Last Week In North Kingstown

NK Woman Arrested For Stealing More Than $200,000 From Father

The State Police arrested Barbara Flaherty, 49, of Sedgefield Road, for stealing more than $200,000 from her father between 2009 and 2011.

East Greenwich Police arrested two teenagers from New York Thursday, July 25, for passing $100 bills at the CVS Pharmacy on South County Trail, in conjunction with Warwick Police. In addition, they are implicated in similar incidents in North Kingstown and Middletown.

One year after the School Committee cut funding for hockey and gymnastics teams at North Kingstown High School, the two teams are holding fundraising events for the coming year, but also hoping that school funding will be at least partially restored.

U.S. Postal Service temporary mail carrier Matteo Morelli pleaded not guilty in Federal Court in Providence Tuesday of delaying or destroying mail.

11:44 a.m. – The commodore of the Saunderstown Yacht Club told police there had been numerous complaints against a man who lives on Ferry Road, that he was smoking on the yacht club's property and walking his unleashed dogs there. The club's board asked police to issue a no-trespass order to the Ferry Road man. Police talked to the man, who said he understood and would comply.

Ellen Waxman is happy. Not only did the town hire someone – Paige Bronk – to focus on economic development, but the town's Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) is vibrant again and it now has a new board focusing exclusively on the Wickford economy.

7:42 p.m. – A North Kingstown woman told police her sister found a shoe with remains of a human foot in it while walking her dog at Rome Point. When police talked to the sister, of Narragansett, she said it was only a dream. She admitted neglecting to tell her sister it had been a dream.