Archive - Oct 11, 2011
WAKEFIELD – The happy ending sundaes are no longer that happy as Friendly's Ice Cream filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and joined a growing list of retail corporations closing due to the sluggish economy. Sixty-three low performing restaurants will close, including the Wakefield branch on Kingstown Road.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
NARRAGANSETT—College parties and student rental-related incidents have become a constant occurrences among the neighborhoods of Narragansett. The town and Narragansett Police Department have worked together over the past month to implement the existing and recently passed ordinances as the 2011-2012 school year advances.
“Results have been markedly better than last year,” said NPD Chief Hoxsie. “The number of stickers issued have been down.”
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The music is pulsating, the sound of iron clangs like an army of bots playing tackle football and, everywhere, men are sweating and flexing.
If it were anywhere else, this would clearly qualify as a man cave.
But it’s the West Bay Family YMCA and this roomful of guys can be forgiven for really, really enjoying themselves: the room was gutted and repainted and all its equipment is new, as are the treadmills and other apparatus in the cardio center.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
This week's RISM Top 20 High School Football Poll is out and while the top remains the same, there was some movement throughout the poll, including South Kingstown's return to the top 10.
The Rebels are tied for ninth after last week's upset of current No. 4 Cranston West.
Locally, West Warwick is ranked 14 and Chariho is ranked 15. Exeter-West Greenwich dropped out of the top 20 following last week's loss to North Smithfield.
Rank Team Points Last week
1. La Salle (12) 240 1
2. East Providence 226 3
3. Hendricken 218 t-4
4. Cranston West 192 2
5. Portsmouth 178 6
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