Barrington News

Everybody out of the water -- almost. Because of high bacteria counts, the Rhode Island Department of Health Thursday afternoon recommended closing the following beaches to swimming: Town beaches in Barrington, Bristol, Warren and North Kingstown, as well as beaches at Camp Fuller in South Kingstown; City Park, Oakland Beach and Goddard Memorial ...

A South Kingstown firefighter who was critically injured Monday while working on a ladder truck at the Kingston Fire District has died, a fire department spokesman announced.

GOLFWEEK STAFF The 2011 U.S. Womena s Amateur will be played at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I., and The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio, will host the 2012 event, the U.S. Golf Asssociation annouced Thursday.

Paul Suttell was given final confirmation as the 51st chief justice of the RI Supreme Court by a unanimous vote of the Senate Thursday.

"Thought you might like to see this pic of John Martin of Barrington," writes Luca Razza.

After enduring a cold, wet spring, Rhode Islanders are ready to head to their favorite fresh or saltwater beach for a swimming season that already seems too short.

The Department of Transportation has taken quite a few knocks in this space over the years.

Part treasure hunt, part chess game on the hoof, part cross-country race, orienteering is coming to Rhode Island Saturday when the New England Orienteering Club has a meet in the Big River Management Area in West Greenwich.

Over the past several years, countless proposals to find a new way to pay for Rhode Island's public schools that is both fair and predictable have been kicked around the General Assembly .

Police have been looking for someone stealing items at open houses for months, but finally caught up to a suspect last weekend.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Monday upheld a $500,000-medical malpractice verdict against Barrington urologist Jacques G. Susset.

The Rev. Norman Noriega, founder and senior pastor of Full Gospel Christian Fellowship, welcomes everyone to the congregation's 35th anniversary celebration, beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13 at Pentecostal Assembly, 215 Sawyer St.

Clark Gable loved beautiful cars, but his 1938 Packard convertible was apparently too popular with his legions of female fans.

Hundreds of Barrington residents challenge the latest property revaluation after some town properties see a decline in their appraised values.

It is Canada's biggest poetry competition, and one of the biggest in the world. Two winners, one in the Canadian division and one in the international division, each received $45,000. At last night's awards ceremony in Toronto, Wright was awarded the prize in the international division; A.F. Mortiz received the award for the Canadian division.

Four hundred and fifty taxpayers have filed a Superior Court lawsuit - hoping it will be allowed as a class action, on behalf of all property owners - against the town over the latest property revaluation, and local and state officials say that the sheer number of plaintiffs may make this case a first in Rhode Island.

On Tuesday, C.D. Wright travels to Toronto, again. Once more, she'll compete with words.

On the eve of a Brown University poll showing solid support for same-sex marriage, Democratic Party Chairman William Lynch tried to offer encouragement to a group of his party loyalists frustrated by a lack of support for the issue in the General Assembly .

While other cities and towns are engaged in hand-to-hand combat over school spending, Barrington voters have decided to increase the school budget over the objections of the town's Committee on Appropriations.

The state Department of Transportation expects millions of extra dollars to come its way in the next few years, raising the question of whether the agency is up to managing a vastly expanded construction program.