Archive - Feb 2012
February 15th
EAST GREENWICH — These are busy days for local film producer Chad A. Verdi, who is juggling the demands of three films in various stages of development, marketing and exhibition.
First, there is “Loosies,” a pickpocketing tale in current release in both theaters and at home with On Demand, which may finally receive a Rhode Island theater run.
Second, preparations are under way for an October theatrical release of “Infected,” a horror film featuring some of the cast and crew involved with “Inkubus,” released last October, Verdi’s first production with Main Street-based Woodhaven Films.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH - The East Greenwich Fire District will hold a special meeting to discuss a possible relocation of Station 1 on Saturday at 10 a.m. at New England Institute of Technology, 1408 Division Road.
Chief Peter Henrikson will present a report he, Deputy Chief Russell McGillivray and district staff have prepared on the feasibility of moving the station from its current 98-year-old headquarters building at 284 Main St. to a new building, to be built on a state-owned lot at the corner of Post Road and Cedar Avenue.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
Yes, the Superdome that had been torn up is gleaming again, conventions and celebrations have returned, and the good times are rolling again in New Orleans 6½ years after Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city.
But there's a lot more to the story, as Mike McDevitt discovered over the holidays.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
In today's paper, Narragansett Recreation discuss the future of the athletic fields and Clarke Road facilities.
At Monday's South Kingstown meeting, it was part two of an argument between councilors and union leaders, who requested apologies from council members after last meeting's conduct.
We also have the story on Molly the Therapy Dog who created such comfort for patients at South County Hospital.
All and more inside, today's Narragansett Times.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
February 14th
Men’s basketball
St. Joseph’s at URI, 7 p.m.
Boys middle school basketball
Deering vs. TBD at Bay View, 7 p.m.
Girls middle school basketball
Feinstein vs. North Cumberland at Bay View, 5 p.m.
Women’s basketball
URI at St. Joseph’s, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
East Greenwich at Coyle (Mass.), 7 p.m.
Westerly at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7 p.m.
West Warwick at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
Warwick Veterans at Prout, 7 p.m.
Cheerleading
East Greenwich, Exeter-West Greenwich, Narragansett at RIIL Meet at La Salle, 7:30 p.m.
On December 19th the North Kingstown Town Council unanimously approved the recommendation of town manager Mike Embury to engage the firm of Nadeau Wadovick LLC to conduct an audit of the school department’s financial situation in light of its projected deficit of $1.2 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION - The Chariho Career and Technical Center welcomed a special guest on Tuesday to give students in the Culinary Arts program taste of food service industry post-secondary education opportunities and employment possibilities.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
February 13th
Boys basketball
Narragansett at Chariho, 7 p.m.
East Greenwich at Middletown, 7 p.m.
Prout at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7 p.m.
North Kingstown at Hendricken, 7 p.m.
Westerly at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Chariho at Cranston West, 7 p.m.
North Kingstown at Portsmouth, 7 p.m.
La Salle at South Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Cheerleading
West Warwick at RIIL Meet at Warwick Veterans, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Exeter-West Greenwich at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
EXETER – The long-dormant property owned by Kevin Casey, of Connecticut, operating as Exeter Real Estate – once envisioned as a 99-unit development of senior housing called Cobblestone – is being reimagined.
At a recent planning board work session, Casey announced he's “reassessing his plans,” says Town Planner David W. Schweid. “The master plan [for the original Cobblestone] was approved in April 2008” but has never gone forward, leaving the property to become overgrown and weed-choked.
The economy has forced Casey's hand.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
February 12th
Boys basketball
Coventry at South Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Pilgrim at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7 p.m.
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