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Nicky Piper, who was first elected to the school committee in 2020, was voted the next chairperson of the Bristol Warren School Committee by a 7-2 vote on Monday night.
Piper becomes new Bristol Warren school committee chair
Marjorie McBride and Karen Cabral voted in opposition, while the remaining members approved her nomination. more
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Bristol Police: Officers charge driver with DUI, arrest couple after argument
The Bristol Police Department had a relatively quiet week from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, though still intervened in a couple of situations and arrested three people over the course of the week. Monday, … more
182 pound junior Cory Grifka stares down the opposing crowd as time ticks down during the championship match against Hope’s Jonathan Feliz during the RIIL wrestling state championships at the Providence Career and Technical Facility.
Mt. Hope wrestler Grifka wins second state title
PROVIDENCE—Junior Cory Grifka won the 182 pound wrestling state championship by winning a 12-1 major decision over Hope’s Jonathan Feliz on Sunday night during the RIIL wrestling … more
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Meet Bristol's candidates for school committee (Part 2)
Get to know the people running for three open seats on the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee. more
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Mesiah Lastra (left) and Derick Case (right) celebrate with Ben Colouro (middle) after the running back scored his second touchdown of the game.
Calouro scores three touchdowns in Huskies heartbreaking 27-28 loss to Johnston
The Mt. Hope football suffered a heartbreaking 27-28 loss to Johnston during the team’s homecoming game on Friday night. The loss dropped the Huskies Division III record to 1-3 and 2-3 … more
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This parking lot for Prudence Island residents across from Robin Rug on Thames Street in Bristol, just a short walk from the ferry landing, will reportedly be unavailable to islanders by the end of March.
Islanders losing parking near Bristol ferry landing
BRISTOL — Prudence Island residents may soon find themselves lugging their stuff from the Bristol ferry landing up a hill for 12 minutes to their cars — perhaps even hopping on a bus … more
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Patriotic speaker Col. (Ret.) Joseph McGraw delivers a speech towards the end of the Patriotic Exercises in front of the Colt School on Tuesday.
Retired Green Beret: American ideals have united us from the beginning
U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Joseph McGraw, a Portsmouth resident, former Green Beret and current associate professor at the Naval War College, delivered a timely and stirring speech during his keynote at the annual Patriotic Exercises on Tuesday morning. more
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Nathaniel Dempsey, 41, of Warren, plays guitar and totes his Jesus sign on Main Street in Warren.
A conversation with the East Bay 'street preacher'
You've likely seen Nathaniel Dempsey walking miles many days to spread his message; but what exactly is it? more
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Providence Country Day School announces second trimester honor roll
Providence Country Day School has named the students who have earned recognition on the 2023-2024 second trimester honor roll. For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), High Honors is all grades … more
Raimondo: Virus illustrates need for big changes in state’s health care system
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 … more
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Ultim Emotion 2 at the start of the Newport to Bermuda Race on June 17.
World-class trimaran awaiting repair in Bristol
Not far off the Herreshoff Marine Museum pier, a forlorn vessel has been languishing on a mooring for about a month. more
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Where do Bristol school committee candidates stand on school safety?
Part two of a Q&A series with Bristol’s school committee candidates. more
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Reily Amaral pitched a gem against North Providence, striking out 10 and scattering just 5 hits, allowing no walks and no runs. Offensively she belted 3 hits with 2 doubles for 3 RBI and scored 3 runs.
Mt. Hope baseball and softball teams roll 
The Mt. Hope baseball team beat North kingstown 4-2 during a home game on Wednesday and the Huskies softball team crushed North Providence 10-0 at home on Thursday.  Offensively Brad Denson … more
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Huskies junior goalkeeper Matt Terceiro makes one of three shootout saves during the third overtime period as Mt. Hope beat Pilgrim, 1-1, 3-0 in triple overtime to win a semifinal game at Vendituoli Field on Thursday night.
Huskies beat Pilgrim in triple overtime, head to D-II championship
The Mt. Hope soccer team is headed for the D-II Championship game after beating Pilgrim 1-1, 3-0, in triple overtime in a semifinal game at Vendituoli Field on Thursday night. Huskies Junior … more
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Raquel Pellerin, Bristol Warren's last full time Chief Financial Officer, is shown here taking the oath of office as Bristol Town Treasurer in October 2019.
Bristol Warren schools widen search for financial officer
With the Bristol Warren Regional School District facing a $2.3 million budget shortfall and the prospect of dozens of layoffs and cuts looming, administrators are turning to two recruiting firms to … more
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Mt. Hope Nurse Ellen Estrella describes the testing and recording procedures, as assistant Erika Winter works in the background. Estrella described the two of them as Batman and Robin, constantly working to support (and rescue) each other throughout the school day.
Schools update COVID screening and quarantine protocols
The Bristol Warren Regional School District has updated its policies for the quarantining and testing of students and student athletes, reducing the period of time certain close contacts of … more
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This photo of the RWU women’s rugby team was taken at the regional playoffs in Culpepper, VA, on Nov. 12.
A chance at another cup for RWU women's rugby
This weekend, the RWU women's rugby team will play for a chance to win the national D-II collegiate championship in Houston, Tex. more
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A bicyclist rolls along the sidewalk near the eastern edge of the Barrington River Bridge. The RI Department of Transportation is planning to make changes to the current detour for the closed bike path bridges. Residents and elected officials asked the DOT to rebuild the bridges.
Public pleads for new bike path bridges
The DOT is offering an improved detour, but stopped short of promising new bike path bridges. During a special public forum earlier this month, a high-ranking Rhode Island Department of … more
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Once a digital fingerprint is captured using analysis software that ensures a complete and accurate print, it can be displayed on the smartphone of the parent or guardian account holder, as demonstrated here by Sgt. Mourato.
Bristol PD's new system a game changer for missing persons
Some 2,000 children are reported missing in the United States each day. A new system now used by BPD can save valuable time in locating them. more
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Registry reveals R.I.'s short-term rental market
Almost every municipality in this region has either regulated short-term rental properties or is debating whether to regulate them. Barrington, East Providence and Portsmouth all have rules on the … more
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The Andrade family, through Jody & Billy Andrade’s Foundation, and the John Andrade Insurance Agency Inc., donated funds for a call to artists to design the memorial being installed at Independence Park.
Bristol Middle Passage Project to host slavery remembrance event
The organization will sponsor an event in Independence Park on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m., commemorating the International Day for the Remembrance of the Abolition of Slavery. more
Sagamore William “Winds of Thunder” Guy, Chief of the Pokanoket Tribe, and Pokanoket Sachem Tracey “Dancing Star” Brown, were joined by Dr. David Weed and members of the Massasoit Historical Association during a dedication of a new trail marker in Barrington last year.
Want to be a part of an historic conversation?
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. more
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Map of new water main construction route starting in the area of the Emergency Pump Station on Pawtucket Ave. and ending at the Kent Heights Tank Facilities on Greenwich Avenue. Construction to begin in April and take place throughout 2021.
BCWA will soon connect emergency supply with East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Bristol County Water Authority will soon complete its recent project to construct a new $6.9 million emergency backup water pipeline connected to the City of East … more
The eight candidates looking for fill three open seats to represent Bristol on the regional school committee gathered at the Roger Williams University library last Wednesday for a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and East Bay Media Group.
WATCH: Bristol school committee candidates talk curriculum, safety
Eight passionate and motivated candidates faced off in a candidate forum for Bristol members of the regional School Committee, held last Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Roger Williams University. more
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As virus surges in R.I., Bristol is not immune
While Rhode Island’s urban clusters are causing the Ocean State to be considered one of the hottest zones on planet Earth for spread of the coronavirus, Bristol has been right there in the … more
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