The Bristol Zoning Board of Review has postponed a decision on a controversial proposal to build a new, free-standing Dunkin' Donuts in Gooding Plaza on Hope Street, but will still hold a hearing on …
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12/13/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The annual tree lighting event at East Providence City Hall took place Friday evening, Dec. 9.
The night featured a visit by Santa and performances by student musicians from …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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12/13/16
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Monday, Dec. 5Police were alerted to an unrestrained child in a car driving on Main Street.A Child Street resident reported being harassed by a neighbor.A man brought in a dog he’d found; …
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12/12/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police have identified both the victim and the suspect in a stabbing incident, which took place late Saturday evening, Dec. 10.Jasper Williams, 27, of 64 Lyon …
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By Mike Rego
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12/12/16
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PORTSMOUTH — You’d swear that Koji and Gus were smiling as they chased each other around the spacious new Portsmouth Dog Park on Saturday.
Koji, a 2-year-old Shiba Inu, and Gus, a …
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Jim McGaw
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12/12/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Fees were on the mind of the people and the politicians Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, when the reconstituted city council gathered for its first official working meeting of the new …
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By Mike Rego
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12/12/16
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Former Barrington High School standout Sarah Middleton has started all eight games for the Franklin Pierce women's basketball team this season, and is averaging more than eight points per …
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12/12/16
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Another season of Barrington Middle School basketball, for both the boys’ and girls’ teams, is underway, and like last year, each squad has high hopes of winning a state …
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BY MANUEL C. “MANNY” CORREIRA
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12/12/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A city man was rushed to hospital late Saturday evening, Dec. 10, after he was involved in a stabbing incident on Warren Avenue.
East Providence Police Chief Chris Parella said …
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By Mike Rego
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12/12/16
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The Bristol Police Department responded to the following calls between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4:
Monday, Nov. 28
Police responded to an accident on Franklin Street that involved a car hitting a …
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By Patrick Luce
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12/11/16
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PORTSMOUTH — An 83-year-old female pedestrian suffered “multiple traumatic injuries” after she was struck by a car early Friday evening.
The accident took place on East Main …
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12/11/16
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The following homes have changed hands in recent days in towns across the East Bay:
Barrington
404 County Road — $275,000
12 Lillis Ave. — $377,000
24 Jennys Lane — …
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12/11/16
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' basketball team hosted neighbor Bay View in its annual non-league Injury Fund game Friday night, Dec. 9.
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Photos by Tim Marshall
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12/11/16
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Each week the Personal Injury Law Offices of d’Oliviera & Associates compiles a summary of recalls, FDA warnings, market withdrawals and safety alerts that they feel the public should be …
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12/10/16
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PORTSMOUTH — The thought of children going without books just doesn’t sit well with Amelia Riveire.
So when the third-grader at St. Philomena School learned that a school in …
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Jim McGaw
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12/10/16
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A new leader has taken the helm at Mount Hope Farm, replacing Jennifer Bristol, who resigned recently to pursue other opportunities.
Andrea Rounds, a Bristol resident, has been named interim …
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12/10/16
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PORTSMOUTH — Come celebrate the holiday season at the annual Christmas Open House at Glen Manor House this Sunday, Dec. 11
Featuring extraordinary decorations and Yuletide cheer, the …
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12/10/16
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The following open houses are scheduled in towns around the East Bay this weekend:
Barrington
0 Craig Drive — Sunday, Dec. 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Colonial, 4, 4, $695,000. Residential …
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12/10/16
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A former pastor at First Congregational Church in Bristol has been found dead, along with his daughter, in a house in Maine after an apparent murder-suicide, abc6.com reported.
Police in Hebron, …
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By Patrick Luce
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12/9/16
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Former First Congregational Church Pastor Daniel Randall checked himself out of rehab Thursday morning, bought a shotgun and drove to his home in Maine, where he shot his daughter before killing …
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12/9/16
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To the editor:
Great job with the article of the Island Vanners’ history. Those guys all told the story like it was.
I was only 14 years of age then, but everything was clear as day …
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12/9/16
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To the editor:
Some Westporters are expressing sadness over the resignation of James Walsh as the town’s senior health agent. Some have said that what happened on the tenant farm on American …
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12/9/16
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LITTLE COMPTON — A Newport Superior Court judge agrees with the operators of Little Compton’s Stone House and Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard that the town’s Zoning Board has no business hearing …
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12/9/16
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The Bristol Police Department made the following arrests this week:
Emanuel Tavares, 32, of 216 Franklin St., Apt. 1, Bristol, was charged with domestic breaking and entering, and violating a no …
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12/8/16
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A controversial proposal to build a free-standing Dunkin’ Donuts in Gooding Plaza is back on the Zoning Board’s agenda Monday, even though a traffic study the Town Council requested has …
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By Patrick Luce
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12/8/16
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