November 28, 2012  /  News, Sports  /  No Comments

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Senior wide receiver Sean Tullson catches a Bobby Chavous pass and breaks away from a LaSalle defender on his way to the end zone to tie the score at 7-7 in the first quarter.

Portsmouth High School Patriots could not find the necessary answers on defense to stop the LaSalle senior tandem of quarterback Anthony Francis and running back Joshua Morris. The duo passed and ran over the Patriots scoring all but one touchdown for LaSalle in a 41-14 romp. Portsmouth quarterback Bobby Chavous threw two touchdown passes in [...]

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Portsmouth Football game postponed to Wednesday night.

By   /  November 27, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

Photo by Joe Marcello

The Division I semifinal match-up between Portsmouth High School and LaSalle Academy will be played at LaSalle on Wednesday night, November, 28th at 6p.m. The game which was scheduled to be played tonight was postponed due to the inclement weather according to Portsmouth High School and RIIL.org.

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Photos: St. Nick visits Crescent Park Carousel in Riverside

By   /  November 27, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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Rachel Medeiros, 7, gives Santa a hug during the Crescent Park Carousel tree lighting on Sunday.

“His eyes how they twinkled, his dimples how merry. His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry. His droll little mouth was drawn up like bow and the beard on his chin was a white as the snow,” from Twas the Night Before Christmas. Yes, the jolly elf himself came to the Crescent [...]

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Photos: Pet goats good landscapers in Westport

By   /  November 19, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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Ted the goat eats grass in front of Brian Tripp's house on Sodom Rd. in Westport.

If you see a pair of floppy eared animals being chased around by a small dog while riding along Sodom road in Westport don’t fret, they are Brian Tripp’s Nubian goats. Nubians are a domestic breed of goat developed in Great Britain from native milking stock and goats from the Middle East and North Africa, [...]

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Tiverton boys lose physical 3-0 D-III final to Exeter/West Greenwich

By   /  November 11, 2012  /  News, Sports  /  No Comments

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Senior striker Corey Newbury heads the ball over a Knights defender.

TIVERTON —Powerhouse Exeter/West Greenwich doused the Tiverton boys Division III soccer title hopes in a hard-played 3-0 championship match Saturday at Rhode Island College. The talented Scarlet Knights, who finished 15-0-2 (including a 5-1 win over Tiverton on October 26) and have been dominant for three years, won their first state title and finished with [...]

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Sandy’s surge destroys South Shore Beach in Little Compton

By   /  October 30, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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Surf seekers struggled to walk over rocks strewn all over South Shore Beach and it's parking lot.

Sandy’s Monday night tidal surge littered rocks all over South Shore Beach destroying the reconstruction of the beach and parking lot that was done last Spring. Surf seekers gathered to gaze at the surf and enjoy the balmy weather on Tuesday despite having to park along the road and walk to the beach due to [...]

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Photos: Sandy’s moon tidal surge floods Bristol

By   /  October 30, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

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A woman checks the depth of the water at the corner of Thames and Hope Streets at the height of Sandy's storm surge last night. Read More →