We've got a number for you: 8,800. No, that's not the amount of wings the Oak Hill Tavern goes through in a month, though we imagine it's pretty close: it's the number of people employed in Quonset Business Park. That's nearly 1,800 more employees than Rhode Island Hospital and a third of the population of NK. According to Quonset Development Corporation's spokesperson David Preston, one in every 50 of those working in Rhode Island works in Quonset Business Park. While the Navy was deactivating the air station in 1974, General Dynamic's Electric Boat became the first non-millitary tenants of …

The Old Narragansett Church has been a historic and majestic staple of Wickford for hundreds of years. Tourists and locals alike have taken the beautiful path down the Greeneway off of Main Street to the 300-year-old white church on Church Lane. But Church Lane wasn't always this church's home. In 1707, the church was built on what was known as the Platform off of Shermantown Road which, during the colonial era, hosted a slew of farms and homes. It originally served the owners, families, servants and slaves of the large and widely scattered plantations of Narragansett Country..At that …

What if we told you that a car could run over your head and you'd survive? No, this isn't some promise of immortality but a peculiar bit of North Kingstown trivia. Twelve feet below Post Road, connecting Quidnessett Baptist Church and its administrative offices, is a 120-foot long tunnel. Stand in it during rush hour and you'll have hundreds of cars passing over your head without any head trauma. Construction on the tunnel began on Nov. 1, 1961. It was initially built to serve as a pedestrian walkway between the church and its school (now administrative offices) across the street and became …