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Kent County Times
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West Warwick police line goes automated |
West Warwick Police line goes automated
HANNAH PIECUCH
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WEST WARWICK—Starting next week, calls to the main West Warwick Police Station phone line will be greeted by an automated operator, says Chief. Col. Paul Villa.
A lot of departments are doing this now in the state, Villa said, and it’s a good way of cutting down routine phone traffic. Callers to the main number, 821-4323, will now have a variety of automated options instead of going directly to the dispatch.
“9-11 is still 9-11,” Villa said, “And if there is an emergency call [to the main line] you’re prompted right away to press 0 and you go right to dispatch.”
Without the automated system, dispatch spends a lot of time fielding calls that don’t relate to them in any way, Villa said. |
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| The Narragansett Times
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Beach erosion: no permanent solution |
Council, experts discuss the future of town beach
By HANNAH CONNORTON
The town council held a special meeting Monday night to discuss the erosion of town beach and what steps should be taken to prevent further erosion.
“I see this beach getting more narrow, and more narrow … I don’t want to think about what’s to come next spring,” Council member Chris Wilkens said.
Dr. Jon Boothroyd, state geologist and a former professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI), and Dr. John King, a professor of oceanography at URI, served as a panel of experts explaining to the council and audience the source of beach erosion. Using photographs of the town beach following the Hurricane of 1938 and the April storm of 2007, Boothroyd and King illustrated how storm surges, along with sea level rise, drastically change the size and profile of the sand on the beach. |
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The Standard-Times
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Senior projects: Works in progress |
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EWG Steering Committee implements changes to project requirements By LINDSAY OLIVIER
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Successful completion of the senior project is a major graduation requirement for Rhode Island high school students. Implemented in 2004, the project includes a paper, portfolio and presentation, and various Exeter-West Greenwich school committee members have described it as a challenging, student-driven, teacher-guided culminating program.
A few years ago the Exeter-West Greenwich school district created a Senior Project Steering Committee comprised of teachers, parents, administration and students. The committee’s purpose was to reconstruct and modify the requirements of the senior project while ensuring the requirements still met Rhode Island Department of Education standards.
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| The Pendulum
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Photo: George Simms On July 14 magician Peter Boie of Burlington, Mass. put on a very entertaining magic show for very attentive children and their parents at Easr Greenwich Free Library. |
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The Chariho Times
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Balloonists take to the sky |
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Photo: Brett Warnke
This past weekend marked the South County 23rd Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Kingston, at the athletic fields at the University of Rhode Island. Around 15 balloonists gave tethered rides, flying around 150 feet off the ground. The event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wakefield, with all proceeds going to local scholarships and charities. |
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| The Coventry Courier
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Photo: Angelena Chapman
Lake Tiogue was the place to be for the fair and for the fowl earlier this week. Above, Kylie Reardon, Hannah Richards and Shawn Richards enjoy the weather and spend time fishing on the lake. |
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