Kamille Gentles-Peart hopes to be a lighthouse for the 250 universities and colleges in New England.
With her new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fellowship from the New England Board Higher of …
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By Megan Julian
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3/19/21
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Elizabeth Kinder looks equally at home tending the trees of the Samuel Kinder and Brother nursery on Poppasquash Road as she does performing onstage, an accomplished Mezzo-soprano. “I’m …
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/8/21
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The Barrington Business and Community Association will host its final farmers market of the season on Thursday, Aug. 11. The event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. John’s church, across …
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8/10/22
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Christine de Silva takes photos of a hammerhead shark as it is released during an expedition in Biscayne Bay while a student at the University of Miami. (Photo courtesy of Christine de …
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2/24/23
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For the past several years, the Town of Bristol has been looking into ways to connect the end of the East Bay Bike Path to the Mt. Hope Bridge and RWU. Major progress has been made toward that goal, and some safety improvements are already moving forward.
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/12/23
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Though it may seem that way, the Bristol Fourth of July parade route has not always been painted with a red, white and blue center stripe.
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7/12/23
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At a time when rigid airships still flew over Block Island, one prominent Bristol family went to Westerly to experience an event you're lucky to see more than once in a lifetime. Now you can read their own handwritten account of that day in 1925.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/4/24
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The Mt. Hope girls’ gymnastics team posted its best team score of the season, 133.05, in defeating Barrington, 128.55, and Rogers, 99.75, in a dual home meet at Strive Gymnastics on Saturday. …
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Story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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2/11/21
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Patrick Snow of Middletown, principal of Crave Nutrition , wanted to make one thing clear during his council hearing for a victualing license for the property at 576 Metacom Ave., formerly known as …
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/8/21
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The annual Grand Illumination lit up the night in downtown Bristol on Sunday, Dec. 4.
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12/7/22
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The ferry service, intended to help commuters impacted by the closure of the Washington Bridge westbound, will begin at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
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By Christy Nadalin
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12/18/23
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A boat conceived and constructed in little Bristol, R.I. launched into the waters of of Auckland, New Zealand today, beginning the next step in its quest to win the oldest international competition …
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10/16/20
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Bristol Police have arrested one of two men they believe placed Nazi-themed stickers on signs downtown last month. Chase Gilroy, age 26, of Warwick, was taken into custody this morning after turning …
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5/13/21
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The world-famous robotics company visited KMS last week to show off one of their robot 'dogs.'
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By Christy Nadalin
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11/12/21
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It’s every used car buyer’s nightmare. You spend thousands on a vehicle, hoping you got a good deal for a car that will meet your needs for several years — then everything that can go wrong, does go wrong.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/31/23
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded $750,000 in federal funding to make street upgrades along Bristol’s Revolutionary Heritage Byway (Rte. 114 from Warren to the Mt. Hope Bridge).
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/4/23
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Over 50 vendors provided lots of intriguing browsing for those who ventured over to the Town Common for the annual Flea and Fair that took place on Saturday.
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8/17/23
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The Audubon Society of Rhode Island (ASRI) has been awarded $10,000 from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center as part of the Center’s “Quality of Life” grants program.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/14/24
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Bristol Police continued to field frequent calls about sick raccoons and skunks, as well as noisy neighbors and dirt bikes.
Monday, March 29
DEM was called to deal with a sick raccoon at …
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4/9/21
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As of Monday, March 7, it will be up to parents to decide whether or not their kids will wear masks during the school day.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/1/22
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They claim that the wave attenuator produces wave action and currents at the Club’s slips that is impacting the ability of their members to tie up. They would like the exclusive use of eight Marina slips until the issue can be resolved.
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/4/23
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The Herreshoff Marine Museum’s 7th annual summer boatbuilding program concluded last Thursday, Aug. 10 with the launch of the vessel that the middle- and high school-aged students had spent five weeks constructing.
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/18/23
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It was a race that Kickemuit Middle School 8th grader Eleanor Lial was looking forward to as her final race as a middle schooler. What happened was, by some accounts, unprecedented.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/31/23
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that it has contracted with SeaStreak, Rhode Island Fast Ferry and the Block Island Ferry to offer free ferry service to …
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12/18/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence has been charged to be one of three newly created regional COVID-19 vaccination pods, which will serve residents of most East Bay communities over the next few …
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By Mike Rego
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4/7/21
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