The Narragansett Times

SK Council, ACLU and Bergner rift continues

July 27, 2012

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Debate continued between Deb Bergner and the town council following news reports in which town officials claimed to have dealt with the issues the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union urged the council to address in a recent letter.

Steve Alfred, town manager, said that Michael Ursillo, town solicitor, spoke to council members regarding the ban on texting and use of council member names in a work session two months ago.

Local author releases book on fishermen

July 20, 2012

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A New England author and former Wakefield resident has donated more than $1,000 from the profits of her book, “Salt of the Sea, Stories told by the fishermen of Point Judith,” to charities in South County.

Cindy Follett Guldemond, daughter of a Point Judith fisherman, recently wrote and published a book chronicling the stories of former Rhode Island fishermen.

SK teacher Briggs remembered by colleagues, friends

July 20, 2012

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The South Kingstown High School community is mourning the loss of another faculty member, the school’s second loss in just two months.

Justin D. Briggs, a physical education teacher, died last Friday at his home in Charlestown. He was 44.

“Justin impacted the lives of so many students and faculty in the South Kingstown High School community,"  Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow said in a statement Monday.
"He will be dearly missed.”

Langevin, RICAPE reps talk agriculture at Farmer's Daughter

July 20, 2012

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined representatives of the Rhode Island Center for Agriculture Promotion and Education and other industry leaders Monday at The Farmer’s Daughter in South Kingstown to discuss the impact of recently awarded federal funding and industry priorities.

At the local garden center, the group discussed the economic opportunity that exists in agriculture and the $85,000 grant the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded to RICAPE to help promote Rhode Island’s farms to in and out of state visitors.