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Referendum has big implications for Southern Rhode Island 2021-02-27 08:00:00Millions of dollars for transportation, beaches, clean water, child care, the arts, subsidized housing and facilities at state colleges and Quonset ar

SK Council reviews snow removal policies 2021-02-27 07:30:00Snow-covered sidewalks in South Kingstown have prompted officials to take another look at how the town keeps the pedestrian walkways safe and to discu

With help from SK residents, VFW food box 2021-02-26 08:00:00Joe “Tiger” Patrick knows for sure the VFW’s food box is important to at least one indigent, sickly and out-of-work man — who

Jonnycake Center buys four homes in Peace Dale 2021-02-26 07:30:00The housing crunch facing southern Rhode Island has prompted a local nonprofit to take action that, it said, will help area families.The Jonnycake Cen

NK Town Council takes up signs, sounds and 2021-02-26 07:00:00The North Kingstown Town Council met Monday night via Zoom and took up several issues, including a series of neighborhood complaints regarding street

NK native calls his work helping NASA land 2021-02-25 08:00:00Sandi Gardner is proud of the U.S. space mission to Mars — as only a mother can be — after seeing her son, Nate, help to make the recent l

South Kingstown parents, educators find new ways to 2021-02-25 07:30:00Celebrating high school seniors has become a cause that parents, teachers and administrators are now championing amid a pandemic that has been stealin

NKHS seniors launch ‘flocking’ fundraiser 2021-02-25 07:00:00Those with keen eyes may have noticed some peculiar groupings popping up in yards around town the past few weeks: pink lawn flamingos, accompanied by

NK Chamber using grants to help small businesses 2021-02-20 08:00:00It’s no secret that the past year has not been a kind one to small businesses, with the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shutdowns, restrictions

NK School Committee approves preliminary 2021-2022 budget 2021-02-20 07:30:00The North Kingstown School Committee unanimously approved Superintendent Phil Auger’s preliminary budget, to be submitted to the Town Council fo

Developer hints Lighthouse Inn plans may change 2021-02-19 08:00:00Plans for the former Lighthouse Inn property in Galilee to become a large parking area with just a few shops could undergo changes, Narragansett&rsquo

Narragansett Town Council approves four changes to alleviate 2021-02-19 07:30:00Complaints about parking on four town streets – Nichols, Conant, Pilgrim and Louise Avenues — led to two hours of testimony from homeowner