GoLocalProv | RI's Ultra-Private Island Owned by Raimondo's Former Business Partner
Fox Island PHOTO: RIGIS Sometime around 1659, it is reported that Pequots sold the small island Nonequasset off Bissell Cove in North Kingstown to Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden. Gorton is known as the founder of Warwick. Presently the entire Island is owned by a Rhode Island corporation controlled by venture capitalist David Mixer. The island is actually part of North Kingstown. According to town tax records, Mixer's company purchased the island in 2000 for just $725,000 -- today the entire island, the main house, and a series of other structures are appraised for just over $1.7 million Mi...