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Warren gateway project cost currently at $9 million

A public/private effort to transform the old National Grid property in the shadow of the Warren River Bridge into a gateway center with a public area, riverwalk and shops/eateries could be ready for …

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Citizens group seeks legal appeal of Portsmouth solar ordinance

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PORTSMOUTH — A citizens group that protested the recent passage of a new solar ordinance with no success is now turning to the legal system in an attempt to find relief. Portsmouth …

Bristol Police: Quiet week with no arrests, but a few erratic drivers

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Bristol Police had no arrests from Jan. 4 to 10, though they responded to the usual array of neighbort complaints and reckless drivers. Monday, Jan. 4 A resident on Kickemuit Avenue …

Democratic Town Committee returns top three officers to their posts

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The Bristol Democratic Town Committee held its biennial reorganizational meeting and election of officers on Monday, Jan. 11. Three officers retained positions first assumed two years ago: Erich …

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Barrington Town Manager: Take a minute to get tested

Barrington Town Manager Jim Cunha is recommending residents make time to get tested for Covid-19. The Rhode Island National Guard … Read More

Barrington's old fire truck finds a new home

The Barrington Fire Department’s old ladder truck may be gone, but it is not forgotten. In fact, during the recent council … Read More

Health officials: More than 51,000 Rhode Islanders at least partially inoculated

More than 51,000 Rhode Islanders had been at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus by Friday morning, according to state … Read More

Portsmouth Senior Center: 'Don't quit on us'

PORTSMOUTH — On July 1, will local senior citizens have a place to play pool, get some exercise through line dancing or yoga, … Read More

Safe roads earn Barrington a special distinction

Barrington Town Manager Jim Cunha shared some good news during Monday night’s council meeting: In 60 years, Barrington has not … Read More

Tiverton Police: Rollover leads to DUI charge; maskless at library

Monday, Jan. 4 Police checked the area of Warren Avenue at 9:02 am after receiving a call about trucks using the road illegally as … Read More

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Obituaries

Lorraine Bradt Dennis, 99, Portsmouth Lorraine Bradt Dennis, 99, professor emeritus at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., died Sunday, Jan. 10, at her assisted-living-facility home in Tiverton, R.I.She was born Lorraine May …

William Cole Jordan, 76, Little Compton William Cole Jordan, 76, of Little Compton, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer. He leaves behind his wife, Nancy (Tyburski) Jordan, to whom he was …

Bernard P. Campbell, 94, of Barrington Bernard P. Campbell, Esquire, age 94, of Barrington, died peacefully on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Bernard C. Campbell and Elizabeth (Kiernan) Campbell. …

Portsmouth man, 21, killed in wrong-way crash in Somerset

Letter: Of course black lives matter — but that doesn’t mean I have to support Black Lives Matter

Kenneth A. Medeiros Sr., 78, Bristol

Sports

Brown ‘an awesome place’ for hoops coach Mike Martin has the best of two worlds. Not only have Martin, his wife Kristen and their three daughters resided in Barrington since 2012, a town they relish, but he also has his dream job: head …

School officials encourage testing for BHS student-athletes Barrington school officials are recommending that student-athletes participating in a winter sport get an asymptomatic BinaxNOW test before the start of practices. The district announced the news …

BHS senior will play soccer in England next fall Cameron Chalue-Feeney is taking his game across the pond. The Barrington High School senior recently signed his collegiate letter of intent to play soccer for Everton FC Academy in England, while …

Townies prepare for start of 2021 winter season EAST PROVIDENCE — The plan at the moment is for East Providence High School athletics to begin its 2021 winter sports season just after the New Year, according to District Athletic Director …

Opinion

Letter: COVID contamination not being reported in RI

To the editor: Why are the COVID Contaminations per day being reported as COVID percent positives, which reveals only a measure of availability of testing and does not reveal the rate of disease …

Letter: Oppose the petition to establish a Diversity committee

A group of citizens has petitioned the BristolTown Council to establish a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, DEI. The committee will “advise” the Town Council on issues and …

Letter: This was an attack from within

What took place at our nation’s capital last week was an attack on our country and Constitution from within. It was another 9/11 moment perpetrated not by foreign terrorist but from American …

Letter: Severance package hardly makes up for low compensation

I did not expect it to occur so quickly, but the battle between the conservatives and liberals on the “new old” Bristol Town Council has begun, as evidenced by the recent kerfuffle …