Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Journal staff writer

BARRINGTON -- Because Halloween is tomorrow, students are out of school Tuesday for Election Day, and Wednesday marks the anniversary of a tragic auto accident in town, the police department will be stepping up its party patrols over the next several days, said Chief John LaCross.

Last Nov. 5, Jonathan Converse, then a junior at Barrington High School, was killed on New Meadow Road. He was a passenger in a car driven by an intoxicated classmate, who slammed the vehicle into a tree. It was one of a series of alcohol-related incidents that racked the town last year.

"Some people grieve by drinking," said LaCross. "We want to make sure the kids are safe."

The patrols check on parks, wooded areas that serve as hangouts, beaches and the East Bay Bike Path for instances of underage drinking, drug use or other problems. The officers who work extra hours for the patrols are mostly paid from federal funds.

 Tags  Barrington car accident

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