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 …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/4/20
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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 …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/4/20
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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.
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By Ted Hayes
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9/3/20
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It's no small task kayaking from Providence to Newport, but Warren resident Rock Singewald, 71, accomplished the feat last Friday. Mr. Singewald, an avid boater and member of the Warren Harbor …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/1/20
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Warren Board of Canvassers chairman Vincent Calenda, who indicated Thursday that he would resign his post Friday morning after making a derogatory comment on Facebook about Democrats and used a …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/28/20
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The chairman of the Warren Board of Canvassers was expected to resign his post Friday morning after he made a derogatory statement about some Democrats, and used what some believed was a racially insensitive term to …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/28/20
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A Warren software firm has developed a portable UV-C system designed to kill a wide range of viruses and bacteria, and its CEO believes the system, launched in Ireland last month and North America …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/27/20
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Warren has ordered the occupants of a Kinnicutt Home out, and authorized the turning off of electricity, after finding numerous alleged violations of town and state health and safety codes on the …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/25/20
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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 …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/12/20
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A new podcast moderated by a Warren resident seeks to highlight social justice and equality issues and hopefully, moderator Kathy Sullivan said, provide strategies for those who wish to help the …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/15/20
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Yes, Bristol is having a parade on July 4. It will be smaller, quicker and earlier than anyone has seen in decades, but there will be a parade.
Here's some of what you need to know if you're …
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7/3/20
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The Rhode Island State Police announce that members of the State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have arrested a Mt. Hope High School …
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7/1/20
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Members of the Mt. Hope High School Vocal Ensemble have released an album and music video, and are using both as part of an effort to raise funds for the Providence Rescue Mission .
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By Ted Hayes
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6/17/20
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PROVIDENCE — The state is expanding its symptomatic testing for COVID-19 to include restaurant workers and bus drivers, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced at a news briefing Friday, June …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/12/20
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Distance learning has been a great success, but it is time to get back to school, Governor Gina Raimondo announced at Wednesday's coronavirus press briefing, a session devoted almost entirely to …
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By Bruce Burdett
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6/10/20
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Though the numbers are trending down, Covid-19 is still very much present in Rhode Island, Gov. Gina Raimondo said during her daily briefing Thursday.
Since Wednesday, 14 more Rhode …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/4/20
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Developers of the Tourister Mill will ask the Warren Zoning Board of Review later this month to allow them to re-zone vacant commercial space within the development as residential, allowing them to …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/4/20
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It started with T-shirts. Then came coffee, beer, personal protective equipment - even barbecue sauce. Now the wildly popular “Knock It Off” design created by a Warren-owned Providence …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/4/20
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A plan to dramatically improve and expand Blount Boats’ busy shipyard on Water Street cleared one of its first local hurdles late last month, when the Warren Voluntary Historic District …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/4/20
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PROVIDENCE — If you’ve been unable to visit a loved one living in a nursing home or an assisted living facility since the COVID-19 outbreak, you’ll have to wait at least …
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By Jim McGaw
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5/29/20
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Beginning Monday, when Rhode Island transitions to Phase 2 of its economic reboot, residents will be able to dine indoors, cut and color their hair, get a new coat of nail polish for the first time …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/28/20
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PROVIDENCE — Explaining “a lot of information will be coming out in next couple of weeks as we start reopening our economy,” Gov. Gina Raimondo spent the better part of her Friday, …
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By Mike Rego
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5/22/20
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PROVIDENCE — As Memorial Day and the start of the boating season approaches, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking boaters to follow COVID-19 social distancing rules and …
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5/22/20
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The Rhode Island National Guard rolled into Bristol on Thursday afternoon and set up a mobile COVID-19 testing facility at the Bristol Fire Department headquarters.
Working out of two trailers …
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5/22/20
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As the country prepares to celebrate the Memorial Day holiday, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo reminded people that large gatherings are still not allowed and the guidelines governing travel are …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/21/20
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