BCWA calling for 12 percent rate hike
The Bristol County Water Authority will host a public hearing on a potential rate hike next Thursday night, Dec. 20. BCWA Executive Director Pamela Marchand said the possible rate hike of 12 percent would equate to a $5 per month or ($60 per year) increase for the average BCWA customer who uses about 52,000 gallons [...]
Read More →100 Years Ago in Warren: Riot in the Polish colony
Taken from the pages of the Warren and Barrington Gazette this week in November 1912: Riot in the Polish colony The north end of the town was the scene of a lively scrap on Saturday night last, between the police and a few Polanders who were the worse for too much liquor. There are several [...]
Read More →Warren marks veterans’ sacrifices
A small gathering of Boy Scouts, veterans, town officials and residents gathered at the Warren Town Common Sunday morning to mark the town’s observance of Veterans’ Day. Keynote speaker Chris Stanley, the president of the Warren Town Council, gave this speech: ” Today the First World War can often appear distant to us with so [...]
Read More →Barrington town manager says he’s interested in discussing a regional shelter
In Barrington, there is no animal shelter. In Warren, the animal shelter is showing its years. And in Bristol, the price to build a new animal shelter is more expensive than officials ever expected. But according to Barrington Town Manager Peter DeAngelis, there could be a simple solution to all three towns’ dilemmas: a regional [...]
Read More →Barrington’s legislative candidates collect and spend thousands
Republican Peter Costa, Jr. spent nearly $6,000 on his campaign from the beginning of August through the start of October, eclipsing the total his opponent spent for the District 67 seat in the House of Representative by more than $1,000. Mr. Costa, a Barrington resident in his first campaign for a Rhode Island General Assembly [...]
Read More →Barrington legislator says he’s invested in the community
Rep. Jan Malik wants the people of Barrington and Warren to know he is invested in this community. The Democrat who has represented District 67 at the Statehouse since 1998 said he has lived locally for a long time, paid property taxes for a long time, and owned a business in the East Bay for [...]
Read More →Warren recycled 1,250 tons last year
Every man, woman and child in Warren turned in 236 pounds of recyclables this past year, according to state recycling records and a comparison of state census figures. Overall, Warren’s 10,611 residents recycled 1,250 tons of plastic, paper, metal and other recyclables during the fiscal year that ran from July 2011 through June 2012. Where [...]
Read More →Deluge in Warren and Bristol
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought a deluge on the East Bay Wednesday, overflowing storm drains, sewers, basements and roads as a heavy band of rain moved in around 11:30 a.m., just as high tide was cresting. The storm incapacitated Route 114 on the Warren and Barrington line, south at Locust Terrace and caused traffic [...]
Read More →Warren could use Liberty Street School as municipal offices
Having been unable to find a buyer, Warren is looking at a possible new use for the Liberty Street School: Municipal offices. Warren Town Planner Caroline Wells said Friday that there have been discussions about moving some of Warren Town Hall’s more crowded offices into the old high school. It’s just talk at this point, [...]
Read More →Too close for comfort
The driver of this Ryder moving truck pulled a bit too close to the curb in downtown Warren Thursday morning, partially taking out the sign for Federal Hill Pizza and causing some tree damage on the side of Main Street. The truck sustained some minor damage, as well.
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