Rep. Dickinson Attacks Speaker Fox, Cronyism
Unless you live in the area, you’re probably not paying much attention to the primary race between incumbent Representative Spencer Dickinson and South Kingstown Councilwoman Kathleen Fogarty in District 35. I wasn’t, until I was randomly perusing Anchor Rising, and saw this series on Mr. Dickinson’s five-page mailer to constituents outlining the issues he sees [...]
Matunuck Plan Could Spell End for the Ocean Mist
MATUNUCK — This coastal community in the far reaches of South Kingstown harbors all the working ingredients of a self-sustaining village. The corner store, surf shop, pizza parlor and hometown pubs play host to local residents, tourists and daily beach-goers every year. In the heart of Matunuck village stands the Ocean Mist, sitting high on [...]
CRMC Votes For South Kingstown Sea Wall
In a 9-0 vote, with one abstention the Coastal Resource Management Council in reconsidering the application of the Town of South Kingstown voted to approve the construction of a 202 ft sheet pile wall armament as a measure of protection for the sole access road into the seaside community of Matunuck. Executive Director, Grover Fugate [...]
Imminent Peril Reconsideration for Matunuck Beach Road
The Town of South Kingstown will once again appear before the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to plead its case in support of emergency construction of a 202 ft sheet pile wall/riprap armament structure along a crucial stretch of Matunuck Beach Road. The issue before the council: “imminent peril” for Matunuck residents should the road [...]
East Matunuck Goes Green, Beach Gets a Wind Turbine
Among dark and cloudy skies, the East Matunuck State Beach pavillion construction project saw the rise of its newest addition Thursday, a 120 ft., 10-kilowatt wind turbine. One of DEM’s renewable energy projects, the wind turbine, along with solar panels installed on the facility’s roof will generate 21,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, saving [...]
South County Chamber Gets the Nod – Budget Passes
The South Kingstown Town Council, in a session often resembling a scene from a junior high lunch table, passed the Town budget for fiscal year 2012 – 2013 in total. In a 4-0 vote, with one recusal, the budget was adopted – inclusive of a contentious $7000 line item allowance to the South County Chamber [...]
CRMC Issues Eleventh Hour Decision
The Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC), after another evening filled with heated testimony, issued its decision on a request by the Town of South Kingstown to reclassify a portion of shoreline along Matunuck Beach Road. CRMC would not be forced to make a potentially precedential decision based on an eleventh hour situation being put before [...]
RI Progress Report: Central Falls disagrees, lottery logic, Chamber of Charity in SK, Mitt Romney and Goldman Sachs
Seems the state and Central Falls are in disagreement once again. While Rosemary Booth Gallogly issued a three-pager exonerating CF receiver chief of staff Gail Corrigan of any wrongdoing when she let her mom volunteer in the city’s finance department and hired her lawyer’s daughter, the Central Falls City Council plans on doing its own [...]
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