Archive - Jul 2012
July 2nd
Today's news is the first revision of tomorrow's history. Times Past provides a look back on past events through the pages of the Standard-Times as a way for us to examine the events that have helped shape the news of today.
Five years ago
Thursday, June 28, 2007
North Kingstown teachers approved a three-year contract that calls for a three-percent increase in teachers’ pay in each of the three years. The contract also included a two-percent per year increase for healthcare co-pays.
Source
Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH – The wait was worth it.
After three-and-a-half hours of baseball, the East Greenwich Junior Division All-Stars beat Narragansett 16-7 at East Greenwich High School in a game that was stopped one inning short due to darkness, moving the team to the losers’ bracket semifinal Monday against Westerly at the Trombino Complex at 5 p.m.
“We plan on going all the way to the districts and beyond,” EG coach Neil Fraden said. “We got off to a bad start but that’s behind us. We’ve got a really good team and we put a really good game together.”
It started with the offense.
July 1st
By PAUL J. SPETRINI
pspetrini@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWN—Ed Tarbox stands on the showroom floor of his brand-new car dealership on Quaker Lane in North Kingstown Friday afternoon and, for a moment, pondered all the obstacles he had to overcome during the past nine years to make the 49,000-square foot complex a reality.
It is the day before the official grand opening celebration.
Source
Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
June 30th
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
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NORTH KINGSTOWN – The police department has launched an online crime mapping system to provide up-to-the-minute information to town residents concerned about such things as speeding, break-ins or other problems occurring in their neighborhoods.
According to Patrol Officer Kevin Gleason – who is in charge of communications, the department’s computer system and maintaining the mobile computer systems in all the vehicles – he learned about the mapping service and went straight to the top.
Source
Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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