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North Kingstown, RI News Archives for June 2008

Jun 30, 2008 | Providence Journal

Audience will be key to enforcing Truth in Music

The Truth in Music Advertising Act, a bill that seeks to ensure that musical groups using a famous name are connected to the people who contributed to that legend, passed the General Assembly last week as part ...

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Related Topix: Smithfield, RI, Woonsocket, RI, Lincoln, RI, Music, Entertainment

Sat Jun 28, 2008

USA Today

Tobacco ban wafts into Amsterdam pot shops

Jon Foster, owner of the Grey Area coffee shop in Amsterdam and a Rhode Island native, helps customers on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Travel, Netherlands Travel, Amsterdam, Netherlands Travel

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Turnto10.com

RI soldiers returning home after Iraq tour

A company in the Army National Guard is returning home to Rhode Island after a tour spent training police in Iraq.

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

Providence Journal

Senate passes bill to limit eminent domain

State lawmakers have approved legislation to define, limit and restrict the use of eminent domain powers - by state agencies or municipal governments - for purely economic development purposes.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

Providence Journal

Two fined for underage drinking

Two people charged with underage possession of alcohol at a party on Aquidneck Court pleaded no contest Friday in District Court, Newport, while a third pleaded not guilty.

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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Providence, RI

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Turnto10.com

Superintendent quits over budget woes

NBC 10 News and turnto10.com have learned North Kingstown school superintendent Dr.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Turnto10.com

State reopens 2 beaches to swimmers

State officials have reopened two beaches that were shut down to swimmers earlier this week because of high bacteria counts in the water.

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Related Topix: Middletown, RI, Barrington, RI, Providence Metro, Warwick, RI

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Providence Journal

South County: Delay in posting mail count keeps races in doubt

The state Board of Elections said yesterday afternoon the mail ballots for local races had been counted, and that it intended to transmit the figures electronically to the various town halls.

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Related Topix: Westerly, RI, Hopkinton, RI, US Politics, US News

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Providence Journal

Correction

Early, unofficial Providence Journal tallies, which were reported in yesterday's paper, listed Zaccaria as the apparent winner.

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Related Topix: Providence, RI, Providence Metro, US Politics, US News

Sat Jun 14, 2008

WLNE

A Tearful Homecoming in North Kingstown for Returning National Guard Members

Twenty-five members of the Rhode Island Air National Guard are now home, safe with their families.

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Thu Jun 12, 2008

Providence Journal

R.I. Democrats endorse Obama

Rhode Island Democrats have long been known for contentious primaries and in-your-face fractiousness, but 2008 is shaping up as a year of unity as Democratic leaders and elected officials have move quickly to ...

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, John McCain, Lincoln, RI

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Providence Journal

Budget cuts threaten to quiet salutes at funerals

When the gunshots ring out in salute and a bugler plays Taps near the new grave of the veteran, "then the family knows their loved ones are at rest," says World War II veteran S. Michael Minutelli.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Veteran Affairs, Cranston, RI, Rhode Island

Sun Jun 08, 2008

SouthCoastToday

Funding cut forces R.I. Guard to scale back funeral salutes

The sound of a gun salute at funerals for Rhode Island veterans could soon be heard less frequently, due to a federal funding cut.

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Sat Jun 07, 2008

Army Times

R.I. Guard lacks funds for funeral salutes

The sound of a gun salute at funerals for Rhode Island veterans could soon be heard less frequently, due to a federal funding cut.

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Fri Jun 06, 2008

North East Independent

NK solicitor dismisses Roth claim

Charges will not be filed against School Committee Vice Chairman Larry Ceresi based on a report filed last week by fellow committee member Doug Roth in which he alleged Ceresi threatened him.

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

The Providence Journal

Where residences run in the family

Plum Beach in North Kingstown is a rural waterfront neighborhood, with houses dotting hilly, winding roads between Route 1A and Narragansett Bay.

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Related Topix: Jamestown, RI, Saunderstown, RI

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Turnto10.com

Troops return home from overseas

Eight members of the Rhode Island National Guard returned to Quonset Point Monday from overseas.

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Sun Jun 01, 2008

Providence Journal

Bear's spring tour continues, live in N. Kingstown

More bear reports, but this time from North Kingstown. It seems the black bear that found itself wandering the streets of a Narragansett neighborhood this week decided to head north and west - if it's the same ...

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