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Natalie Baggesen, 19, of Hopkinton, was out to enjoy the heavy waves off Matunuck on Tuesday when the wind took control. Riding her surfboard like a horse, her lower legs going like egg beaters in the water, Baggesen did her best to stay calm and keep the South Kingstown shore in view.
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Jane Goodall attends opening of bird sanctuary
British ethologist Jane Goodall, known for her work on chimpanzees' behavior in Tanzania, visited Hopkinton's New England Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary, a "retirement home" for parrots and other exotic species.
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Hot Topic: Town payrolls
Rhode Islanders paid their city and town employees more than $1.6 billion in 2006. A look by region follows below:
Metro
Providence schools head leads earnings in Rhode Island
Teacher is second-highest paid in North Providence school district
North Providence public-safety officers cash in with overtime
East Bay
In Warren, police overtime produces top municipal earners
Bristol public works foreman reaps top pay
Tiverton police dominate municipal-salary listing
Principal, police chief lead pay lists in Little Compton
Earnings honors go to Newport police
Barrington town manager is highest-paid town employee
Warren: How do you define 'worker'?
Education spending greatly outweighs municipal spending in Tiverton
In Portsmouth, school figures dominate
Newport budget figures tip in favor of municipal payroll
It's a balancing act in East Providence, a city of contrasts
Little Compton: Smallest payroll in East Bay leaves part of the story untold
Middletown schools draw most town money
North
Woonsocket records show top wage earners
Police, firefighters get top pay in Smithfield
Scituate school pay tops in town
School employees in North Smithfield tops
Lincoln's top paid wear police uniforms
Overtime fuels big checks for Johnston firefighters
Superintendent leads in Foster-Glocester regional school pay
Foster principal gets top school pay
Principals in Glocester top pay list
Retired Foster police sergeant topped earners
Cumberland's top earners in schools
South County
Rural Exeter able to make do with just a few
Exeter-West Greenwich curriculum director ranks at the top of that school list
Salary bar lower on Block Island
New Shoreham school salary structure doesn't fit the mold
South Kingstown's town manager has No. 1 salary
South Kingstown's Hicks is South County's highest-paid superintendent
Jamestown School Top-10 ranks have thinned since '06
Jamestown police chief's pay got a few lifts
Overtime boosts police, firefighter salaries in Narragansett
North Kingstown's top 2006 wage-earners no longer on the job
N. Kingstown's Halley was No. 1, but ultimately paid a price
In Charlestown, detective and schools chief are number 1 on W-2s
In the Chariho school district, superintendent heads the class
Safety first: Police top earners in Richmond
16 police officers were highest-paid in Hopkinton
Westerly: 9 of top 10 municipal earners police employees
Westerly: Schools Supt. is town's highest-paid employee
A select few take home six figures
In South County, one size doesn't fit all
Chart: South County town payrolls
West Bay
West Greenwich's top-10 list mirrors findings statewide
In East Greenwich, the dollars are in the details
In Warwick, Sweat produces high police, fire salaries
Top-paid Cranston employees? No surprises here
West Warwick: Most of top-10 municipal earners wear blue
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Spotlight on a local film studio
Tax credits to TV, film raise concern
Saying they are troubled by the lack of answers to basic questions about millions of dollars in tax credits either promised or already granted by the state, key lawmakers have introduced bills calling for more “disclosure and accountability.”
Reporters's Notebook: In Hopkinton, studio backers try to direct the dialogue
Residents weigh in on studio proposal
Developers to introduce film studio plan
Dialogue starts on film studio plan
Lights, camera, action in South County?
Your Turn: Does this proposed studio sound like a good deal to you?
