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Community forum mostly draws supporters, few dissenting voices SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The School Building Committee held a community forum on Wednesday night to present its proposed facilities plan and take comments one final time before the special election.  On Tuesday, South Kingstown residents will finally answer the $85 million question of whether to stay at Columbia Street or relocate the high school to Curtis Corner. And while many community members have already cast their vote via mail or emergency ballot, it’s still anyone’s guess as to which way the vote will go when th...

Supplied by WSA Presented annually, World Sweeping Association typically bestows the Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping at NPE. However, the show was a virtual event and as a result the 2021 award was presented via Zoom, but did not take away from the rich history of the award. "The World Sweeping Association Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping continues a tradition I began in 1995," says Ranger Kidwell-Ross, founder and editor of American Sweeper magazine. "This was spurred because I had won a national APEX award for Publication Excellence for my magazine. This motivated me to start a ...

An innovative way to reduce pandemic-generated waste by recycling single-use face masks into pavement. February 4, 2021 Adobe Photoshop | Mila.LifeReporters Photo supplied by Science of The Total EnvironmentThe coronavirus pandemic has caused many disruptions from business and economic impacts to the increased use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and their haphazard disposal that has created an environmental burden. Disposable masks and gloves have become a more common sight left on city streets and retail parking lots and as Jim Blackerby of Louisville Pavement Sweep calls it, "the new...