The South Kingstown Town Council on Monday unanimously approved to adopt proposed text amendments to the zoning ordinance and map amendments as discussed and revised, to designate certain areas in town for sales, cultivation, or manufacturing of recreational cannabis.

The motion to accept the modifications came after another extensive conversation with officials and the public.

South Kingstown town officials at Monday’s Town Council meeting discussed its energy aggregation plan involving the NextEra Energy Services and consultant, Good Energy.

Town Manager James Manni said he received some concerns last week pertaining to the program. He stressed at the meeting that residents will be able to opt out at any time and are not locked into the service.

Dr. Joseph Brady reached a milestone after recently completing his 1,000th robotic-assisted surgery of his career, according to South County Health officials.

A general surgeon at South County Health since 2017, Brady, achieved this milestone during a routine gall bladder surgery using the assistance of the da Vinci Xi Surgical System, they said.

The school committee on Tuesday voted 4-2 to hold off on accepting its Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget as presented, with members citing that “unknowns” are still in play.

Superintendent Mark Prince indicated prior to the vote that the district could be more comfortable with receiving additional information from the state.

The Town Council on Thursday unanimously approved authorization for the school administration to draft language to move toward a bond referendum that could include a $125 million plan for a new high school.

Officials estimate that the grades 9-12 building would need $49.5 million worth of repairs over the course of the next decade. This is all the while enrollment in the district drops and concerns surrounding affordable housing linger.

Linda Eaton Brown kisses her father’s hat every night, before she goes to bed.

Col. Curtis Abbot Eaton was shot down over northern Vietnam on Aug. 14, 1966. He was 53 years old; out on a mission to destroy an oil tank.

Eaton is one of five missing pilots who will be dedicated on a memorial plaque on March 25 — at a ceremony where South Kingstown will be named a Medal of Honor town.

The South Kingstown Town Council on Monday unanimously approved to extend a public hearing centered around proposed text amendments to a zoning ordinance associated with the sale, cultivation, and manufacturing of recreational cannabis — which would call for the inclusion of overlay districts to reserve certain areas in town for certain business to be practiced.

It’s jazz time at Broad Rock Middle School, with a famed jazz player coming to give some lessons in playing and the history of the music genre.

Emmett Goods, University of Rhode Island director of jazz studies and jazz history professor as well as savvy player of the trombone, plans to visit the school Wednesday, March 8, to talk and jam with sixth graders.

In its joint meeting with the school and building committees last Thursday to discuss a potential $150 million bond referendum surrounding school improvements – including either a projected $125 million high school rebuild or $65 million renovation – the South Kingstown Town Council decided that it is “going to need a little more time” to decide on a vote and move the process forward. 

It was trademark New England weather on Saturday evening, as the 300th Anniversary Committee and town celebrated its Incorporation Day with a massive bonfire that created a sanctuary at the center of Saugatucket Park from a breezeless sub-30 degree night.

Food can always be a good way to bond and that’s the idea at the Kingston Fire Department.

Charles Hall, president of the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company, has cooked up the idea of providing dinner a few times a week for both the new probationary members as well as those already serving this small community of 8,000 and the nearby sprawling University of Rhode Island.

When it’s warm enough, Sen. Victoria Gu (D-Dist. 38, Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown) enjoys being out on the water.

Whether that’s in the form of kayaking, boating, or a day on the beach, it varies.

Since assuming her position in the State Senate’s 38th District in January, working on management of the state’s shoreline has been one of Gu’s main priorities.

For 25 years, archaeologist Jay Waller, Jr. has studied the lifestyle of the Narragansett Tribe before European colonists took over their land during the late 1600s. Last week, as part of the town of South Kingstown’s 300th anniversary celebration, he spoke of the history that laid the foundation for the town as we know it in 2023.

South Kingstown town and school officials meet tonight to once more discuss a potential $150 million bond wrapped in controversy about whether school officials are providing enough financial information to help reduce the bond’s cost to taxpayers.

The meeting between The Town Council, School Committee and the School Building Committee is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the council meeting room in South Kingstown Town Hall, located at 180 High St. It is a continuation of a February 9 meeting at which both panels reached an impasse on having needed financial information to go forward.

To show solidarity for the tens of thousands of lives lost and millions changed by the recent earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria, the University of Rhode Island community lheld a candlelight vigil at the Kingston campus’s Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) last week.

The event saw a turnout of over 100 people.