Nettik has led the West Kingston Elementary School through a dramatic transition that began in 2005, when the South Road School closed and children living in a low-income housing project were shifted to her building, doubling the proportion of disadvantaged enrollment to 17 percent.
Kenyon's Grist Mill Harvest Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the mill, 21 Glen Rock Rd., West Kingston, 7-KENYON, kenyonsgristmill.com. The event will feature free admission, parking, mill tours and food samples, including kettle corn popcorn and jonnycakes as well as locally roasted coffee, ...
Rear and side views of the Russian-made Ural Tourist. The motorcycle's origin dates to the late 1930s and Joseph Stalin's efforts to modernize the Russian army.
When the Hera Gallery left its customary perch on Main Street in Wakefield last fall for a time, artist and curator Viera Levitt started thinking of ways to bring art back to the heart of South County.
Some of the Lost Boys are actually Lost Girls. To prepare for roles in "Peter Pan" at Theatre By The Sea, three teen actresses had their hair cut and donated it to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, which turns the hair into wigs for cancer patients.
In a state where the official drink is coffee-flavored milk, it should come as no surprise that despite the recession there's a niche in the java-based business world that is perking along nicely.