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Secluded Tudor-Inspired Treasure Hits Market in North Kingstown for $3,500,000
2180 Tower Hill Road | North Kingstown, RI | 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 5,652 sq ft | offered by Lila Delman Compass for $3,500,000. Step into the realm of enchantment with this Tudor-inspired sanctuary, tucked away in a secluded enclave where time stands still. Behold 12 opulent rooms, including 6 dreamy bedrooms and 3.5 baths, inviting you to immerse yourself in a world where elegance and grandeur reign supreme.
CT woman arrested on DUI charge after rolling car over into wooded area
A woman was arrested on a DUI charge over the weekend when she rolled her car over off the road and into a wooded area in Ledyard. Officers responded to the 200 block of Iron Street just after 12:20 a.m. on Saturday on the report of a rollover crash and found the driver of the vehicle sitting on top of her car, which was on its side in a wooded area off the eastbound side of the road, ...
Verizon unveils first fully EV garage in Rhode Island
(WJAR) — Verizon is unveiling its newest fleet of vehicles and trucks that are completely electric. It's the first of its kind for the company and it's right here in the Ocean State. As Rhode Island works to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, companies like...
'Lunch shaming' was a scandal in RI. These schools still have the policies.
Five years ago, "lunch shaming" in Rhode Island became the shame of the state as it made national news for handing sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches to students without money for a hot meal. But similarly punitive policies still exist in several districts. Yet whether anyone enforces them, or just...
End of a rivalry: Narragansett and Murdock Thanksgiving high school football rivalry ends
Superintendent Christopher Casavant of the Narragansett Regional School District announced via a press release that the football team will not play Murdock in the annual Thanksgiving football game. Instead, the Warriors will play North Middlesex and host the first meeting on Thanksgiving. Narragansett Regional defeated Murdock, 40-8, in last year's...
DCYF was warned about leaving kids in psychiatric hospitals for months. Here's a look back.
Years before the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights found that the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families was violating the civil rights of children with mental-health or developmental disabilities by leaving them in psychiatric hospitals for months rather than getting them out-patient or residential care, officials were warned that this very practice could lead to the state getting into legal hot water. Warning...
Letter: Demanding Transparency – Newport’s City Manager Appointment Under Scrutiny
I’m writing in response to the recent decision made by our city council during the emergency meeting to appoint a new city manager. Firstly, I question the urgency of the situation that warranted such swift action. The fact that the new appointee is expected to start mid-July seems to suggest a rushed process.
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