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11/28/2006

Katzberg, King and Brandow at URI social-justice seminar
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Local folksinger and activist Joyce Katzberg and the folksinging duo of Charlie King and Karen Brandow will speak and perform tonight at the University of Rhode Island as part of its Honors Colloquium. This fall’s semester-long Honors Colloquium is titled “Songs of Social Justice: The Rhetoric of Music.” It explores music as a mean of expression, persuasion and mobilization.

11/24/2006

The Doodles are coming! The Doodles are coming!
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Remember when Wigglemania would sweep South County?

11/23/2006

In Peace Dale, a lesson in giving
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Most teenagers hold jobs that teach them to flip burgers, scoop ice cream and make change. Ke’red Cook and Megan Oldham have learned about the depth of need in their community and how human kindness begets human kindness.

11/22/2006

Eddy wins bid for 2nd term as chairwoman
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Mary S. “Polly” Eddy has retained the seat at the Town Council helm for a second term.

Westerly woman charged with embezzling $95,000
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A Westerly woman was arrested last week on charges of embezzling more than $95,000 from her previous employer.

11/21/2006

Narragansett man dies of gunshot
NARRAGANSETT — An 18-year-old man found bleeding near his family’s home Thursday night died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the state medical examiner’s office.

Coventry man killed in pickup truck crash, fire
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A 23-year-old Coventry man died early Saturday after his pickup truck caught fire after hitting a concrete block behind a Kingstown Road shopping plaza.

11/15/2006

Town trying to save parcel near Prout from development
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The town is working to secure state and federal money to stave off development of a 33-lot subdivision on Route 1, across from the Village at South County Commons.

Town Council eases limits on farm stand size
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The outgoing Town Council eased zoning regulations governing farm stands as one of its final acts in a bid to preserve a slice of the town’s agricultural past.

11/14/2006

Documentary film to debut at URI today
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The documentary film Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life will have its United States premiere today as part of the University of Rhode Island’s Honors Colloquium.

11/11/2006

Murder suspect rejects plea deal
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A Cumberland woman charged in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old Providence woman last year rejected a plea offer yesterday in Washington County Superior Court, her lawyer, Joseph L. DeCaporale Jr., said.

11/10/2006

Woman rejects plea offer in brutal revenge killing
Updated 2:36 p.m.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A Cumberland woman accused in the July 2005 revenge killing of a 19-year-old Providence woman declined a plea offer after it was made public in court this morning.

A passion for the pond
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Prentice K. Stout feels a deep connection to local history, as if he were born here 73 years ago rather than in his native New York City.

11/09/2006

Unsuccessful council candidate files suit over campaign flier
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Failed Republican Town Council candidate Andrew Bilodeau this week filed a defamation suit against political activist Jonathan Daly-Labelle over fliers distributed in the days leading up to the election.

In South Kingstown
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — After all the absentee ballots were tallied, the local election results remained essentially the same.

Answering the call
WESTERLY — The afternoon light casts shadows behind the Rev. Joshua A. McClure who is settled into in his Pleasant Street office.

SKHS students are close to perfect on election poll
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –— If you were wondering how accurate students are as a gauge of how an election is going to swing, South Kingstown High School proved near dead-on in predicting Tuesday’s results.

Correction
South Kingstown Town Council candidate James W. O’Neill, who took the fifth council seat in Tuesday’s elections, is a registered Democrat who ran as an independent. His party affiliation was incorrect in a headline in yesterday’s Journal.

Man, 47, faces drug charges
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A 47-year-old man who is alleged to have sold cocaine to a police informant was held without bail yesterday after an appearance in District Court.

11/08/2006

Democrats win 4 seats on council
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –—The Democratic wave that hit the state yesterday swept South Kingstown as well, with Democrats filling seven of eight open seats on the Town Council and School Committee. Voters returned Democratic incumbents President Mary S. “Polly” Eddy and Vice President Kathleen A. Fogarty to the Town Council, where they will be joined by former School Committee Chairwoman Ella M. Whaley and retired South Kingstown Police Capt. William J. Flatley, both Democrats, according to results from the state Board of Elections.

Financial Town Meeting will become a piece of history
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Voters yesterday approved changes to the Town Charter that eliminate the Financial Town Meeting and overhaul the budget approval process. They also gave the nod to $5.9 million in borrowing for open space, roadwork, renovations to the Neighborhood Guild and to build a community gym, based on unofficial results from the state Board of Elections.