Archive - Aug 17, 2012
This was a big year for genealogy enthusiasts. As anyone who traces their family history knows, there is a wealth of information contained in census records. However, due to privacy reasons, only one decade’s census is released every 72 years. After much impatient waiting, the 1940 United States census is now public record.
Every citizen of the country has to be included on and give personal information for the census. And for that reason, I thought it would be interesting to look up the census listings of celebrities and future newsmakers of the year 1940.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The South Kingstown Animal Shelter will celebrate the grand opening of its new facility this Saturday, Aug. 18.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
NARRAGANSETT - Although astute locals have already found their way onto the new trail section at Black Point, its construction was officially celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday morning by officials from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), and other individuals involved in the project.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
NARRAGANSETT - On Tuesday evening, The Historic District Commission (HDC) discussed its role in the ongoing process of updating the town’s Comprehensive Plan. Representatives from Horsley and Witten Group, a professional and environmental services firm based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, have been meeting with numerous department heads and members of the town’s Boards and Commissions in order to research what they feel needs to be addressed in a new Comprehensive Plan.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
By TRACEY O’NEILL
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The roof at the Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnessett Elementary School is still leaking and with the opening of schools just a few weeks away on August 28, teachers and parents are concerned that conditions will deteriorate.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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