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Charlestown Residents United (CRU) is pleased to announce the candidates we are supporting for Charlestown town offices in the November...

Fiscal Matters: Because of the reduction in the Chariho School budget (resulting from the May 10 school budget referendum), the Town...

Recently, Councilor Grace Klinger and I have been asked why we voted against conducting an appraisal of the property located on Carolina...

Tonight, there will be a special meeting of the Charlestown Town Council to discuss the disbursement of the Federal American Rescue Plan...

Potential Open Space Purchase The Council discussed the $2 million bond that was approved in a 2015 referendum, and whether to spend some...

Of the many agenda items covered at last night’s Town Council meeting, there was some good news on Charlestown’s cultural and social...

“I no longer listen to what people say. I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.” — Winston Churchill It’s unfortunate that...

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...

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...

Spin spin spin. Ruth Platner and her political action committee, the Charlestown Citizens Alliance, have been hard at work spinning the...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing when it is held by a majority of the Charlestown Town Council. This was recently demonstrated...

This letter is in response to a recent letter written by Charlestown Parks & Recreation Chairman Faith LaBossiere (“A losing venture for...

When Charlestown’s outside auditors issued the FY 2021 financial statements earlier this month, they revealed an undeniable failure. It...

Most of us of a certain age remember the phrase, “Houston, we have a problem,” when our country almost lost Apollo 13 and three...

In the Jan. 5 letter, “Charlestown considers a plan for stability” by Bonnie van Slyke, it becomes apparent that the Charlestown Citizens...

Town Council President Deb Carney and Town Council Member Grace Klinger invite you to meet them at the Cross Mills Public Library...

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...

Railway Comments by Deborah Carney during the November 8, 2021 Town Council Meeting During the August 10, 2021 Town Council meeting, the...

In a recent letter to the editor (“Charlestown one of R.I.’s fastest- growing towns,” Nov. 1), Planning Commission member Ruth Platner...

Sometimes in political dialogue the acronym OMA is used without being fully understood. The Open Meetings Act (OMA) was enacted by the...