Friday, December 7, 2012
All liquor-license holders in Barrington are now in full compliance with the town's server-training ordinance; additional BAY Team training sessions were set up.
Every holder of a liquor license in Barrington is now in compliance with the server training ordinance. "Everyone is okay. They're all done," said Kathy Sullivan, program manager for The BAY Team, Barrington’s substance abuse prevention coalition, which offers both live and video training for servers. All license holders had all their servers trained by the Dec. 1 deadline applied by the Barrington Town Council at its November meeting, Sullivan said. That deadline was applied to make sure everyone was trained or face the possibility of having the liquor license revoked. Eight businesses or clubs were not in compliance at that time. "All new hires can take video training at the police station," said Kristin Wetmoreland of The BAY Team. "We …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The BAY Team in Barrington began handing out free cloth shopping bags this week to deliver a message while easing the transition from banned plastic bags.
To help ease the transition from banned plastic shopping bags in Barrington, The BAY Team began handing out 3,000 free cloth shopping bags this week. At the same time, one bag at a time, the cloth carriers will deliver an alcohol and drug prevention message from the coalition: “Youth Shouldn’t Be Wasted.” A BAY Team logo accompanies the message. ”The ban on plastic shopping bags goes into effect in January, so the timing couldn’t be better,” said Kristen Westmoreland, program manager for The BAY Team. She describes the distribution of the bright blue bags as a “win-win for residents supporting local businesses and for spreading a positive prevention message.” The bags are available at Center ACE Hardware, Shaw’s supermarket, Verizon and …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
A drug collection unit has been placed in the Barrington Public Safety Building lobby for the disposal of unwanted and expired prescriptions at any time, not just special take-back days.
A new prescription drug "drop box" has been placed in the lobby of the Barrington Public Safety Building on Federal Road. Expired or unwanted prescription drugs can be dropped in the unit at any time now by Barrington residents – not just on special drug take-back days. The drop box sits just inside the front door. Barrington Police Chief John LaCross said the unit is “an attempt to keep prescription medications away from children in town and to prevent water contamination by flushing such prescription drugs into the sewer system.” Instructions on what "shouldn't" be placed in the unit are typed on the front panel, LaCross said. “I only ask that if a person has a brown bag or other container with their drugs in it, that they should use a …
Barrington High School students in BAYouth, the chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), held a 'Buckle Up, Eagles!' program Tuesday morning, Oct. 23.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Members of BAYouth, Barrington High School’s chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions, were out in full force early Tuesday morning, Oct. 23, trying to remind their peers about the importance of wearing a seatbelt. It was the annual fall campaign designed to convince all student drivers to wear their seat belts -- or possibly die in a crash like the one that killed a Barrington teen, Jon Converse, about five years ago who was not wearing the safety belt. See the video above of Converse's father, Dan, talking about his son's crash in front of a State Police simulator brought to the school two years ago. This year, the group conducted a visual check of all vehicles entering the school parking lots starting at 7 am, said Kathy …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Saturday, Sept. 29, is another 'Drug Take Back' in the lobby of the Barrington police station hosted by The BAY Team; it runs from 10 to 2.
Empty your medicine cabinet of unwanted and expired prescription drugs on Saturday, Sept. 29. The BAY Team and the Barrington Police Department hosts another “Drug Take Back” in the lobby of the police station on Federal Road. It runs from 10 am to 2 pm. All of the potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs will be picked by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and destroyed. “Our local Drug Take Back events have been very successful," said Kathleen Sullivan, program director for the BAY Team, Barrington's prevention coalition. “We appreciate the time and effort that community members take to rid their homes of potentially dangerous medications.” The service is free and anonymous, said Sullivan. No questions…
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Barrington Police Station will have boxes for you to drop in your unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday, Sept. 29; stick a note on your medicine cabinet.
Another “Drug Take Back” is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 29. It’s a day for you to rid your house of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The “take back” involves the Barrington Police Department, the BAY Team – Barrington’s prevention coalition, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) working as partners to prevent pill abuse and theft. “Our local Drug Take Back events have been very successful," said Kathleen Sullivan, program director for the BAY Team. “We appreciate the time and effort that community members take to rid their homes of potentially dangerous medications.” She gave particular praise to the BAY Team's take back committee. You can crop off your unwanted prescription drugs in the lobby…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The BAY Team receives another $125,000 federal grant to help prevent substance abuse among Barrington kids.
The BAY Team has received another $125,000 grant to help prevent substance abuse among Barrington kids. The grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy “is our primary source of funding,” said Kathy Sullivan, program manager for the BAY (Barrington Adult Youth) Team. “It’s the final year of a five-year grant cycle," she said. "Next year we’ll start over again in a much more competitive environment with federal funds decreasing." The BAY Team is a coalition of local organizations and officials that work together to make teens more aware of the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse. It also offers programs on the safe use of social media and the Internet, and it helps parents to cope with teen issues. Sullivan is one of three …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Barrington's Local Brew Coffeehouse is bringing back on Aug. 4 a show with plenty of fiddle performs at Haines Memorial State Park.
Fiddle music and more fiddle music will return to Haines Memorial State Park on Saturday, Aug. 4. It will be a reprieve of the Fiddle ‘n Folk Fest that drew scores of people to the park last year. The concert is free, but donations will be appreciated. The Fiddle ‘n Folk Fest starts at 1 pm. It is being produced by Barrington’s Local Brew Coffeehouse in cooperation with the RI Department of Environmental Management, which manages the park, and The BAY Team -- Barrington's substance abuse prevention coalition. Other sponsors include the RI State Council on the Arts, Wildflour Vegan Bakery and Juice Bar, Barrington Public Library, Bay Spring Community Center, and Barrington Recreation Department. The concert will feature a host of solo …
Friday, June 8, 2012
Pupils at Hampden Meadows School in Barrington write, perform scripts on making 'positive choices' under the collaboration of The BAY Team and Arts Alive!
“If you give a little love, it will all come back to you. You know you’re going to be remembered for the things that you say and do.” Those lyrics were sung by the chorus in the finale of “Bugsy Malone,” an Arts Alive!-produced play performed a couple of weeks ago by students at Hampden Meadows School in Barrington. Many students at the school then took the challenge of writing their own two-minute scripts about spreading love with ideas suggested by The BAY Team, Barrington’s substance-abuse prevention coalition. The ideas swirled around “making healthy decision and positive choices,” said Kathy Sullivan, program manager. Among the ideas: Scripts were judged on how well they captured the meaning of the lyrics, said Sullivan. The winning …
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Another drug take-back day last Saturday at the Barrington police station resulted in the best total ever.
The numbers are in. Almost 100 Barrington residents dropped off 143 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs at a take-back day at the police station last Saturday. That total was about twice as much as the last take-back day about six months ago. "I think the message is out there," said Kathy Sullivan, BAY Team program director about the turnout, which was the best ever. The drug take-back day was coordinated by the police and The BAY Team, Barrington’s prevention coalition. Sullivan said she is pleased that so many people took the time to stop by the police station. Other turns holding take-back days last Saturday had much less to show for the day. Bristol had 60 pounds; Warren had 35 pounds. All of the drugs were turned over to…
Cyndee Fuller
5:08 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I'm delighted to see that the BAY Team is supporting the Reusable Bag Initiative (plastic bag ban) introduced by Joseph Roberts of the Conservation Commission, and happy that it's sharing the clean living message that "Youth Shouldn't be Wasted" (neither should adults). It shows a willingness of these youth to change their habits for a cleaner environment as well as making positive choices for a … more ›