Contract Expected Tuesday for Interim Manager; Clarification on Story

A clarification to a statement made last week by Meg Rogers, plus, the council is expected to formally announce Richard Kerbel’s hiring Tuesday.

At its meeting Tuesday, the Narragansett Town Council is expected to formally announced a contract agree with new interim town manager Richard Kerbel. As of 5:30 a.m. Friday, an agenda for Tuesday’s meeting hasn’t been posted, and Kerbel’s contract hasn’t been filed on Clerkbase. However, an executive session for a contract agreement was scheduled after last Monday’s meeting. Kerbel is already listed as interim town manager on the town’s website, and he has been issued a town e-mail address. For more on last week’s hiring, read a story from Derek Gomes of The South County Independent here. For more about Kerbel’s tenure in Providence, you can find The Providence Journal’s stories here. The council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. ***** …

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[VIDEO] Narragansett Town Council Forum

We have the full, hour-long video from the Narragansett Town Council forum on Wednesday night.

Couldn't make it out to hear the forum for Narragansett Town Council candidates on Wednesday night? Have no fear! Thanks to the League of Women Voters, we're able to provide a full copy of that forum, which featured nine of the 10 candidates for office. The video is attached to this story. If you can't watch it on here for some reason, the forums are also being run back on both the Cox and Verizon cable systems. So, pull up a chair and take part in the democratic process! Want to be e-mailed when we have new election coverage? Click the "keep me posted!" button below. Want our election hub page, with all of the other forum videos and profiles of the candidates? Click here! Note: We should also have the Narragansett School Committee forum …

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LIVE BLOG: Gansett School Committee, Town Council

Patch will be live at Narragansett Town Hall to provide coverage of tonight's Q&A and candidates forum for Narragansett School Committee and Narragansett Town Council.

Hi folks! Tonight, we're going to be using the Cover It Live applet for the chat, since it's generally easier to follow along and what not. Please excuse any typos I have in advance though, since it's much tougher to edit with Cover It Live vs. using our usual story template. This story and the chat applet should be live as of 6 p.m. EST, so feel free to comment at that point. The forum starts at 6:30 p.m. - For more info, see our preview article from earlier today.

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LIVE BLOG: Rhode Island State Senate, House Forum (Part 2)

Patch will be live at Narragansett Town Hall to provide coverage of tonight's Q&A and candidates forum.

Hi folks! Tonight, we're going to be using the Cover It Live applet for the chat, since it's generally easier to follow along and what not. Please excuse any typos I have in advance though, since it's much tougher to edit with Cover It Live vs. using our usual story template. This story and the chat applet should be live as of 6 p.m. EST, so feel free to comment at that point. The forum starts at 6:30 p.m. - For more info, see our preview article from earlier today.

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LIVE BLOG: Rhode Island State Senate, House Forum

Patch will be live at Narragansett Town Hall to provide coverage of tonight's Q&A and candidates forum.

Hi folks! Tonight, we're going to be using the Cover It Live applet for the chat, since it's generally easier to follow along and what not. Please excuse any typos I have in advance though, since it's much tougher to edit with Cover It Live vs. using our usual story template.

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LIVE BLOG: SK School Committee, Town Council Forum

Patch will be live at Narragansett Town Hall to provide coverage of tonight's Q&A and candidates forum for South Kingstown School Committee and South Kingstown Town Council.

5:55 p.m. - Hey folks! I'm on my way over to town hall right now, so if you'd like to get a jumpstart on this, feel free to bookmark this page. We'll be updating throughout the night as the forum progresses. South Kingstown School Committee candidates are scheduled to speak from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The town council session follows from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Curious about when other sessions are? Check out this article. (We will also be blogging from them.) If I can, I’ll also be taking some photos, and we should have video of the debate to put online for tomorrow morning. Want to be e-mailed when we have new Election 2012 content? Click the “keep me posted!” button at the bottom of this article. 6:36 p.m. – I’m now settled in, and we’re …

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Stephen Greenwell

10:24 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Thanks Tom! It's 5,741 words in total - yikes. And I do always worry about encapsulating what someone said, or at least capturing their intent right. Also, since information about this has changed a couple times on my end - Video of the entire forum should be available on Patch either tomorrow night or Friday morning. I'm getting a copy of it, and then it's just processing and uploading.   more ›

National Grid Rate Hike Public Comment Hearings Begin

The first hearing is Wednesday in Narragansett, followed by a hearing in Woonsocket on Sept. 18.

National Grid is seeking to raise Rhode Island rates on electricity and gas, and a series of public comment sessions begins Wednesday in Narragansett followed by one in Woonsocket on Sept. 18. For National Grid Electric, the proposed rates will increase the company’s annual operating revenue by approximately $31.4 million, or 3.8 percent. The bill impact for a typical electric residential customer using 500 kWh per month would be a monthly increase of $3.97 or 5.1 percent, from $78.05 to 82.02. The bill impact on electric commercial and industrial customers will range from an increase of -0.1 percent to an increase of approximately 6.7 percent. A small part of the electricity rate hike, said Thomas F. Kogut, spokesman for the Rhode Island …

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Election Preview: Wilkens Not Running For Council

Councilor Christopher Wilkens will challenge for Teresa Tanzi’s seat, and the School Committee is practically elected already.

NARRAGANSETT – Despite the absence of a current councilor running for another office, it will be a crowded town council race this year, with as many as 12 candidates on the ballot. According to paperwork filed at Narragansett Town Hall for the November election, current councilor Christopher Wilkens will not seek re-election. Instead, he will be the Republican challenge to the R.I. House seat currently held by Teresa Tanzi, assuming he bests Stephen C. Tetzner in a primary. The four other incumbent councilors – Glenna Hagopian, David Crook, Susan Cicilline Buonanno and Alisa Trainor Fleet – are running for re-election, along with eight others. See the chart below for a full accounting of all the races. In contrast, barring a huge write-in …

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Town Manager Miller On The Outs

The Narragansett Town Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday, in which it is expected to accept a termination agreement for manager Grady Miller, or to fire him.

According to an agenda posted on the Secretary of State’s website, the Narragansett Town Council will meet Thursday night to discuss the job performance and potentially fire Town Manager Grady Miller. See the attached PDF for details about the meeting. The advertisement for executive session reads that the council will “review the job performance of the Town Manager and to review a potential separation agreement in accordance with RI general laws.” Following executive session, the council will meet in open session to discuss a separation agreement with the town manager and to authorize the council president to sign it, suggesting that Miller’s fate is already sealed. If the council doesn’t approve the separation agreement, there is a …

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Five Things

5 THINGS: Sports Is Back! We’re Back!

Sorry for that unscheduled Five Things absence, but with the restart of the spring sports season, we’re back as well.

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Wednesday, April 4, 2012: “Tell your boss what you really think about him and the truth shall set you free.” – Patrick Murray. There will be a career fair at the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you’re going, dress professionally and bring copies of your resume. The fair is free to attend. Hey, speaking of fairs! There will be a health and wellness fair in the Memorial Union at URI today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will be blood pressure and glucose screenings, plus more. The event is free. Hey, not a fair, but be fair. South Kingstown superintendent Kristen Stringfellow will be visiting West Kingston Elementary school at 3 p.m. to gets parent input …

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