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Tell Me Your Story: Eeyore's story inspires creation of donkey rescue group

September 3, 2012

By
MARTHA SMITH

Today is the beginning of a story I’ll be updating for what I hope is a very long time. It’s the story of a little old donkey; blind, horribly malnourished and with a mouth that appears not to have had dental attention in a long time.
Not to mention love. When was that ever part of his life?
He can’t tell us anything about his past but I can talk about his present and his future. He was abandoned on Rt. 165 in western Exeter in early August, left terrified to fend for himself.

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NK's Bryan Groves honored for serving his country

September 2, 2012

By LINDSAY OLIVIER
Special to The Standard

NORTH KINGSTOWN - Many 25 year-olds have either graduated college, or have been working in the “real world” for a few years but for one North Kingstown resident, life is about a little bit more than that.
For Bryan Groves, who graduated from North Kingstown High School in 2006 and the University of Rhode Island in 2010 and soon after was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), life revolves around serving your country.

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School Committee adjourns rowdy meeting without comment

September 1, 2012

By TRACEY O’NEILL
Special to the Standard

NORTH KINGSTOWN–Coming on the heels of a cancelled school day due to union picket lines on Tuesday morning, the regularly scheduled session of the North Kingstown School Committee meeting proved to be a perfect venue for a union rally that packed the house at the high school.
“Shame on you! Shame on you!” a rowdy and riled up crowd of ESP workers jeered following a decision by committee Chair Kimberly Page to adjourn the meeting prior to a scheduled public comment session.

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School district, union wonder what's next

August 31, 2012

By PAUL J. SPETRINI
pspetrini@ricentral.com

NORTH KINGSTOWN—The morning after one of the most hostile school committee meetings in recent memory, North Kingstown School Supt. Dr. Philip Auger took a moment Wednesday morning to reflect on the preceding two days in his district.

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August 30, 2012

It's been an eventful week in North Kingstown.
As the NK School Department and ESP union tussle over contract negotiations--including a brief work stoppage that delayed the scheduled start of school--tensions between the two sides reached a fever pitch this week, leading many to wonder if the relationship will ever be repaired.
In this week's Standard-Times, we bring you the latest news on the topic. In addition, we've got you covered with an exclusive look at the town of Exeter's worry relating to the proposed development near the Rt. 2 and 102 intersection.

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CURMUDGEON'S CORNER: Sideshows are what keep school committee 'dysfunctional' (OPINION)

August 29, 2012

By
RICHARD AUGUST

I would like to comment on several things that occurred at the North Kingstown School Committee meeting last week.
First is the incessant and repetitious questioning by committee members Bill Mudge and Melvoid Benson about the “Citizen’s Comments” section of the agenda. At practically every school meeting I attend, Mr. Mudge and Mrs. Benson challenge Chairperson Kim Page and legal counsel Mary Ann Carroll about the law and policy governing citizen comments.

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BREAKING NEWS: Threat of strike postpones start of school in NK

August 28, 2012

Breaking News: NK Superintendent Dr. Philip Auger has postponed the start of school in the district after talks with the ESP union failed late Monday night. Representatives from the union formed a picket line Tuesday morning in front of the high school and school administration building and say they'll be on hand at tonight's school committee meeting to express their grievances publicly. Stay tuned to the Standard-Times as this story develops.

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Langevin lauds $500K URI grant

August 27, 2012

By ANTHONY aRUSSO
aarusso@ricentral.com

KINGSTON - Rhode Island Second District Rep. Jim Langevin has been very vocal on all topics concerning the nation’s cybersecurity and where it is headed. Langevin, who is co-founder of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, recently criticized republican senators for their efforts to block the Cybersecuity Act of 2012, which barley failed to secure the Senate’s two-thirds majority on Aug. 2.

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NK firefighter families still adjusting to new schedule

August 26, 2012

By TRACEY O’NEILL
Special to the Standard

NORTH KINGSTOWN – “They wouldn’t want this for their families,” Beth Cardarelli said. “I wonder if it can get any worse and it scares me.”

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Costa recovering after emergency surgery scare

August 25, 2012

By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Doreen Costa is the local version of the modern woman’s Energizer Bunny, always on the move.
But the Republican state representative who serves North Kingstown and Exeter in the state General Assembly was stopped in her tracks by acute pain on Aug. 2. Today she’s still recovering – and very grateful – after a hasty trip to the hospital resulted in emergency surgery and a cancer scare.

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