East Providence moves up in latest RITFCA outdoor track rankings
PROVIDENCE — The RITFCA released its second set of rankings for the 2013 outdoor season and Hendricken and LaSalle continue to top the polls. Hendricken posted 95 points and garnered five first-place ballots of the nine coaches who responded in the boys’ rankings. Of note locally, the Barrington girls ranked third and the boys fourth. [...]
Read More →Barrington bests the rest for girls’ Eastern Division outdoor track and field title
BARRINGTON ─ After a five-day delay due to weather, the Eastern Division Championship girls’ outdoor track and field championship meet, featuring 10 teams from around the East Bay, went off without a hitch Monday, May 13, at Barrington High School’s Victory Field. The host Eagles took the overall title with 166.33 points, while Portsmouth finished second [...]
Read More →School, VFW hall on block Monday
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 [...]
Read More →Blount Boats to pay $24,000 in fines
Blount Boats will pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a new “tent” building over its ways on the Warren River, to resolve federal claims that the boat-building company violated federal and state clean air regulations. Blount received town approval in January to build the 44-foot-tall tent structure over its ways; the [...]
Read More →David J. Machado, 48, Greenville, RI
David John Machado, 48, of Greenville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 5, 2013. He was the husband of Kristen Mayo-Machado. Born in Taunton, a son of Robert and Ellen (Stawniak) Machado, he was a long-time area resident. Mr. Machado was an automation technician and was employed by Materion in Lincoln for many years. Besides [...]
Read More →Warren police logs: Loose cows, bull and horse
Monday, May 6 Someone found an injured cat and dropped it off at the animal shelter. Someone overturned trash barrels adjacent to the basketball courts at Burr’s Hill. A Metacom Avenue man asked for a temporary restraining order against his ex-girlfriend, who he said was calling and harassing him and his friends. Police dispersed an [...]
Read More →Barrington, East Providence, Mt. Hope score points in Cumberland girls’ track invitational
CUMBERLAND — Athletes from three of the local entries picked up victories at the annual Cumberland Invitational girls’ outdoor track and field meet hosted by the Clippers Saturday, May 11. Barrington High School junior Abby Livingston ran a time of 2 minutes, 20.4 seconds to win the 800 meters. Kylie McPherson of Mt. Hope won [...]
Read More →Mt. Hope girls’ latest softball win puts Huskies tied for first in division
Mt. Hope Huskies and the Portsmouth Patriots lit up the scoreboard on Tuesday, May 7 with Mt. Hope winning the offensive battle 10-8 in seven innings. The teams combined for 21 hits in the duel. Starting pitcher, Madison Reis, pitched the first three innings after coming off from an injury. Reis gave up 3 [...]
Read More →Warren building permits: Week of May 8
The following building permits were recently approved by Warren Building Official William Nash Jr.: 1 Emery Road, Fernando Cruanes. Install three replacement patio doors and one replacement window, $13,000. 1 Terrace Ave., Joseph E. Rodrigues. Install replacement window, $2,000. 509 Child St., East Bay Community Development Corp. Replace 16 windows and entry doors, new sheetrock [...]
Read More →Scoop: Del’s/Palagi’s turf war gets heated
What’s colder than an extra large slush on a hot summer day? The turf war going down between Palagis Ice Cream and Del’s Lemonade. Police have been called twice this past week — once by Del’s driver Roxanne Orien, once by Palagis driver Duncan O’Brien — with each accusing the other of selling frozen treats [...]
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