Ban butts at the beach
For the sake of fresh air, clean sand and tender toes, beach operators need to draw a line in the sand against smoking. A bill before the Rhode Island legislature would accomplish just that ...
How to live more with less
Learning to "de-clutter" or "de-own"
Who are these people?
They screw up, and you pay for it
Bankruptcy gets a bad rap
Bankruptcy filing not necessarily a plunge into dark abyss.
Are you ready for an early spring?
Looks like spring might arrive before we get a chance to complain about winter.
A to-do list for the new BCWA executive director
To the editor: We have a new executive director for the Bristol County Water Authority. Pam Marchand, previously with the Providence Water Supply Board where she acted as chief engineer and general manager, will be taking the reins at the end of the month.
Kids need more sleep, not later start time
To the editor: Regarding the recent letters to the editor concerning delaying school start times, I want to ask these experts if they attended the meeting on delaying school start times because their letters reflect by their facts that they did not.
We need evidence, not name-calling
To the editor: Here we go! Rather than looking at the evidence and making an intelligent decision, we’ll just resort to name calling and finger pointing.
Science on sleep needs of teens is clear
To the editor: I am writing in response the letter entitled “Shifting school start times sends wrong message” by Bob Shea. Sharing the same name with Mr. Shea has resulted in several instances of mistaken identity over the years, but the issue at hand certainly raises questions about the motivation of the Barrington Times to print the letter without some clarification.
Science supports changing start times
To the editor: I very much appreciate all of the conversation that has been generated by the school start forum on Jan. 26. The forum was meant to start a community level conversation while also educating the community about the importance of sleep and the physiology of sleep, and in that respect, it succeeded.
What’s your stuff really costing you?
De-clutter to get back to the essence of what it means to live.
Can’t we do better than this?
With these choices, cards are stacked against the middle class.
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Letters to the Editor
- A to-do list for the new BCWA executive director
- Kids need more sleep, not later start time
- We need evidence, not name-calling
- Science on sleep needs of teens is clear
- Science supports changing start times 1 comment
- President Obama can help protect our bay
- DeLise had to be watched by directors
- Congrats to the member of the month
- Shifting start time sends wrong message
- Younger students forgotten in start times discussion
- Solution to low water pressure problem
- Changes up for debate at council meeting
- Switching start times in Barrington schools would work well
- Last week’s letter was degrading 1 comment
- Come on out to the pizza tasting face-off