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January 11th, 2011
North Kingstown Public Schools will be closed Wed. Jan. 12.
Jamestown Public Schools will be closed Wed. Jan. 12.
North Kingstown Free Library: Closed Wed 1/12 for storm
Parking Bans:
Jamestown: Parking ban this evening; UNTIL MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT
North Kingstown: Parking ban this evening; In effect at Midnight
Exeter: Exeter-Hope Val.-Pub Works: Parking Ban Tomorrow
CHARLESTOWN -- Despite the snowy weekend, a good sampling of District 36 voters came to Representative Donna Walsh's community meeting on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 at the Charlestown Police Station Community room.
South Kingstown Public Schools will be closed Wed. Jan. 12.
South Kingstown Town Offices will be closed Wed. Jan. 12.
Due to the impending snowstorm tonight through Wednesday morning, the following parking bans will be in effect:
Narragansett: Parking ban starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday
South Kingstown: Parking ban starting Tuesday 11 p.m. thru Thursday at 12 p.m.
The South Kingstown Senior Center will be closed Jan. 12 and there will be no elderly meals.
PROVIDENCE– If good teachers are the most important element to education, the Department of Education shouldn't allow uncertified individuals to teach at Democracy Prep school in Cumberland, says Sen. James C. Sheehan.
January 10th
Get out your winter hats and snow shovels. It seems as if yet another big snow storm is coming to North Kingstown and Exeter, with reports coming in that anywhere from 10-14 inches of snow is expected to fall on the Washington County area between tonight and tomorrow morning.
Commuters are advised to begin preparing for the storm and to try their best to stay off the roads during the peak hours for the blizzard, which is tentatively slated to begin at 9 p.m. tonight, with the heaviest weather reportedly coming down from 3 a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesday.
North Kingstown – January 10, 2011 – The active students of North Kingstown High School are using civics class to bring change.
A junior at NKHS, Matt Buresh, is trying to change a school policy added this year. He started this movement as his civics project. He is a student in a civics class taught by the decorated teacher Mr. Lawrence Verria.
The rule Buresh wishes to eliminate is the newly added restriction on students during lunch.
CHARLESTOWN -- The Town Council is considering tonight the approval of a new summer event held by the Frosty Drew Observatory and Nature Center.
The topic of wind turbines will come before the North Kingstown Town Council tonight as the Council considers imposing a moratorium on all new wind energy projects.
The moratorium, which is expected to last anywhere between six months to a year, would not apply to the proposed project on Stamp Farm but would limit any new turbine proposals.
For more information on tonight's meeting, turn to this week's Standard Times.
NARRAGANSETT–Narragansett has no single stream recycling program. But Rhode Island’s Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) hopes to create a single bin a pick-up system for 2011-12. Without outside funding, independent businesses are purchasing toters at a discounted price in order to expand and deepen the town’s recycling program.
January 9th
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – For the past 15 years, coastal erosion along Matunuck Town Beach caused by severe storms has concerned South Kingstown town officials due its threat to businesses and houses along the shoreline. To mitigate coastal erosion, the town Planning Department has developed a Matunuck Coastal Area Report detailing storm related shoreline impacts from 1939 to present and potential shoreline protection options, released this past Tuesday.
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