North Kingstown bans pet store sales of dogs, cats and rabbits starting Jan. 1
The council voted 5-0 with no grandfather clause. The owner of Fish Bowl on Post Road says the rule cuts about half his store’s income.
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Bitumar’s October deadline has passed. Quonset neighbors are watching for the smell
Neighbors have sued Bitumar over asphalt odors from its Quonset terminal, DEM has fined the company, and North Kingstown says it will act if complaints continue into November.
Rhode Island’s $600 million in bond questions, and the pieces that land in South County
Voters will decide five state bond questions on Nov. 3. Here is what each would fund, what the borrowing costs, and which parts reach Kingston, Quonset and the coast.
Quonset Business Park by the numbers: 15,000 jobs, a new pier and almost no land left
North Kingstown’s Quonset Business Park now counts 267 companies and 15,309 jobs, with seaglider, underwater-vehicle and food-aid factories rising. Its managers say more than 95% of the land is already spoken for.
Richard Smith and the trading post that became Smith’s Castle
Richard Smith set up a trading post at Cocumscussoc in the 1630s. The house that replaced it after King Philip’s War still stands in North Kingstown.
Gilbert Stuart, the Saunderstown painter behind the dollar bill portrait
Gilbert Stuart was born in 1755 above his father’s snuff mill in Saunderstown. His unfinished portrait of George Washington is on the $1 bill.
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 there.
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.