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The University of Rhode Island Police Department will hold its 5th annual Citizens Police Academy, beginning Oct. 20. The nine-week class runs through the spring semester and will enable participants to get a feel for various aspects of police work. The academy is part of the URI Police Department’s community policing efforts and aims to increase communication between the police department and the community through education. ...

A company that wants to redevelop an old mill in downtown Davidson has reached a tentative agreement with North Carolina environmental officials on how to permanently cover asbestos buried on the site.

1 of 3  — Architects' drawings show the concept for a proposed redevelopment of the Linden Cotton Mill in Davidson. (Lat Purser & Associates) 2 of 3  — Architects' drawings show the concept for a proposed redevelopment of the Linden Cotton Mill in Davidson. (Lat Purser & Associates) 3 of 3  — Architects' drawings show the concept for a proposed redevelopment of the Linden Cotton Mill in Davidson. (Lat Purser & Associates) A Charlotte company wants to redevelop the 130-year-old Linden Cotton Mill in downtown Da...

dphillips@post-journal.com A use variance request has been approved to change the former Grace Chapel church into a dance studio. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips The former Grace Chapel in the city of Jamestown is one step closer to becoming a dance studio The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals last week approved a use variance for Jaclyn Ferraro and Vicky Haskell, who want to transform the former church, located at 379 Buffalo St., into Dancing With Victoria dance studio. Earlier this month, the board tabled the use variance petition because of some questions on whether the change from a church...

Community Conversation: Join us 7 p.m. tonight for a discussion about what's happening with the town's asbestos removal and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill. The event is free, but In this hourlong special, we'll hear stories about asbestos at an old, brick textile mill in Davidson, North Carolina, and how redevelopment might solve the problem. We'll learn how asbestos got into both the historically Black neighborhood nearby and elsewhere in town — and how it's being cleaned up. And we'll talk to residents worried about how fixing one problem might contribute to ano...