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Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) Training Starts May 10, 2022 The Town of Charlestown will offer a 20-hour Federal Emergency...
May 2, 2022
Town Council Meeting Review, April 11
Of the many agenda items covered at last night’s Town Council meeting, there was some good news on Charlestown’s cultural and social...
Apr 12, 2022
Charlestown Community Survey Results Are In
The March 21 Special Town Council Meeting hosted Sonia Wytinck, COO of Polco/NRC, to present the Charlestown Community Survey results....
Mar 22, 2022
Hypocrisy is heavy in the CCA’s actions
“I no longer listen to what people say. I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.” — Winston Churchill It’s unfortunate that...
Mar 18, 2022
No Fun For You! Food Trucks/Town Council Meeting Update
Among the agenda items on last night’s Town Council meeting was the hot topic of food trucks in Ninigret Park. At the previous meeting on...
Mar 15, 2022
Suspicions linger about the ‘missing’ $3M
The March 7 edition of The Westerly Sun has a letter from Bonnie Van Slyke (“The truth is still missing in Charlestown”) which, like the...
Mar 14, 2022
Obstruction, Plain and Simple
From the outset of Monday’s (Feb. 28) council meeting, it was obvious the CCA members of the council had one objective, to delay,...
Mar 2, 2022
Chariho annual budget hearing on March 1
The Annual Chariho Regional School District Meeting and Public Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 7:30 PM in the Middle...
Feb 28, 2022
Charlestown's 3 Million Dollar Mistake
Spin spin spin. Ruth Platner and her political action committee, the Charlestown Citizens Alliance, have been hard at work spinning the...
Feb 28, 2022
Time to look under the hood, Charlestown
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing when it is held by a majority of the Charlestown Town Council. This was recently demonstrated...
Feb 28, 2022
We should be able to fully enjoy the shoreline
If the House Special Commission on shoreline rights doesn’t change its wording, Rhode Islanders will soon say goodbye to their rights to...
Feb 20, 2022
Food truck event will be fun for community
This letter is in response to a recent letter written by Charlestown Parks & Recreation Chairman Faith LaBossiere (“A losing venture for...
Feb 20, 2022
Help protect shoreline access and have fun at letter writing party!
On Wednesday, February 23, join the letter writing party at the Bike Stop Cafe, 148 Boon St, in Narragansett. Pizza, Beer, Paper, Pens...
Feb 20, 2022
Charlestown’s $3M financial management failure
When Charlestown’s outside auditors issued the FY 2021 financial statements earlier this month, they revealed an undeniable failure. It...
Feb 9, 2022
Charlestown, we have a (budget) problem
Most of us of a certain age remember the phrase, “Houston, we have a problem,” when our country almost lost Apollo 13 and three...
Jan 23, 2022
CCA abandons agenda and accountability
In the Jan. 5 letter, “Charlestown considers a plan for stability” by Bonnie van Slyke, it becomes apparent that the Charlestown Citizens...
Jan 17, 2022
Jan 22 Conversation with Carney and Klinger
Town Council President Deb Carney and Town Council Member Grace Klinger invite you to meet them at the Cross Mills Public Library...
Jan 7, 2022
Don't Miss the New Year's Eve Bonfire
Arrive early at Ninigret Park, by 4:30 pm is recommended, to attend this year's bonfire tradition, dating back to 2005. It will be lit...
Dec 31, 2021
Annual Charlestown bonfire coming up
It’s the season for sharing our traditions, and one local celebration is coming up. I’ve attended the annual Charlestown New Year’s Eve...
Dec 24, 2021
Digging deeper into Charlestown’s survey
If you have lived in Charlestown for a while, you may remember the cartoon that featured a seagull with string tied around its beak with...
Dec 12, 2021