Pay raises for BCWA management
Seven members of the Bristol County Water Authority’s eight-member management team recently received pay raises ranging from 2 to 13.7 percent. The raises, which will cost the BCWA a total of $35,000 this coming fiscal year, were approved by the board of directors in April. The hikes are unrelated to pay adjustments given to the [...]
Read More →Warren goes all out for Memorial Day
For many, it’s the traditional kickoff to summer. For Warren residents, though, the upcoming Memorial Day weekend is a chance to give thanks. Warren will mark Memorial Day this coming Sunday and Monday with a full slate of ceremonies, speeches and parades, as well as appearances by highly decorated and prominent veterans and current service [...]
Read More →Warren treasurer leaving post
Warren’s treasurer, on the job for less than a year, is leaving. Ross Latham started in July 2012 and prior to coming to Warren, served as the accounts payable and receivable clerk for the Town of Portsmouth. Though he was happy for the chance in Warren, Mr. Latham said Tuesday that his role in Warren [...]
Read More →Warren meets quorum, OKs Liberty Street School sale
Warren voters passed a $22 million-plus budget and approved the sale of two town properties Monday night in a Financial Town Meeting that saw enough voters — barely — to reach a quorum. When Warren Fire Chief Al Galinelli walked down the Kickemuit Middle School auditorium aisle at roughly 7:20 p.m. and called out, “We [...]
Read More →Joseph A. Charette, 72, Land O’ Lakes, Fla.
Joseph Anthony “Nonni” Charette, 72, of Land O’ Lakes, Fla., passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013. He was born in Warren, RI and moved to Florida in 1976. Joe was a retired United States Air Force Vietnam veteran. He was also retired from the United States Postal Service and enjoyed working as a starter at [...]
Read More →Warren police logs: Late night parties, loud music galore
Monday, May 13 A Broad Street resident reported telephone harassment. Police checked out a man using a metal detector near Burr’s Hill just after noon. A barking dog complaint came in from Benefit Street. A Cottage Street resident reported fraudulent credit card charges. A woman told police that someone left harassing messages on her voicemail. [...]
Read More →Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, Bristol
Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, of Paine Avenue, Bristol, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. He was the husband of Alicia A. (Turner) Eastwood. Born in Onaga, Kansas, he was a son of the late Carlos L and Nora L. (Gamino) Eastwood. Mr. Eastwood was a Navy veteran of the [...]
Read More →Warren tree ordinance to get a pruning
Amidst more puns than you can shake a stick at, Warren Town Council members broached some serious property rights issues Tuesday night when they discussed a proposed new tree ordinance. The ordinance, first introduced by the Warren Tree Commission last year, had sat on a shelf since last August before being dusted off by town [...]
Read More →Construction work delays Warren Town Beach opening
Summer will start late this year at the Warren Town Beach. The beach is usually open and staffed for the first time on Memorial Day weekend. But delays in work in the area will push the opening back until early to mid-June. “The construction is not complete down there yet,” Warren Town Manager Thomas Gordon [...]
Read More →Warren FTM: Liberty Street School on block Monday night
If it’s anything like last October’s meeting, that would be something. Warren holds its annual Financial Town Meeting next Monday, May 20, and among the items on the agenda are the proposed sale of two buildings — the Liberty Street School and the old VFW hall on Metacom Avenue. The meeting will mark the second [...]
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