North Kingstown News

The East Providence City Council meets tonight for its second meeting in May with the introduction of an ordinance for a tax increment financing plan for the Kettle Point housing development on the docket.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's board of directors Monday night approved the transfer of about 9-A3 4 acres of land in North Kingstown, equipment, facilities and machinery to Toray Plastics Inc.

The former pizza place next to the old Butcher Block deli is going to be a pizza place once more.

Hope Valley Barracks On Saturday May 4, at 10:34 a.m., Troopers arrested Ashlee C. Andrade, 24, of 21 Hickory Drive, North Kingstown, on an affidavit and arrest warrant for conspiracy for breaking and entering originating out of Warwick Police Department.

Unless otherwise noted, files at Washington County Superior Court contain the information about the following court cases.

Saturday, May 4 From 'Social Butterfly' To Alleged Bomber's Wife Two weeks after Boston bombing susect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed and his brother, Dzhokhar, was found hiding in a dry-docked boat in a backyard in Watertown, Mass., Katherine Russell - Tamerlan's widow - and her young daughter remain at her parents' house on Coriander Lane in North ... (more)

Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the South Kingstown Police Department.

The East Greenwich Planning Board voted to recommend to the Town Council a six-month moratorium on all wind turbines at a meeting Wednesday night during which time a more-permanent ordinance would be written.

Monday, May 6 11:36 a.m. - A person at New England Tech reported a hen in the parking lot.

Missing dirt bike A Ten Rod Road resident told police on Monday, May 6, his motorcycle, a 2006 Honda dirtbike, had been taken from his yard.

A North Kingstown man, 27, was charged Thursday in the vandalism Monday during which Davisville Middle School security cameras caught an image of an intruder carrying bolt cutters and wearing a white face mask, a police news release said Thursday.

North Kingstown police have arrested 27-year-old Joseph Howell after an investigation of Monday night's break-in at Davisville Middle School.

The Powerball jackpot will hit $350 million for Wednesday's drawing. Though not the largest Powerball cash payout, the jackpot is inching closer to the $384 million that was given out in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri.

On Saturday night during a lightning storm and torrential rain, North Kingstown Fire crews responded to a reported boat fire at Wickford Shipyard on Steamboat Avenue.

Toray Plastics America, Inc. celebrated the launch of new coating equipment at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on May 2 on the company's 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, RI, USA.

ENDURING FRIENDSHIP: Saundra DiPetrillo Mahoney and Kathleen Danti have been friends for more than 60 years.

After a preliminary announcement last June , the U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with its plans to sell the East Greenwich Post Office building on Post Road and open a much smaller, retail-only office in town.

Here are the Five Things for Tuesday, May 14, 2013: "It is a miserable irregular life one has to lead and I am more than sick of it, I can assure you." - Robert Borden on Ottawa politics.

A man broke into Davisville Middle School in the early morning hours of Monday, May 13, according to North Kingstown Police.

The Town Council has won the support of the state Supreme Court in its fight with the North Kingstown firefighters union over 24-hour shifts.