The names of five local hockey greats who represent the RI Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 were unveiled recently between periods of the Providence Bruins-Hershey Bears …
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3/20/24
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Free to the public, the conversation on declaring the ancestral native homeland of Sowams a National Heritage Area will be held twice: Tuesday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m. at the Seekonk Public Library, 410 Newman Ave., Seekonk; and Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Hope Farm, 250 Metacom Ave., Bristol.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/19/24
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PROVIDENCE — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg promised the federal government would do all it could to help assist and expedite the process of replacing the westbound side of the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), an initiative of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), along with the Office of Healthy Aging (OHA) and Farm Fresh RI, is being …
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/19/24
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For the first time since the East Bay girls' high school hockey collaborative began some 14 seasons ago, a city player skated with the Eagles this past winter.
And East Providence High School's …
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By Mike Rego
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3/18/24
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is informing users of the East Bay Bike Path that a 1.5 mile stretch of the path in Riverside, starting from the Squantum Association …
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3/18/24
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Bristol Police made one arrest between March 4-11, 2024.
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3/15/24
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Cedarcrest and Rockwell Parks are looking much better after some recent upgrades and improvements.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/15/24
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The Audubon Society of Rhode Island (ASRI) has been awarded $10,000 from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center as part of the Center’s “Quality of Life” grants program.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/14/24
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After a five-year hiatus, cheering is back in a big way at Mt. Hope High School.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/14/24
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PROVIDENCE — Confirming the worst and what many anticipated, state officials made the public formally aware the closed westbound span of the Washington Bridge is structurally deficient and …
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By Mike Rego
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3/14/24
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According to David Lauria, the MHHS Choral and Guitar Director, Mt. Hope’s contingent is the third largest in the state this year.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/13/24
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Last week’s heavy rainfall triggered an overflow of roughly 180,000 gallons of untreated wastewater, all of which ended up in Bristol Harbor.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/12/24
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For the second year in a row, the Westport girls basketball team's Division 5 tournament run stalled at the Elite 8. This season, the 5th seeded Widcats fell to 4th seeded Renaissance School …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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3/12/24
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The St. Mary Academy-Bay View Players theatre troupe was crowned champion at the 2024 Rhode Island Drama Festival last week for its performance of “The Night Witches,” a play about the …
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3/12/24
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St. Mary Academy-Bay View principal Dr. Marcela Rossi announced 170 students made the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2023-24 term. This academic distinction recognizes the dedication of …
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3/11/24
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At the end of March, a Hope Street mainstay will be no more.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/8/24
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Black dolls help tell the stories of African-American history. And as the founder and curator of one of the most significant collections of black dolls anywhere, Deb Britt does not take her mission lightly.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/8/24
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A mandate for boaters to have liability insurance to use the Town Marina is just one interesting tidbit contained within this recap of the Feb. 28 Bristol Town Council meeting.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/7/24
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Nathaniel Philbrick, an internationally best-selling author, was a highlight within a very full slate of events of Bristol BookFest 2024.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/7/24
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BRISTOL/PORTSMOUTH — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) today reminded motorists that scheduled lane restrictions on the Mt. Hope Bridge begin Monday, March 11.
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3/7/24
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Former Bristol resident and Mt. Hope High School graduate Kathryn Weaver has been named Armed Forces Insurance Ft. Meade Military Spouse of the Year, in recognition of her work with special needs and medically complex families in the military.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/7/24
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The Bristol Harbor Inn was on the docket at the Monday, March 4 meeting of the Zoning Board of Review, requesting dimensional relief to add eight new hotel rooms to the third floor.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/6/24
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By far the biggest chunk of that increase from the prior year comes from a $951,574 increase in “other purchased services”, which Superintendent Ana Riley explained mostly encompasses the cost to bus students to other schools out of district.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/6/24
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The Mt. Hope boys and girls swim teams broke school records as they competed at the state championships at Brown University on Saturday. The boys placed 14th out of 25 teams. The girls placed 18th.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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3/5/24
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