Archive - Aug 2012
COVENTRY â Last year, school was postponed five days due to Tropical Storm Irene, but this year however, the sun was shining as students awaited their buses early yesterday morning.
As students filed into school, some veterans of the process, and others new to the scene, administrators greeted them with smiles.
Aside from some minor glitches with the busing, school went smoothly for the Coventry school district.
Assistant Principal at Coventry High School, Brooke Macomber explained that âthis was the smoothest opening Iâve seen at this school in years.â
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
August 30th
By PAUL J. SPETRINI
pspetrini@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWNâThe morning after one of the most hostile school committee meetings in recent memory, North Kingstown School Supt. Dr. Philip Auger took a moment Wednesday morning to reflect on the preceding two days in his district.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
CHARLESTOWN - A 5-member selection committee appointed South Kingstown Police Capt. Jeffrey Allen as the new Chief of Police in Charlestown on Monday night. Allen will replace 30-year veteran of the Charlestown Police Dept. Jack Shippee, who stepped down in June.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
The University of Rhode Island football team earned a win Tuesday morning even though the season doesnât start for another week.
Just 21 months after URI director of athletics Thorr Bjorn announced the Rams would be leaving the ultra-competitive Colonial Athletic Association to join the Northeast Conference in 2013, Bjorn told the team Tuesday morning he was reversing course and the Rams will continue competing in the CAA.
August 29th
It's been an eventful week in North Kingstown.
As the NK School Department and ESP union tussle over contract negotiations--including a brief work stoppage that delayed the scheduled start of school--tensions between the two sides reached a fever pitch this week, leading many to wonder if the relationship will ever be repaired.
In this week's Standard-Times, we bring you the latest news on the topic. In addition, we've got you covered with an exclusive look at the town of Exeter's worry relating to the proposed development near the Rt. 2 and 102 intersection.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
Turning around the North Kingstown football program isnât going to be
something that can be done overnight.
Joe Gilmartin has never said it was and never made a promise to anyone that this season, his first as head coach of the Skippers, will be easy.
But it is a chance to be a part of something he hopes will be great down the line.
âIt takes a long time to develop a new culture,â Gilmartin says. â... Thereâs a lot of things going on and you have to be able to get people to buy into those things.â
August 28th
I would like to comment on several things that occurred at the North Kingstown School Committee meeting last week.
First is the incessant and repetitious questioning by committee members Bill Mudge and Melvoid Benson about the âCitizenâs Commentsâ section of the agenda. At practically every school meeting I attend, Mr. Mudge and Mrs. Benson challenge Chairperson Kim Page and legal counsel Mary Ann Carroll about the law and policy governing citizen comments.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
COVENTRY â Two students from USA Karate were able to use what they learned during their training to remain calm and collected as each of them saved a life just days apart.
Sean Lambert, 10, is in his second year of training at the karate school in Coventry and currently holds the rank of purple belt.
He never thought what he learned during those two years would help save his fatherâs life.
On the way home from a family vacation in Pennsylvania, Sean said the gas tank on the vehicle began falling out.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
Breaking News: NK Superintendent Dr. Philip Auger has postponed the start of school in the district after talks with the ESP union failed late Monday night. Representatives from the union formed a picket line Tuesday morning in front of the high school and school administration building and say they'll be on hand at tonight's school committee meeting to express their grievances publicly. Stay tuned to the Standard-Times as this story develops.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
August 27th
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - A new $42 million residence hall will not be ready for students to move in next month at the University of Rhode Island.
Construction is not yet complete on Hillside Hall, the university’s newest dormitory. The 120,000 square foot, five story structure was scheduled to house 429 students beginning this fall, who have now been advised to find other living arrangements until the dorm opens in October.
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Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
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