The Pendulum

Watson enters rehab after arrest

January 25, 2012

For the second time in less than a year, State Rep. Robert A. Watson is facing a charge of marijuana possession after a car stop.

Watson, deposed by the House Republican caucus as majority leader after last April’s arrest in East Haven, Conn., was arrested close to midnight Saturday in South Kingstown in the parking lot of Washington County Veterinary Hospital, 4263 Tower Hill Road, after a driver plowing snow in the lot reported Watson’s car – with the front driver’s side tire missing – almost hit him, according to South Kingstown police.

Refurbishment of Odeum taking shape

January 25, 2012

EAST GREENWICH — At first glance, the goal for a March 31 reopening of the Greenwich Odeum seems just a dream.

No lights in the theater. No seats. A chaotic mess on stage. And on a subfreezing January morning outside, it’s not much warmer inside.

But if you look closely, you can see a few signs that argue otherwise.

RIMI to return to full operation after accident

January 25, 2012

The East Greenwich/Warwick office of Rhode Island Medical Imaging is expected to be back in full operation by today after a car crashed into the facility last Thursday morning.

The driver, Denny Witkowski of 42 Lyman Ave,, Warwick, was not injured in the accident, in which his car crashed through the wall of the facility.

Witkowski told police he was pulling into a parking space in front of the building when he mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal, sending the car crashing into the X-ray room. He was not charged by police.

Costa Rica to be a delight at CMS

January 25, 2012

The videos are being shot and the recipes are being prepared.

And if the evening of Feb. 13 proves frigid, the Spanish students of Katie Hook at Cole Middle School won't care, for they are putting together an evening all about a much warmer place.

Costa Rica.

For more on the story, check out the Jan. 26 edition of the East Greenwich Pendulum.