EAST PROVIDENCE — Timothy J. Chapman, the former city solicitor who has been serving as acting manager since the firing of Richard Kirby from the same position in August of last year, had the …
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By Mike Rego
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5/5/17
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The Community Scholarship Fund of Barrington awarded scholarships to more than a dozen local students during a ceremony at the Barrington Town Hall on Tuesday night, May 23.
College …
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5/24/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A compromise deal proposed by the new owners of Agawam Hunt to remediate the debts of the financially strapped golf and tennis club in Rumford owes the city, in golf parlance, never …
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By Mike Rego
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9/10/17
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The Barrington High School girls cross country team finished third at the state meet on Sunday, Nov. 5.
Sophomore Caroline Livingston finished eighth overall and was Barrington's top …
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11/7/17
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A Warren man is being held without bail in connection with the murder of a well-known Barrington chiropractor.
Police believe Owen Morris, 21, whose family lives at 18 Cole St., murdered …
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1/23/18
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These are dark times when the very foundation of our democracy is under attack through hateful words and actions coming from the Oval Office.
I am enraged and horrified by the executive order to …
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2/2/17
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To the editor,
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Hope Farm Trust, I am writing in response to the Speak-Out piece in last week’s Bristol Phoenix saying that the farm has no …
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3/8/17
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A Barrington resident stopped by the police station on Thursday, March 30, after she learned that photos of her 15-year-old daughter had been used by an escort service website.
The woman said it …
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4/4/17
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The following homes have changed hands recently in towns around the East Bay:
Barrington
84 Martin Ave. — $302,500
428 Sowams Road — $335,000
96 Lincoln Ave. — …
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5/5/17
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The Portsmouth soccer team fell to Hendricken, 2-1, in a Division I quarterfinal game at Bishop Hendricken on Monday night. The Hawks peppered Patriots senior goalkeeper Will Swart who had 12 saves …
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11/7/17
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TIVERTON — The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife will stock trout in Stafford Pond, Tiverton, on Tuesday, Nov. 28.
A blue-green algae infestation prevented …
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11/26/17
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Ferdinand “Fred” Bruno, former attorney and judge, long-time Rotarian, and proud family man, died Sunday. He was 88.
Graced with personality, humor, and smarts, Fred was a …
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1/23/18
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The Barrington Cemetery Commission recently made the decision to allow dog walking on local cemeteries, but officials might be second-guessing that move.
Shortly after allowing dog walkers onto …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/22/16
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A team of Barrington High School students whose app is in the running for an award needs your vote.
BHS app team wins Best in State award.
The team of Chris Sarli, Hayden Ivatts, Stephen …
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2/2/17
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The Bristol Warren Regional School District will present a nearly $60 million budget request at the Joint Finance Committee meeting Thursday. If approved, Bristol and Warren taxpayers would pay 4 …
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By Patrick Luce
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3/8/17
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TIVERTON — A Superior Court judge has denied an attempt by four petitioners to place a proposed electors' petition budget proposal on the ballot for the May 20 Financial Town Referendum (FTR).
As a result, it appears that there will be just one budget discussed at the Financial Town Hearing Thursday May 4 at 7 p.m. in the Tiverton Middle School Cafetorium, and one budget on the FTR ballot — the one put forth by the Tiverton Budget Committee.
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By Tom Killin Dalglish
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5/5/17
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PORTSMOUTH — For the third straight year, Portsmouth’s Marykate McGuire has been named the 2016-17 Gatorade Rhode Island Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
The 32nd annual award, …
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6/19/17
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A Barrington resident called police late Thursday night, June 22, after he spotted a man enter his car.
It was about 11:45 p.m. when the resident heard a car going up and down Stanley Avenue, …
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6/30/17
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Bristol firefighters will be dousing each other instead of flames this weekend as the annual Firemen’s Field Day is scheduled Sunday.
The annual firemen’s muster — scheduled for …
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By Patrick Luce
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7/15/17
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Long time Bristol firefighter William Van Voast received the Annual Firefighter of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award in front of his family and peers at the Rhode Island State Firemen's League …
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10/19/17
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Jose Tavares Labao, 96, of Franklin Street, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center. He was the husband of Sophia (Aguiar) Labao.
Born in Fall River, …
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11/7/17
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Vestas 11th Hour Racing, skippered by Bristols Charlie Enright, achieved a third place finish Saturday in the Lisbon, Portugal, to Cape Town, South Africa, leg of the Volvo Around the World Race. The …
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11/26/17
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Bobby passed away unexpectedly on January 10, 2018, from cardiac complications in Clearwater Beach, Florida, at the age of 54.
Bobby was born and raised in Warren, RI. Graduate of Warren High …
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1/23/18
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"It's a critical part of our DNA," says Andrea Rounds, the new Executive Director of the Bristol Art Museum. "Bristol families started it, and they are the ones who will keep it going."It's true, the …
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/2/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The "light" should soon once again shine brightly from the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, the historic structure located off shore in Riverside....
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By Mike Rego
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10/22/16
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