Ocean State Job Lot, the closeout chain that grew from North Kingstown
Ocean State Job Lot opened its first store in North Kingstown in 1977. The family-owned closeout chain is still based…
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Business
South County business: the Port of Galilee and the fishing fleet, tourism, Main Street shops and entrepreneurs.
The Block Island Wind Farm and what it changed for the island
Five turbines off Block Island started spinning in December 2016, making it the first offshore wind farm in the United…
Wickford Village: small shops in a colonial harbor town
Wickford, in North Kingstown, mixes 18th-century houses with independent shops and a busy harbor. Its art festival dates to 1962.
Theatre-by-the-Sea, the Matunuck barn that has staged summer shows since 1933
Theatre-by-the-Sea opened in a converted barn in Matunuck in 1933. Its summer musicals draw audiences from across the region.
Kenyon’s Grist Mill and the johnnycake meal it still grinds
In the village of Usquepaugh, Kenyon's Grist Mill grinds Rhode Island white cap flint corn into johnnycake meal on granite…
The Flying Horse Carousel in Watch Hill
Watch Hill's Flying Horse Carousel dates to the late 1800s. Its horses hang from chains and swing out as it…
Westerly granite, the stone that built Civil War monuments
Westerly's fine-grained granite was prized for statues and monuments in the 1800s. The quarries employed hundreds of stonecutters.