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Environment
Start the School Year GREEN
It's back to school time and there are many great deals and discounts on the latest electronic gadgets for students everywhere. But consider this time of year the perfect time to check yo...
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Volunteers in the News
Eagle Scout Project Aims to Reduce Dirty Water Polluting the Bay
“Rain garden” is a rather poetic name for something designed to handle a very prosaic problem: stormwater that gushes off roofs, driveways and other impervious surfaces and washes dirt an...
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Government
Three Projects Under Way to Clean Sawmill Pond
Change is bubbling up around Sawmill Pond in Davisville, but not much will be visible until spring of 2012.The Town of North Kingstown has assembled $620,000 and hired environmental scien...
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Business
NK’s Toray Plastics America Turns to Alternative Energy
Sometime next year, 1,650 solar panels arrayed in a North Kingstown field will turn their faces to the sun and begin generating electricity, marking the latest energy-saving initiative by...
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Business
New Quonset Hotel Showcases 'Green' Techniques
Hot springs in North Kingstown? Not really. The new, four-story TownePlace Suites by Marriott Hotel, now taking shape on Gate Road across from The Shops at Quonset Point, will use ge...
