NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Do the 11 council candidates want to save local farms?

How do they feel about development at Quonset Point? Recalling bad officials? Taxes?

The candidates have addressed some of the issues through brochures, signs and door-to-door campaigns. Tuesday afternoon, town and school candidates answered questions posed by high school students; that night, they spoke at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters.

But residents who want more can pull up a 42-page Internet document created by four parents concerned about the election.

The site, http://whatcheer.net/nk/, features a report called, simply, "North Kingstown Town Council Candidates Q and A."

At the request of the group, the candidates answered 22 questions on topics ranging from televised meetings to helping low-income families to school spending.

Most queries were specific. "How do you stand on reopening the fire station in Slocum?" asked one.

Nearly half the candidates want a station in Slocum. "I have been, along with others, screaming about this for years," says Democrat Mark Tripp. "The response times to Slocum for fire and rescue are dangerously long."

Others are pushing a plan for a new station at the intersection of Routes 1 and 138. Reopening the old Slocum station "is a bad idea," says GOP incumbent Mark S. Zaccaria. "The property is too small to accommodate the equipment needed today," and the getaway roads "are crowded and undersized."

Don't have a computer? Don't worry. The group -- with financial help from the Democratic and Republican parties -- will print and distribute 2,000 copies of the report. Voters can find them at Dave's Marketplace and other local businesses.

The questionnaire group -- Tricia Armstrong, Marion Holland, Tom Sgouros and Dave Wrenn -- issued a similar report for the School Committee. According to Sgouros, the school report has been downloaded 1,400 times and is still available online at http://whatcheer.net/nksc/. Local businessman Richard Shapiro printed and distributed 5,000 copies of the school report.

About 100 people have downloaded the council report.

In preparing the questionnaire, the group asked other residents and school and town officials to submit questions. The group received 60, added a few more, and narrowed that number down to 22. They divided the questions into 10 topics, and added a spot for a closing remark. They posted the results on the Internet late Tuesday afternoon.

"Remarkably, with little time left for campaigning before the election, all candidates took time from their busy schedules to participate," says Wrenn.

Voters appreciate the reports, adds Sgouros. "People are interested in the races. They don't feel they're getting the information" from traditional sources like campaign Web sites and political forums, he says.

The group purposely picked tough questions that would divide the candidates, he says.

The Republican Town Council hopefuls include incumbents Anthony F. Miccolis Jr., Mark S. Zaccaria and John A. Patterson and candidates Erin P. Carroll and Shelagh T. McGowan.

The Democrats seeking office are incumbent Edward J. Cooney and candidates Steven Campo, William H. Gilbert, Mark Tripp and Edward J. Whitaker.

Also running is Save Our Children candidate Dorman J. Hayes Jr.