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By Letters to the Editor / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor: This year’s Financial Town Meeting (FTM) promises to be another fight to keep a lid on taxes. A vocal minority of parents who want to implement All-day Kindergarten have entered a motion to be voted on at the FTM that raises the school budget by an additional $633,000, more than doubling the [...]
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By Letters to the Editor / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor: It is time for the School Committee to live within the budget proposed by the Committee on Appropriations. Instead of baiting parents’ groups to do their bidding, the School Committee should show fiscal responsibility and policy leadership and acknowledge that the economic resources of Barrington’s taxpayers are limited and prioritize their efforts. [...]
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By Contributor / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
By Tad Segal AT&T is currently running a cute television ad campaign featuring the slogan “More Is Better”. You’ve probably seen the spots: A deadpan actor in a suit crouches next to a group of what looks to be kindergarteners and asks them “Who thinks more is better than less?” Hands go up. Hilarity ensues. [...]
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By Letters to the Editor / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor, The Department of Environmental Management does not protect the environment. The City of East Providence recently issued two cease and desist against the land owner of 1 Dexter Road for violating city laws. TLA-Pond View gates were “supposedly shut” on September 11, 2012 and the clean up was to have taken place [...]
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By Letters to the Editor / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor, It seems that the old abandoned jewelry factory and the two houses next to it on Bullocks Point Avenue are being knocked down and the city hasn’t decide what to do with the land yet. Wouldn’t it be nice to make it open green space…maybe even a sight for a community garden??? [...]
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By Eastbayri Staff / May 19, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor, Many of us in the city and elsewhere were surprised to learn recently that police Chief Joseph Tavares had been relieved of his command. This came as a surprise to those of us who have known the Chief as an honorable man, of sterling personal character, and a credit to our community. [...]
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By Letters to the Editor / May 17, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / 5 Comments
To the editor: As the parents of a child about to enter kindergarten this year, we are writing to express our strong reservations about moving every child in Barrington to a system of full-day kindergarten. We fully respect the views of those who want full-day kindergarten, and we know these parents have the best interests [...]
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By Josh Bickford / May 16, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor: The people of Rhode Island are fortunate to live in a state with an abundant coastline, inlet bays, rivers and estuaries. Some of us are more fortunate to live in waterfront communities such as Narragansett, East Greenwich, Wickford and of course Barrington to mention a few. The uniqueness of our state given [...]
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By Letters to the Editor / May 15, 2013 / Letters to the Editor / 2 Comments
To the editor: It is no secret that our students are now being housed in containers which viewed from any distance could be confused with storage pods except for the absence of the big letters on the outside of the real Pods. This situation was not brought about by a fire or other sudden unavoidable [...]
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By Josh Bickford / May 15, 2013 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / No Comments
To the editor: We are writing in support of full-day kindergarten in Barrington in the 2013–2014 school year, when the State of Rhode Island, along with 44 other states, will be fully implementing the Common Core State Standards for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Our state mandates that we adopt these standards and the [...]
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