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Crown Victoria or Charger? |
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
SK Police weigh their options.
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - Whether its posted up on the side of Route 1 or rolling past
on Kingstown Road, the South Kingstown Police Dodge Chargers will always
catch the eye of the passerby with their aggressive styling and oversized
wheels.
The distinctive look of the Charger in your rear-view mirror can either
excite or stimulate fear depending on your speed or current activities.
But will we be seeing more of these sleek new patrol cars in the fleet?
Not this year, according to police chief Vincent Vespia. |
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Whittier Estates project stalls |
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
Deemed as being too dense, project goes back to the drawing board.
By HANNAH CONNORTON
The South Kingstown Planning Board’s Jan. 12 meeting included a master
plan public information discussion for major land development project
Whittier Estates, a housing plan proposed to be located off of Willard
Avenue in Peace Dale.
The board identified major issues pertaining to the project, consistently
citing the density of the development as problematic. |
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Devastating earthquake hits Haiti |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 |
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Food, water, shelter, electricity and medical supplies are almost
non-existent.
National, local organizations rush to gather aid and send volunteers.
Untold thousands are forced to sleep in the streets in the capital city of
Port-au-Prince.
The worst natural disaster to strike since the 2004 tsunami.
By HANNAH CONNORTON with reports from CARL CRITZ
HAITI - The country of Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake at 4:53
p.m. on Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands homeless, many buried beneath
rubble and an unknown number of people dead.  Photo: Matt Marek/American Red Cross |
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SK School Committee plans for alternative care site |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 |
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - The South Kingstown School Committee met with LeAnn Quinn of
South County Hospital on Tuesday to discuss using the South Road School as
an alternative care site to the South Kingstown High School in the event
of an influenza spread or other catastrophic incident. |
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School department reveals spending decrease of $1.2 M |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 |
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - Before negotiations can even begin in South Kingstown, the
school department’s top official is already anticipating a $1.2 million
decrease in next year’s school budget.
At Tuesday’s School Committee meeting at the South Kingstown High School,
Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow announced that her original budget
estimate of $59,800,926, has been scaled back to $58,647,873, showcasing a
$1.2 million decrease in expenditures in addition to cuts already assumed
since meeting with the town council a few weeks ago. |
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A cause worth taking a freezing plunge for |
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 |
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By HANNAH CONNORTON
Photo: Hannah Connorton
Cameron Neary, organizer of the plunge, reacts to the cold after
jumping in Point Judith Pond at noon on Saturday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Around a dozen young children and a few adults jumped
into the freezing waters at Jim’s Dock in East Matunuck on Saturday,
braving the fierce cold to raise money for the Bluefin Tuna Plunge.
The Plunge, in its third year, is organized by Cameron Neary, a
ten-year-old Matunuck Elementary student with a big heart. Each year, he
fundraises for the Bluefin Tuna Plunge and makes a donation to a local
organization that helps those in need.
So how did Neary get started?
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Ek convicted of murder, 40 years |
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 |
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Virtual life sentence for Ek. Civil case still pending.
By CARL CRITZ
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - After entering a guilty plea for second-degree murder
and reading a lengthy statement to those assembled to see him, a sunken
Karl Ek received news on Thursday in Superior Court in Wakefield that he
would be in jail, effectively, for the rest of his life.
Washington County Superior Court Judge Edwin Gale sentenced Ek to 40 years
imprisonment for the passion killing of his longtime roommate John M.
Capuano on August 11. |
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Firearms issue stirs debate at meeting |
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 |
Zoning particulars to be refined by the Planning Board.
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - The Town Council voted 4 to 1 to return proposed changes to an
ordinance regulating the location of firearms retailers in town to the
Planning Board, and to remove amendments that would make it more difficult
for a new gun shop to open up for business.
In mid-2009 the council directed the Planning Board to review the rules
governing the location of gun stores after Freedom Sports and Arms
successfully levied to take over the retail space formerly occupied by
Ethnic Concepts on 236 High St. |
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SK live on the Internet, Narragansett live on television. |
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 |
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - After over a year of delayed playbacks, the Town Council voted
unanimously on Monday to restore live coverage of its regular meetings –
on the internet.
The next scheduled regular council meeting will be live via a web
telecast, and an archived version of the Jan. 11 Town Council meeting will
be available online. |
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Turbine project on agenda |
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
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 development gets down to business in 2010.
By HANNAH CONNORTON
Coastal winds in the state support the idea that wind energy may be the
most viable alternative source of power for Rhode Island. The idea of
installing wind turbines in Narragansett have been met with approval and
opposition over the past months, while town and state officials research
all aspects of the proposed projects and its benefits. |
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Capital improvement budget reduced $1.3M |
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
Infrastructure was the focus of Tuesday’s budget meeting.
By CARL CRITZ
WAKEFIELD - Budget woes are likely to affect the town’s capital
improvement program, even as town staff attempts to reduce the overall
debt load by at least one-third by 2016, according to Town Manager Stephen
Alfred at Tuesday’s budget meeting at Town Hall. |
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