The Chariho Times

Petition drive suspended after private buyer acquires YMCA land

July 19, 2012

A story in this week's Chariho Times detailed a petition drive organized by a group of Charlestown residents to encourage the town to buy a 27.7-acre piece of property on the eastern shores of Watchaug Pond formerly owned by the Ocean Community YMCA. After press time on Wednesday, the petition drive was suspended when the land was sold to a private buyer.

The petitioners aim to appropriate up to $600,000 from the town's undesignated surplus for the purchase.

Man dies after Charlestown train collision

July 5, 2012

CHARLESTOWN - A 25-year-old Providence man has died after being struck by a high-speed train on a trestle bridge carrying amtrak lines over the Pawcatuck River in the northwest section of Charlestown on Sunday.

Richmond, Hopkinton budgets approved for FY2013

June 13, 2012

Both Richmond and Hopkinton voters approved the Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) budgets for their respective towns early this week, Richmond during a financial town meeting on Monday night and Hopkinton during an all-day Tuesday referendum. While the bottom line of the Richmond budget checks in at $22.86 million, that of Hopkinton totals $24.52 million.

New beach pavilions open for summer

May 31, 2012

CHARLESTOWN - Memorial Day Weekend is not only a celebration of brave soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their homeland, it has also become a celebration of the changing of the season and the coming of summer. This is no more evident than along the sandy coast of southern Rhode Island, when the weekend serves as the unofficial first group of beach days of the year.