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11/27/2006

Supreme Court won't review Narragansett smoke-shop ruling
Updated 1:56 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to review whether Rhode Island authorities can enforce state law on the Narragansett Indian tribal lands, a dispute triggered by state police raid on the tribe's smoke shop.

11/22/2006

Correction
Charlestown Town Councilman James M. Mageau intended to appoint himself acting town administrator if elected as Town Council president. A story in Tuesday’s South County edition incorrectly stated Mageau would have named himself acting vice president.

11/21/2006

Mageau shut out; Waterman elected council head
CHARLESTOWN – A week after James M. Mageau announced he would become the next council president and appoint himself acting vice president, one of his supporters flipped his vote, backing instead incumbent Katharine H. Waterman.

11/15/2006

Mageau to be council president, acting administrator
CHARLESTOWN — James M. Mageau, an outspoken local government critic who was elected to the Town Council by the lowest margin of votes, is expected to become the next council president.

Eaves says she’ll fill open seat on regional School Committee
CHARLESTOWN — Holly M. Eaves, a self-employed electrical engineer, will fill the remaining seat on the Chariho Regional School Committee.

11/14/2006

Joseph Ungaro, 76, newspaperman, dies
CHARLESTOWN — Joseph M. Ungaro, a leading newspaperman most noted for posing the question to President Richard Nixon about his underpayment of federal income taxes that led to Nixon’s memorable “I’m not a crook” reply, died Sunday night at South County Hospital. He was 76.

A family’s hope undiminished
Nancy Smith Worthen, with parental pride, debated placing an announcement of her daughter Maggie’s graduation from Smith College in area newspapers.

11/10/2006

Special election possible to complete school board
A special election may be needed to decide the fate of one of the three open seats for Charlestown on the Chariho Regional School Committee.

11/09/2006

Sartor quits after council victors speak of firing him
CHARLESTOWN — Town Administrator Richard J. Sartor submitted his resignation effective Dec. 28 to the Town Council yesterday. However, Sartor will start taking accrued time as of today, he said.