Do You Agree With Route 2/102 Rezoning?

Two major areas of the Route 2/102 intersection were rezoned last week to a compact village development.

Rolling Greens Golf Course, the Corner Tavern and the former Bald Hill Garden Center properties were rezoned as a compact village development following a unanimous vote from the North Kingstown Town Council. The changes come following a rehashing of the CVD zone and the conclusion of a stakeholder group tasked with creating a vision for the intersection after a sizable public outcry from residents concerning a proposed village center at Rolling Greens. Though Mark Hawkins, developer of Rolling Greens, had applied to rezone his land as CVD, the owners of Bald Hill Garden Center and Corner Tavern did not seek out the changes, according to Council Member Michael Bestwick who told the audience he spoke with the owners about the changes.   Do …

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ru4real

8:03 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

@ OrangesPoranges The tax rate in EG is 17.49/thousand. In Nk it is 17.26/thousand. 2011/2012 data. I doubt that .23 cents makes a difference. NK has a lot of negs Which EG does not. We have received mutiple black eyes over the years with the SC and TC bs and bad press. NK has an anti-business reputation and little has been done to curb that opinion. The latest stick it to you antics by the TC …   more ›

Five Things To Know Today

5 Things: Harvest Fest, Route 2/102 & Adding Events

Five things to Oct. 10.

1.  Due to unforeseen circumstances, Twenty40's Harvest Fest – is being pushed back to Thursday, Oct. 18. Sorry for the inconvenience, but now you have an extra 8 days to practice your goofy faces for the photo booth!  2.  Two of the artists featured in West Bay Open Studios Tour will demonstrate their art – including bowls, pitchers, and gorgeous textiles – at the North Kingstown Free Library for the month of October. Learn more here. Stop by the exhibit tonight at 6:30 p.m. 3.  The Route 2/102 visioning group is holding a"neighborhood focus group" tonight at the Masonic Lodge on Ten Rod Road. This will be an informal discussion for residents who live nearby to share their thoughts, concerns and hopes for the future of the area. Starts at…

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What Goes Around, Comes Around

DOT officials are proposing a roundabout at Route 2 and 102.

Everything’s cyclical – even roadway designs. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is proposing building a roundabout at the Route 2 and 102 intersection, west of Route 4, and including the driveway to Oatley's Restaurant. If this plan sounds familiar, it should: North Kingstown was home to two roundabouts on Ten Road Road (Route 102) in 1980s. According to Town Councilor Chuck Brennan (a former North Kingstown police officer), the roundabouts were taken out about 25 years ago once Route 4 was built.  More than two decades later, the DOT is proposing a roundabout once again in an effort to curb car accidents at the intersection. According to a report presented to the North Kingstown Town Council on Monday night, there have been 46…

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New Master Plan Submitted for Rolling Greens

Rolling Greens comes back on the planning commission table next month.

  The North Kingstown Planning Commission is getting a look at a new master plan for a proposed village center development at Rolling Greens Golf Course next month. The mixed-use housing and commercial project, called The Preserve at Rolling Greens and located at the intersection of Route 2 and 102, shows 50,000 sq. ft. of commercial development and 106 housing units  - more than the respective 35,000 sq. ft. of commercial and 92 residential units proposed in the last variation of the project’s master plan. (View the full master plan here.) Additionally, the plan features a new clubhouse for the golf course, a new Oatley’s Restaurant (which was built in 1965), tennis courts and a gazebo. A three-acre area of land on the western edge of the…

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Politics Sheriff of NK

10:55 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I was warning about Hueston, Dolan, NKGOP years ago. Did anyone listen? A few did. But not enough to organize into a group that could have taken back the council. And we are paying the price with every move they make. Would have taken like about 20 or 30 people (out of 27000). Thats it. Sad, really, that these blow-ins trash our town and get away with it. Lay waste to scenic rural lands and …   more ›

Letter: Exeter, NK & Route 2/102

A group tasked with creating a vision for the contentious intersection of Route 2 and 102 has neighboring town Exeter displeased.

In last week’s Standard Times, there was a front page article in which a member of the Exeter community expressed his dissatisfaction with the visioning process being undertaken in North Kingstown at the 102/2 intersection. I believe it is important for everyone to understand what has taken place over the past few years with Schartner property at that corner and the collaboration that has occurred between the two communities. To state that North Kingstown is not committed to preserving is intersection or providing a sensible plan for development is a misrepresentation of the facts. Exeter should take comfort in the knowledge that North Kingstown has taken the initiative in developing and implementing a well thought out plan for this area. …

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NKGOP Watch

11:38 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012

By the way please dont take my coment to detract from Mike Embury. The town manager "serves at the pleasure of the town council". He is a professional who knows how to implement their imperatives. Any beef with public policy in NK is between the voters and that rancid pro-conflict ratpack called the town council (except Charles Brennan (D) who is quite good).   more ›