Archive - Mar 2012 - News Article
March 17th
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Carol Freeborn Perry has been a Grange member for more than 40 years, watching the agrarian organization evolve from a socio-political force into an entity deeply committed to community service activities.
Like the gardens in her backyard on Ten Rod Road, Carol's roots run deep in the consortium founded in the midwestern farm belt in 1867 as the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
March 16th
By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Helen Beaven, who will celebrate her 95th birthday in June, readily admits that back in the day when she and her best friend of more than 60 years, Rita Perry, were raising their families, “We ran everything. Rita and I got things going.”
In fact, Rita – who died last year – and Helen had made such a success of guiding the PTA that they were summoned in the late 1940s by a descendant of the town’s founders and told to devote their talents to forming a Girl Scout troop.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION - The Chariho School Committee adopted the Fiscal Year 2013 budget on Tuesday night, after one final altercation that will relieve $200,000 from the member towns’ contribution bottom line. The budget will now be put to the will of the voters at an April 10 referendum.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
March 15th
By LINDSAY OLIVIER
lolivier@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Girl Scouts of America, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this week, first came to Rhode Island in 1914 and since then have flourished throughout the state, with over 30 troops in North Kingstown and Jamestown alone that feature a total of 270 scouts and 75 adult leaders.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
March 14th
For generations, the Girls Scouts have been one of the largest organizations for young girls in Rhode Island, teaching various life lessons and providing opportunities that would not exist other wise.
This week, we profile the organization as it celebrates its 100th anniversary and take a special look back at its roots in and around North Kingstown, it's current ties to the community and some of the most prominent women to come from the organization.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — The curtain at the Greenwich Odeum Theater is close to rising, but there is still a good amount of work that still needs to be taken care of.
At least that’s what Odeum President Frank Prosnitz told the Town Council during Monday’s meeting in giving an update as to how the renovations of the historic venue on Main Street are progressing with the end of March – the targeted timeframe for the theater’s grand re-opening – quickly approaches.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — Parents know every single day what it takes to raise their children with the right tools to better their skills.
Teachers in area schools understand that, as well, knowing that they need the proper books, writing utensils and computers at their disposal in order to properly educate the future contributors of society.
Back in October, teachers and parents of students from both Meadowbrook Farms and Hanaford Elementary Schools understood their concerns of having classrooms with outdated technology – old computers and laptops – or no technology at all.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — The fate of the latest proposal incarnation of a mixed-use Greenwich Boulevard development may hinge on a radius.
The Planning Board heard 3.5 hours of testimony last Wednesday from representatives of local developer Joseph N. Zenga, who is seeking a comprehensive permit to develop 40 townhouse units, including 10 to be designated as affordable housing, off Greenwich Boulevard and behind East Greenwich American Legion Post 15 down to the Amtrak rail line near Greenwich Cove.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — There’s a lot more to being a Girl Scout than selling cookies door to door.
And there’s a lot more going on for girls who think they’re too old for Scouting just because they’ve reached middle or high school age, says Kitty Opishinski, public relations coordinator for East Greenwich Girl Scouts.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
EAST GREENWICH — A young person going through adolescence can be a challenge both personally and socially.
It can also be a challenge for parents of an adolescent, trying to guide their child through the various changes the development stage can bring in that brief period of time.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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