Archive - Feb 2012
February 10th
A week after Governor Chafee proposed increasing the meals tax from eight percent to 10 percent, restaurants owners across South Kingstown and Narragansett sound off.
This week University of Rhode Island students began springing up their own occupy movement.
The attorneys for Village Liquors and town of South Kingstown also filed their briefs this week on why or why not fifth liquor license exists.
All and more inside, today's Narragansett Times.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION - Thousands of National Grid customers, including URI and Chariho High School, were without power for a short time on Monday morning after an explosion and subsequent fire badly damaged a transformer at the substation on Shumunkanuc Hill Road.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
February 9th
Boys basketball
Tiverton at Chariho, 7 p.m.
Prout at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at Mount Hope, 7 p.m.
Barrington at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
Hope at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Portsmouth at South Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Toll Gate at Prout, 7 p.m.
Mount Hope at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
Boys hockey
South Kingstown vs. Rogers at Thayer Ice Arena, 6:30 p.m.
Coventry vs. Toll Gate at Thayer Ice Arena, 8 p.m.
Tolman vs. West Warwick at West Warwick Civic Center, 9:30 p.m.
By LINDSAY OLIVIER
lolivier@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The North Kingstown school committee voted 5-2 Tuesday night to submit to the town council a proposed 2012/2013 budget that reflects a four-percent increase. The meeting took a different turn than was expected, however, when Superintendent Dr. Philip Auger became emotional as he presented his recommended cuts.
Committee members William Mudge and Melvoid Benson cast the dissenting votes.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
Boys basketball
East Providence at Coventry, 7 p.m.
Pilgrim at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Coventry at Chariho, 7 p.m.
Cranston East at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at South Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Pilgrim at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Girls indoor track
South Kingstown, West Warwick at Medium School Class Championship Meet at Providence Career and Technical Academy, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Hope at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Double Dual Meet at Exeter-West Greenwich, 6 p.m.
Moses Brown, Toll Gate at Narragansett, 5 p.m.
North Kingstown at North Providence, 7 p.m.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — Seniority will no longer be the driving force behind teacher assignments or promotions if school officials have their way.
Against a backdrop of nonexistent negotiations on a new teacher contract, which is set to expire Aug. 31, Superintendent Victor Mercurio presented the report of the Commission on Retaining High Quality Teachers to the School Committee Tuesday night.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
State Rep. Robert A. Watson (R-Dist 30, East Greenwich, West Greenwich), still facing a charge of possession of marijuana in connection with his Jan. 21 arrest in South Kingstown, was spared additional legal jeopardy this week when the town's Police Department announced it would not charge him with driving under the influence.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION - There has been one confirmed case of Whooping cough (Pertussis) at Chariho Middle School, and while it does not seem to have spread, the district will not be taking any chances.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
February 8th
It's Black History Month, the time each year when we as a society reflect on the many contributions African Americans have made and the many ways in which we have overcome the racial divisiveness that once crippled our country.
In this week's Standard Times, we take a look at the issue of diversity through the eyes of current students at Exeter-West Greenwich High School, one of the "whitest" schools in the state.
How has the issue affect us close to home? Are there still stigmas associated with being "different"?
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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