Hummel Report shines spotlight on Bristol harbormaster’s office
Jim Hummel of The Hummel Report has posted a video story focusing on the Bristol Harbormaster’s office, complaints about former Harbormaster Joe Cabral’s response to a near-drowning last summer, and the search for a new town harbormaster. The story went live a few hours before the Bristol Town Council is expected to hire a new harbormaster – [...]
Read More →Bristol Rotary Club giving away iPad with 12 Days raffle
The Bristol Rotary Club is extending the season of giving for 12 days after Christmas, with a raffle featuring an Apple iPad as the top prize. The Rotary club’s “12 Days of Christmas Raffle” will award prizes for 12 consecutive days, beginning on Christmas Day. Each prize is valued at $100 or more, with the [...]
Read More →Barrington High School grads play annual alumni soccer game
A small group of 15 Barrington High School graduates played in the 29th annual soccer alumni game on a chilly, windy Saturday afternoon. A year ago, about twice that many showed up for the game always held the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Despite the thin field of players, they represented four proud decades of Barrington High School [...]
Read More →Newest Bristol salon is totally Pure
With friends, family and fellow business leaders watching, Nanci Adams and Cheryl Bayuk cut a ceremonial blue ribbon and joined the community of small business owners in downtown Bristol. Ms. Adams and Ms. Bayuk are co-owners of Pure Salon, the newest of Bristol’s 17 or so salons. Pure opened a few weeks ago but celebrated [...]
Read More →Student-driven car crashes in front of Roger Williams University president’s house
A car with three Roger Williams University students inside hit two trees and a one-way sign and spun to rest near the front lawn of the university president’s house late Thursday night. Though the car was mangled, none of the three males was seriously injured and all refused treatment from Bristol paramedics. According to Bristol [...]
Read More →No school for Bristol Warren students on Wednesday
Because of ongoing power outages in large sections of Bristol, including at several schools, the Bristol Warren Regional School District is canceling school on Wednesday. This will be the third day in a row the schools are closed.
Read More →East Bay Chamber welcomes new member
The East Bay Chamber of Commerce welcomed a new member Monday afternoon, when owner Mary Proietta symbolically “cut the ribbon” welcoming Art of Good Health to chamber membership. A small group of friends and chamber leaders joined her outside the professional building at 970 Hope St., Bristol, where her business has been located for the [...]
Read More →State leaders hope to expose pension abuses with new hotline
The number of retired town and state workers who abuse the system, collecting lifetime disability pensions for phantom injuries, are few and far between. But they’re out there. We’ve all heard of the “retired” police officer whose bad back entitles him to a tax-free pension that pays two-thirds of his former salary every year for [...]
Read More →New look for East Bay Newspapers and Eastbayri.com
East Bay Newspapers made a few small but noticeable changes to the front page of its newspapers and its website this week. The website is now powered on a WordPress platform, with enhanced versions for tablets and smart phones. The red Eastbayri brand shown throughout this site continues on the front pages of all newspapers, which [...]
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