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Warren’s 10 highest paid municipal employees earned an average of $103,486.73 this past year, according to information provided this week by Warren’s finance department. Overtime, road …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/1/17
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Officials are urging residents to stay off the roads as white-out conditions are making driving treacherous all over the state amnd a blizzard warning has been issued.
As much as two inches an …
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By Patrick Luce
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2/9/17
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“There was a horrific accident last month where two teenagers died, and I was there,” said Barbara Carroll Quaranto of Saran Drive during public comments at the Town Council meeting this week. …
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By Tim Forsberg
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1/19/17
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Town officials continue to negotiate with private property owners and plan to begin construction on the Tanyard Brook rehabilitation project in Spring 2018.
Engineers have been working for years …
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By Patrick Luce
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1/19/17
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The Maine State Police have declined to reopen the investigation into the 1993 death of a former Bristol pastor's wife, the police announced Thursday.
Anita Randall, former wife of Dan Randall, …
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1/12/17
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PORTSMOUTH — About six years ago, the school district made many parents unhappy when it decided to move the fourth grade out of the elementary schools and into Portsmouth Middle …
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Jim McGaw
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1/11/17
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PORTSMOUTH — Here some highlights from the Portsmouth Police reports from over the past week.
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1/10/17
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Lonnie King used to spend his days at Pilgrim as a wrestler, soccer player and track star, but now the Texas resident’s time is spent in the sky and with loads of four-legged “children.” …
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By Tessa Roy
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1/10/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Once a school that was renovated as a senior center before its latest role as a community center, Buttonwoods Community Center may be sold, Mayor Scott Avedisian confirmed last week. According to the administration, the center is closing
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By John Howell
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1/10/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The City Council has called on the General Assembly to enact legislation that would classify multi-family rental developments throughout the state as non-smoking areas. In its first business meeting since inaugural ceremonies the night
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By John Howell
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1/10/17
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Despite the snowy conditions last weekend, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church found great way to kick off its 100th anniversary celebration.
On Saturday, a number of former OLMC Feast chief marshals …
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By Manuel C. "Manny" Correira
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1/10/17
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Part of Metacom Avenue in Bristol was closed Monday afternoon after an accident brought down traffic lights near the Bristol Police station.
A car ran into a pole just south of Bay View Avenue, …
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By Patrick Luce
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1/9/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Ward 3 city councilman Joe Botelho didn't mince many words during a discussion at the body's January 3 meeting encompassing both the recent voter-approved change to East …
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1/9/17
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Hall Spars & Rigging has scaled back operations at its U.S. headquarters in Bristol after a planned sale of the company fell through.
The deal to sell the company, which also has branches in …
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By Patrick Luce
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1/9/17
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Former Rep. Ray Gallison may be on the hook for up to $500,000 of a former client's estate that he allegedly held onto for several years, a Barrington Probate Court judge ruled Monday morning.
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By Patrick Luce
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1/9/17
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The snow has ended for today, but round two is on the way.
The flakes will start flying again Saturday morning, lasting through the evening, the National Weather Service forecasts. The snow should …
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1/6/17
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The Bristol Police Department made the following arrests this week:
Tatiana Paulino, 19, of Windward Lane in Bristol, was charged with domestic assault after police were called to a family …
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1/6/17
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One driver was taken to the hospital after three cars were badly damaged in a crash at Metacom Avenue and Tupelo Street Friday morning.
The driver of a 1990 Ford Escort was complaining of pain and …
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1/5/17
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2016 was the busiest year ever for the Warren Fire and Rescue Department, and the department’s chief believes the numbers have nowhere to go but up:
“People don’t realize how busy we are as …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/5/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Everything looks to be in place for the new owners of Norton's Marina to start dredging a channel for a travel lift. According to K. Joseph Shekarchi, attorney for Prime Marina East Greenwich, the Florida-based company has already gained
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By John Howell
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1/5/17
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By TIM FORSBERG It was a walk in the park for the more than 400 participants who took part in this year's First Day Hike at Rocky Point. Hikers across the country started their year off on the right foot by joining First Day Hike events organized by the
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By Tim Forsberg
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1/5/17
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Bristol Police have arrested an Illinois woman after she allegedly made multiple bomb threats and several harassing phone calls to businesses in town over the past four years.Liesel Serbst, 47, of …
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By Patrick Luce
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1/5/17
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TIVERTON — The oil delivery truck pulled up to 1359 Main Road shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct.28 after dentists and patients at Tiverton’s Dutchman Dental had left for the day.
The …
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By Bruce Burdett
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1/5/17
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Barrington school officials recently submitted a final schematic design for the new middle school to the Rhode Island Department of Education for review.
Student enrollment projected to increase …
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1/5/17
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With a new parking lot, new drainage system and new decorative fence, improvements are continuing at the Bristol Industrial Park as officials continue its transformation from a polluted factory …
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By Patrick Luce
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1/4/17
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