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Samantha Turner

About Samantha

A lifelong Rhode Islander, Samantha has called North Kingstown home since she was three years old. Her reporting career began when she was a sophomore at North Kingstown High School, writing for the school's newspaper, The Current Wave. She eventually served as the paper's editor-in-chief and was awarded the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Award in 2006.

Further proving her inability to leave Washington County, Samantha attended the University of Rhode Island where she graduated summa cum laude in 2010 with degrees in journalism and political science. During her time at URI, Samantha gathered a bevy of professional experience ranging from internships with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Governor's Commission on Disabilities, WRNI, and Rhode Island Monthly as well as serving as a reporter and ads manager for the university's newspaper, The Good 5 Cent Cigar.


Your Beliefs

I joined Patch because I believe in providing accurate news, both comprehensively and proportionately. Though it may seem hard to believe, journalists are human and we do come with our own beliefs. Despite my beliefs, I always adhere to this quote from Voltaire even in the most extreme situations: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."


Politics
Although I'm a registered Democrat, don't peg me as a diehard liberal. I've voted for candidates with R's, D's and I's next to their names because I don't vote for a party: I vote for people.

 

Religion

I consider myself rather non-religious. I tried church once, but was told I asked too many questions. (A sign that I may make a good journalist one day, I suppose.) But, if there is a heaven, I hope there's plenty of coffee.

 

Contact Samantha at samantha.turner@patch.com.

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Leave a note for your neighbor

Andrew

11:30 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

One of the town's best kept secrets... there's a computer repair store that's been open since 2009, right across from wickford mini mart on 1A, in the plaza with Kingston pizza. It's called Wickford Computer

Steve Bousquet

9:35 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012

North Kingstown is in my blood, too. I was the news director at WKFD radio in Wickford (1972-75) where we covered the town like a blanket, though it was a little 500-watt daytime station. I now am Tallahassee bureau chief for the Tampa Bay (formerly St. Petersburg) Times.

Paul Marshall

8:13 am on Thursday, February 16, 2012

Presidents' Day reminds me..... A local man became so important to the foundation of our country that if George Washington had been killed during the Revolutionary War, HE most likely, would have been our first president.
He was Washington's best friend and closest confidant. The Mel Gibson Movie "The Patriot" was largely modelled after his bravery. He sacraficed EVERYTHING to the war for independence, turning his home in Coventry into a hospital, donating his personal wealth to those who he promised repayment for their gifts to the Army, and never left our struggle to return home-- even for a day until after the battle of Yorktown (which was organized in Newport).
Wow, how things were changed by the committment and integrity of a great patriot and local Rhode Islander!!
If anyone deserves special recognition locally and nationally, it's MAJOR GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE.

seed and soil

7:26 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hello NK Patch! I wanted to mention that doing my daily drive through Wickford today, I noticed lights on in a new shop. I thought it was a new antiques or consignmnet shop.....so pulled over to take a peek in. Once thorugh the doors I was greeted by the owner of WIckford's newest business. It is NOT a shop...but a Tea Room decorated with antiques (which to be totally accurate...some are for sale!) The owner was a complete pleasure...and the shop is straight out of the scene shop from The Gilmore Girls!!!....absolutley charming. I'll be dropping in with my gal pals on a regular basis!! The Patch should go and check it out and do a wrote up. The owner mentioned all of the great event ideas she has...and told me about all of the space use options...for events/parties/game night/book clubs, etc. To add even more ....she grows all of her own tea herds organically on her farm off of Mail Rd in Exeter!!!..another fab addition to our village!!!

Govstench

6:48 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Samantha, you need to run an article on the Davisville School situation. If the distict decides to sit on that property, like they did with Wickford Elementary for five years, that is a total waste of taxpayer money. Pressure needs to be applied to this Supertendent and the SC needs to turn this over to the town for disposal. $50K to $75K to keep a closed building going is nuts, regardless of who is renting the building out.....those rents will never cover costs.

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