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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Elizabeth L. [Thivierge] Lamora: Longtime Nurse

The Warren resident passed away on Feb. 20. Services are scheduled this morning at 10:30.

  Elizabeth L. [Thivierge] Lamora, 65, of Warren, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Thomas J. Lamora. Mrs. Lamora was born in Fall River, was a life-long Warren resident, and had been employed as a nurse at Crestwood Nursing Home for 30 years. She was the mother of Christopher J. Lamora of Arlington, Virginia, and Michelle Waldron of Derry, New Hampshire. She was the grandmother of Jack and Patrick Waldron. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Thivierge and Dora (St. Pierre) Thivierge, and the sister of Joseph Thivierge of Warren, Donald Thivierge of Bristol, and the late Janet Stoffel. She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Bristol and a past member of Bell St…

Friday, February 1, 2013

Jane Easton (Palmer) Bodell: Communicant, First Congregational Church

The Bristol native passed away on Jan. 29, 2013.

  Jane Easton (Palmer) Bodell, 95, a lifelong resident of Bristol, passed away on Jan. 29, 2013, at Saint Elizabeth Manor. Born in Bristol, she was the daughter of the late John S. Palmer II and Abbie Greene Palmer. She was the mother of Frances Bodell of Milbridge ME and of the late Frederick Palmer Bodell; the grandmother of Stephen F. Bodell, Scott P. Bodell and Philip T. Bodell and the great grandmother of eight. She was the sister of Richard S. Palmer of Newport and of the late Julius Palmer, Betty Palmer Adams, Frances Palmer Clark and Ruth Palmer Blount. Her funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 2 10:30 am, at the First Congregational Church, 281 High St. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be …

Friday, December 28, 2012

First Congregational Church to Hold Service for Newtown, CT

The Bristol church has scheduled a "Service of Healing and Hope" for Dec. 30 at 10 am.

  A local congregation is planning a service to remember and pray for Newtown, CT, the site of a Dec. 14 school shooting that left 28 people dead, including 20 schoolchildren. First Congregational Church of Bristol has scheduled a "Service of Healing and Hope" for Sunday morning, Dec. 30, at 10 am. Pastor Dan Randall explained in a recent email message that the congregation "wanted to hold the service on our usual day of worship and focus on this," adding, "I think we all feel connected to Newtown right now." Randall also said that the service is meant as an opportunity "or our faith community to listen and pray and develop ways in which we can actively address the wider issues of violence in our society — it is my sincere hope we can find…

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Flamingo Flocks Land in Local Lawns

Flocks of plastic pink flamingos have been found roosting in lawns all over town. Will your lawn be next?

If you wake up in the morning startled to see a flock of plastic pink flamingos "roosting" on your lawn, don't be alarmed. It's just a creative fundrasing effort made by the youth group at the First Congregational Church of Bristol. The Cavalieri family of Hawthorne Avenue in Bristol were confused and amused when they stepped onto their porch on Wednesday evening to find that a half dozen pink flamingos decorated their lawn. "It was so funny, my daughter called and said someone told her that we had 'been flocked' and to go outside," Julie Cavalieri said laughing. "I had never heard of it so I didn't know what to do." Contrary to the way it may sound, being "flocked" is not a prank or a threat. If you get flocked, it actually means that …

Albert Lusignan

9:45 pm on Thursday, November 3, 2011

East Providence High School parent group has been doing this for a few years to raise money for the post prom party for the students. Great Idea!!!   more ›

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