Last Week In NK: Market Analyst Hired, Developers Balk

Town Council Awards $74,000 Bid For Community Market Analysis

The Town Council approved a bid for $74,000 from 4wardPlanning Monday night to conduct a community market analysis for North Kingstown. The vote was 4-1, with Kevin Maloney voting in dissent. The council approved spending up to $75,000 on a market analysis in June.

It came in the mail last March – a postcard from the Korea Society, inviting Sandra Makielski to apply for a two-week educators trip to South Korea. “I looked at the postcard and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll try,’” said the seventh grade social studies teacher from Davisville Middle School.

A letter from WEDAB chairwoman Ellen Waxman, owner of Five Main in Wickford. Wickford said goodbye to an excellent store and neighbor this week. The Clean Bedroom store has decided to leave town and open up shop elsewhere. They have locations in seven other states and Manager Michael Earnheart explains, "We moved to better serve a new market." Other Wickford business owners who own stores elsewhere will admit their other locations perform better than in Wickford. Why is that?

Monday, Aug. 19, 10:57 a.m. – The maintenance director for the owner of the former Shell station at 7380 Post Road told police someone had thrown rocks threw the glass front doors Sunday night. The owner was contacted at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday by an alarm on the building.

Officials have confirmed that the driver involved in Saturday morning's crash on Main Street in Coventry has died from injuries sustained when the late-model Porsche he was driving struck a utility pole.