100 Years Ago in Warren: New ballfield in town
Taken from the pages of the Warren and Barrington Gazette this week in April 1913: Beginning of a dynasty Eddie B. Blount has bought of Robert T. Hunt, all of “the right, title and interest in the oyster business owned and operated by them together under the firm name of Blunt and Hunt,” for some [...]
Read More →Sleeping out in Warren to stop malaria
Mosquito netting is good for keeping bugs out. Rain, not so much. At 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday, as he lay sleepless on an inflatable mattress set up on the United Methodist Church’s front lawn, Rick Norman realized that fact and, looking up through the leaky mesh above him, asked the rainy, raw heavens for a [...]
Read More →Composer scores big with Mt. Hope students
When musician and composer, Roger Chichy, was asked to compose an original score for Mt. Hope High School’s Class of 2013, he not only wanted to choose a theme the students could connect to, he wanted the students to be included in the process. After looking to Bristol Harbor and the waters surrounding the town [...]
Read More →Numbers show Warren police busier than ever
Warren police made more arrests than ever last year, charging nearly 600 men and women with crimes ranging from arson to DUI to drug possession and assault. The 585 arrests officers made in 2012 represents a nearly 25 percent jump in arrests from 2011, the highest percentage jump over the past seven years. It, [...]
Read More →Audubon adventure walk turns batty
BRISTOL—”It swooped at my grandmother, ducked down under the bridge and landed in the mucky water,” said Sarah Coutu, 9, of Pawtucket, who was standing on board walk behind the Audubon Society in Bristol during a “Choose your own adventure” walk on Wednesday morning. Audubon instructor Chloe Fandel and her adventurers, consisting of children, parents [...]
Read More →Mt. Hope girls’ lacrosse team falls to Tiverton
The Mt. Hope Girls Lacrosse team lost a tough battle Monday night, falling to Tiverton on the road, 13-11, in their fourth league game of the year. The Huskies couldn’t build off the momentum of a 10-9 win last Wednesday at Lincoln, and failed to shut down the Tigers offense en route to their third [...]
Read More →Natalie Swift pledge drive continues through April
Help continues to pour in for Natalie Swift and her family as they deal with her diagnosis of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Through the end of the month, Doug Mayhew of Ocean Point Insurance in Warren will donate $5 to the Natalie Swift Foundation (click here) for every person who “likes” his company on [...]
Read More →Injury kept Warren runner out of Boston Marathon this year
If it wasn’t for a tough winter training season and a hamstring injury, Warren runner Steve Calenda might have run the Boston Marathon Monday. Officials were reporting that two bombs were detonated at the race’s finish line around 3 p.m., killing and injury an untold number of victims. “That would have been right around the [...]
Read More →Warren musician looks to ancestor for inspiration
When Warren musician Otis Read steps up to the microphone this Sunday at the Newman Congregational Church in Rumford, he won’t just have a choir accompanying him. One of his ancestors, gone for nearly 200 years, will be by his side. Mr. Read has a reputation as an accomplished local musician who plays acoustic guitar and [...]
Read More →Portsmouth nips Huskies in unified basketball
The Mt. Hope Huskies unified basketball team lost to Portsmouth High School last Wednesday at Portsmouth, losing to their rivals, 32-26. “It was another well-played game,” Mt. Hope coach Tom Fullen said. “Very close and nip and tuck the whole game.” It was a heartbreak loss for the Huskies, who struggled to make a basket [...]
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