Barrington News

A Barrington mariner who commanded the Maersk Alabama when pirates tried to hijack the U.S.-flagged cargo ship last week won't be back in time for Thanksgiving, said his sister, Amy E. Rochford.

It is the day for the list of people doing good things. Obviously, the list is not complete.

The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.

Governor Carcieri 's lawyers are trying to keep new Superior Court Judge Brian Stern, a former head of state purchasing and chief of staff to the governor, from having to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit filed by the Shire Corp., a road and bridge building company that claims it was the victim of illegal bid manipulations by the state.

Had it not been for his father's end-of-life illness, longtime Barrington resident Paul M. Rochford would have been at the helm of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, when Somali pirates attacked it in April.

A sea captain from Rhode Island assured his family that he knew how to handle a pirate attack before his vessel was targeted off the African coast.

The EU's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.

Rhode Island's tragic collision with teen drinking in recent years has heightened concern about substance abuse in the state's school districts.

PROVIDENCEa 'They were lined up in Providence Sunday for something thata TMs become a hot commodity these days, regular flu vaccine.

You can stop trying to register for an H1N1 flu shot clinic in Barrington this Saturday, and by all means don't show up at Barrington High School that day if you haven't already registered.

My pedi is recommending my daughter get the H1N1, seasonal flu, and pnemicocal vaccine.

Lexus, the greyhound that killed a puppy at a local dog park this fall, has been classified as a vicious dog and returned to a New York adoption agency.

Aenoy Nirandone and her family fled Laos more than 25 years ago. Her early childhood was spent in a refugee camp in Thailand.

When the Moderate Party achieved "state recognition" earlier this year, Rhode Island political insiders wondered whether the group would harm the state GOP more than the Democratic Party.

The master bath has been updated since the house was built. Twenty-eight years ago, Barrington architect Marc Lowenstein, an early proponent of solar heat, designed and built Eric and Sue Simonsen's rambling house on Rumstick Point.

Jason Fanion, who was pictured on the front page of Tuesday's Journal giving a swine-flu vaccine to a student, is a full-time firefighter in the Barrington Fire Department, which is a paid department.

The Board of Elections is reviewing whether the chairman of the state Moderate Party violated campaign finance law by personally donating $20,000 over one week to his fledgling political organization.

Rhode Island health officials will begin school-based H1N1 flu clinics on Monday.

When Frerichs Farm, Warren, hosted the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Annual Weigh-off earlier this month, the "Gerbs" brothers were there to promote pumpkin seeds: Galen Conte, left, Sennen Conte, and Barclay Conte.

A formal staircase is one of the highlights of this property, formerly owned by the family that founded Brown University.