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Why is this Bristol Council race more important than ever?
Locally, is this 2020 election uniquely significant or distinctive in any way? And if so, how should Bristol voters decide who gets their vote? All eight candidates for Bristol Town Council faced … more
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English class sparks debate over 'morality' lessons in Bristol Warren
Social justice and the question of morality lessons in the classroom turned into a hot political discussion in Warren and Bristol this week, following an online post last week by a school committee … more
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Kristin Amaral shows off Rogers Free Library’s new augmented reality globe, which works with a phone app and lets users learn about various cities and countries when they point to a location on the sphere.
Pandemic influences the new tech at Bristol library
From Dewey Decimal to digital, the local library is a center for literacy and learning. For Rogers Free Library tech guru Kristin Amaral — as much as she loves books — much of her focus … more
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Bristol Police: Residents complain of noise, drones, and ‘large gatherings’
Bristol Police received a relatively large volume of "noise" calls last week, with neighbors reporting neighbors being loud, playing loud music, partying and gathering in large groups. There were … more
Bristol Police nab ‘Mr. Victor’ for buying booze for minors
Bristol Police learned from a father in Little Compton that a man in Bristol was allegedly buying alcohol for minors. According to the Little Compton man, he found alcohol in his son’s room and … more
Dustin Reynolds is back in Bristol for a bit, pausing on his around-the-world journey, before setting off south, with an eye on the Atlantic hurricane season.
Double-amputee sailor is in the final stretch
For someone who has spent the past few years sailing solo around the world, you wouldn’t think loneliness would be an issue. But for circumnavigating, double-amputee solo sailor Dustin … more
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Bristol liquor stores and restaurants cited for serving minors
Six Bristol businesses were cited for liquor law violations after reportedly selling or serving alcohol to minors during an undercover police operation last Thursday, Sept. 10. Bristol Sgt. Paul … more
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jonathan Brice tells the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee and hundreds of teachers and parents why Mt. Hope High School can accommodate only 25 percent of students in the building at the same time, during a four-hour public meeting on Zoom last week.
Why did Mt. Hope scale back to one day per week?
In July, the Bristol Warren Regional School District unveiled a school reopening plan that would have Mt. Hope High School students back in the building half the time, and learning from home half the … more
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A voter (left) checks in to vote during the 2018 Bristol Primary Election. The town has lost about 75 percent of its experienced poll workers and is looking for help.
Bristol needs poll workers for General Election
It’s a long day but a short-term commitment, and the election couldn’t happen without them. “The town requires about 100 people for this task,” said Town Clerk Lou Cirillo … more
Workers are in the final stages of getting both the Silver Creek Bridge and the approaches on both sides ready to reopen fully to traffic.
DOT says Silver Creek Bridge will be fully open again soon
Only about eight months ago, long before 2020 opened showed its real face, the high-season closure of the northbound route into town was Bristol’s biggest headache. The Rhode Island … more
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jonathan Brice answers a question during a Sept. 9 meeting that lasted nearly five hours for school committee members and administrators.
Bristol Warren district changes reopening plans for two schools
Bristol’s Colt Andrews Elementary School will open on Monday with no students in the buildings, and Mt. Hope High School students have lost 50 percent of their in-person classroom time for the … more
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Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jonathan Brice said they could use another week before opening schools, but the school board decided to forge ahead.
Divided school board OKs Sept. 14 Bristol Warren re-opening
In a 5-3 split vote, the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee voted Thursday night to approve the Monday, Sept. 14 re-opening of schools, despite a request from the superintendent and some … more
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Colt teacher tests positive, co-workers placed in quarantine
A Colt Andrews Elementary School teacher tested positive Thursday for the Covid-19 virus, and several staff members at the Bristol elementary school are currently in quarantine for 14 … more
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Dyer Street residents Tomasz Krawczak and Patty Sylvia and King Philip Ave. resident Jim Lawton (left to right) talk about the challenges of living next to off-campus student homes on King Philip Avenue. The two homes that had a spike in activity and “problems” last spring are shown behind.
Bristol residents hoping to coexist with college kids next door
For the neighbors of two Roger Williams University student rentals on King Philip Avenue, it was a long spring. COVID-19 closed campus, leaving the students living off-campus without much to do. … more
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The Bristol Town Council candidates debated Wednesday night, and the session can now be seen via the link below.
Bristol Democrats talk about 'progressives,' police, pandemic and more
The Bristol Democratic Candidates Forum was held virtually on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 2, and posted online on Thursday. Cosponsored by the League of Women Voters and the East Bay Media Group, … more
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Mt. Hope High School Principal Deborah Dibiase shows the school's cafeteria during a tour a few weeks ago. They expect to seat one student per table this year.
In Bristol Warren, approximately 850 students will be staying home
One out of every four students enrolled in Bristol Warren will learn from home this year, after their parents opted to keep them at home instead of allowing them to return to the classroom. As … more
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Bristol patrol officer Keith Medeiros (left), Captain Scott McNally and Chief Kevin Lynch play knock hockey with campers after lunch on Tuesday.
Young Bristol campers are learning to lead
  Reached after the first of two weeks of the Bristol Police Department’s third annual Youth Leadership Camp, Lt. Steven St. Pierre, who oversees the program, was feeling celebratory. … more
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A bicyclist heads south on Thames Street in Bristol after a ride along the bike path on Tuesday. A popular route to get bikers from Independence Park to the southern end of Bristol would be to send them south along Thames, get them over to High Street, and then connect them to Ferry Road, on their way to the Roger Williams University campus.
Engineers outline four routes to connect campus and downtown Bristol
The Town of Bristol wants to connect the southern end of the East Bay Bike Path to the southern end of Bristol. The big questions are how, and how much? The town has so far formed a task force to … more
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Bristol resident John Jameson paints a watercolor wash of the stone bridge over the Mill Gut at Colt State Park last Tuesday afternoon.
When Covid hit, this artist went back to basics
When Covid restrictions forced everyone inside, painter John Jameson went outside. That’s not to say he’s a rule-breaker — quite the opposite. “I’d rather take … more
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Bristol Police: One arrest, plus neighbor and noise complaints
Bristol police officers made one domestic violence arrest and responded to an array of calls for noisy or annoying neighbors from Aug. 3 to 10. Monday, Aug. 3 Police responded to Sandra … more
Joan Prescott is enjoying her final days at the helm of Bristol's public library.
Rogers Free Library director closes book on 30-year career
When Joan Prescott took the helm of Rogers Free Library three decades ago, she settled into a small office that was located immediately to the left of the entrance of an outdated, outgrown … more
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Farm educator Owen Robinson cuts pieces of wood for a fence he’s building around the garden.
Coggeshall Farm returns with a new look
For a museum whose mission has long been to preserve an authentic depiction of late 18th-century farm life, Coggeshall Farm has seen a lot of changes in the past year or so. Long before the … more
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Standing in an engineering lab, Roger Williams University Chief of Staff Brian Williams explains how students and professors will be responsible for cleaning surfaces after their class. The green dots indicate desks that are open for us, while red dots indicate they are closed. The dot system is designed to enforce social distancing as the campus returns to mostly normal activity.
It’s back to school at RWU
More than five months after telling everyone to stay home and finish their spring semester online, Roger Williams University kicks off a reunion of sorts this weekend. Students and faculty are … more
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Gov. Gina Raimondo at her regular weekly Coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
It’s official: Opening of public schools pushed back to Sept. 14
PROVIDENCE — At her regular weekly press conference today, Gov. Gina Raimondo confirmed what she had already hinted at during media interviews earlier this week: The opening day for Rhode … more
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How many Bristol residents want smaller trash bins?
Bristol Town Councilor Mary Parella brought up an issue at the July 1 council meeting that, for some residents, remains an unresolved complication of the new automated trash collection system. … more
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