North Kingstown News

Wickford is about to get decked out in the red, white and blue as the annual North Kingstown Memorial Day Parade approaches.

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The weather is not looking great this weekend, with the National Weather Service calling for rain today, Saturday and Sunday with temperatures only in the low 60s.

The story of what happened to a 16-year-old student at North Kingstown High School on Friday, May 10 , after school is chilling, as the boy's mother recounted it.

The panel runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the media center. RSVP to Mrs. Budlong at 401-268-6240. 2. North Kingstown residents may recognize the Updike name, but do you know the story? The North Kingstown Free Library is hosting a program tonight, called "Daniel Updike: A Forgotten Rhode Island Advocate." The program starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Attorney General's office said Monday the North Kingstown School Committee did nothing wrong with regard to open meetings laws, following a complaint filed by School Committee member Bill Mudge last September.

Police confirmed Tuesday that the man accused in the break in at Davisville Middle School gained entry through a door with a faulty lock.

Robert Joseph Barcellos, 33, of 51 Harrison Street in North Kingstown, was arrested May 17 at 9:52 p.m. on charges of domestic assault and domestic violence.

Test scores are up. So are graduation rates. But the gap between white students and those who are minorities, have disabilities, or are not native English speakers has either stagnated or worsened in the four years that Deborah Gist has been at the helm of the Rhode Island Education Department.

Developer Stanley Weiss has a $1.1-million option to purchase the vacant Wickford Elementary School from the town.

Rhode Island's minimum wage would go up 25 cents to $8 per hour next year under legislation approved Wednesday by the state Senate.

On the agenda, the commission will discuss a transit-oriented study of the Wickford Junction train station.

The East Providence City Council meets tonight for its second meeting in May with the introduction of an ordinance for a tax increment financing plan for the Kettle Point housing development on the docket.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's board of directors Monday night approved the transfer of about 9-A3 4 acres of land in North Kingstown, equipment, facilities and machinery to Toray Plastics Inc.

The former pizza place next to the old Butcher Block deli is going to be a pizza place once more.

Hope Valley Barracks On Saturday May 4, at 10:34 a.m., Troopers arrested Ashlee C. Andrade, 24, of 21 Hickory Drive, North Kingstown, on an affidavit and arrest warrant for conspiracy for breaking and entering originating out of Warwick Police Department.

Unless otherwise noted, files at Washington County Superior Court contain the information about the following court cases.

Saturday, May 4 From 'Social Butterfly' To Alleged Bomber's Wife Two weeks after Boston bombing susect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed and his brother, Dzhokhar, was found hiding in a dry-docked boat in a backyard in Watertown, Mass., Katherine Russell - Tamerlan's widow - and her young daughter remain at her parents' house on Coriander Lane in North ... (more)

Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department.

The East Greenwich Planning Board voted to recommend to the Town Council a six-month moratorium on all wind turbines at a meeting Wednesday night during which time a more-permanent ordinance would be written.