Archive - Oct 2012 - News Article
October 25th
By TRACEY O’NEIL
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN—Monday night’s meeting of the Town Council saw the Little Red Schoolhouse move one step closer to becoming the new home of the North Kingstown Food Pantry.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 24th
It's a sad week in North Kingstown.
Late this weekend, word passed that the town's longtime Santa, Ted Whittaker, passed away at the age of 66. While he will be best remembered for more than his holiday role, friends and family paid tribute to him as a genuine nice guy who will be missed forever.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 23rd
In a letter to the editor to this paper on October 4th Ellen Waxman who owns an art gallery in Wickford, argues that the legislature should “declare a state-wide sales tax exemption on art”. This, she asserts, would “spark Rhode Island’s economy”. Just how this would happen is unstated.
In this effort, state Senator James Sheehan “has agreed to sponsor legislation along this idea if he is reelected”. Great. Just what we need is more legislation that would favor a special interest, in this case owners of art galleries.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 22nd
By ANGELENA CHAPMAN
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN– Two years after dedicating herself to her brand, a local designer is expanding her accessory line and co-opened a new boutique.
Jaclyn Murphy, of North Kingstown, is the designer and creator of Luniac Style, a line of fashion accessories that includes hair accessories, earrings, bangles and more, as well as new higher-end pieces using real Swarovski crystals.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 21st
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
EXETER – The firestorm of controversy that engulfed the Exeter Animal Shelter in late April – and seemed doused by May 24 when an ordinance was adopted placing the facility under the director of public works – has been smoldering all along.
In a remarkable turn of events, the council held a special meeting last Wednesday in the library of the Exeter-West Greenwich Junior-Senior High School to hear complaints from Jutta Lucas, the animal control officer at the center of last spring’s brouhaha.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 20th
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
EXETER – The old 4.35-acre municipal landfill, located off Rt. 102, west of the Exeter Town Hall and once in danger of becoming a federal Superfund site, is the subject of a no-holds-barred pre-election controversy.
Dan Patterson, a Republican, has sent out a mass e-mail to key party members, contending that a request from DPW Director Steve Mattscheck to purchase a specialized piece of equipment for mandated twice-yearly mowing of the landfill’s grassy cap would be onerous on taxpayers.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
October 19th
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Another North Kingstown business has closed its doors, victim to a host of problems related to the bad economy.
The contents of Quaker Lane Tool, located at 3520 Quaker Lane, are scheduled to be auctioned today at 10:30 a.m. by Max Pollack & Co.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
WAKEFIELD-An 882 pound pumpkin decorates the the outside foyer at Shaw’s Supermarket in Wakefield.
The giant gourd has inspired the general manager at the supermarket to create a contest with three turkey dinners as the top prize.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
NARRAGNSETT—At Wednesday evening’s school committee, a teary-eyed Superintendent of Schools Katherine Sipala gave her best wishes to Elizabeth Pinto, Administrator of Student Services, who is leaving Narragansett School System to work in the Rhode Island Department of Education’s Office of Student, Community, and Academic Affairs. Her resignation will be effective January 11, 2013.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
KINGSTON-Notices repeatedly sent to a longtime, trusted volunteer at a University of Rhode Island sorority went unanswered for months while she allegedly embezzled more than $165,000 from the house.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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