Student Senate began its meeting by approving Family Reach as a new, unfunded philanthropic club that works with children with cancer. Family Reach hopes to help run fundraisers and raise money for the families who struggle with pediatric cancer. The money will go to helping these families pay for things like groceries and transportation. The…
Last Wednesday night the Narragansett Town Hall was packed to capacity with students, local residents and landlords as the town council continued the consideration of a housing ordinance, which would restrict homes to no more than four unrelated tenants. No final decision was made. After hearing from a number of different perspectives, they decided…
The External Affairs Committee discussed the ongoing residency issue between the residents of Narragansett and the college students that reside within Narragansett. Over the past few years tensions have continued to increase between students and residents about the garbage that now fills the once clean Narragansett streets, noise complaints and excessive weekend partying. The…
Those in Narragansett who oppose University of Rhode Island students living “down the line†may be one step closer to further regulating how students rent off campus. On Monday, the Narragansett Town Council is slated to workshop a proposed ordinance that, if passed and enforced, could limit the number of students living off campus…
With the start of the new school year, the repercussions of the Green Lane incident that occurred in May of 2014 continue to be felt by Narragansett students and residents. The large block party in Eastwood Look sparked a lot of tension between student renters and permanent residents in Narragansett. Â Since then, the area…