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Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Daily Beach Access | Landmark South Kingstown Shopping Center Sold for $3 Million

Issue #173

24 May

In this South Kingstown Insider Issue…

🗓️ Event Showcase - Wakefield Music Festival

🌤️ South Kingstown Weather - Showers with a high of 70

🏖️ Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Daily Beach Access

🏬 Landmark South Kingstown Shopping Center Sold for $3 Million

Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Daily Beach Access

Rhode Island’s state beaches will open daily from tomorrow through Labor Day, marking the official start of the summer beach season. The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is urging beachgoers to purchase their state beach parking passes in advance to minimize entry delays during the busy Memorial Day weekend. Season passes, which are available for purchase online, take up to 24 hours to be validated.

All state beaches, except for Scarborough South State Beach, will be open daily starting May 25. Scarborough South will open on June 15. Lifeguards and beach staff will be available during operating hours, which run from 9 AM to 6 PM on weekdays and 8:30 AM to 6 PM on weekends and holidays.

Beach passes can be purchased online at www.beachparkingri.com, and will also be available in person at the Scarborough North State Beach overflow lot starting May 28. The use of license plate recognition technology at express lanes will streamline entry for prepaid customers, reducing wait times.

For safety reasons, parking lots may close when beaches reach capacity, with real-time status updates available online. DEM encourages beachgoers to consider alternative locations if their preferred beach is full.

Landmark South Kingstown Shopping Center Sold for $3 Million

Maine’s Shopping Center, a 19,900-square-foot property located at 585 Kingstown Road in South Kingstown, has been sold for $3 million.
The shopping center comprises seven fully leased units on 2 acres of land. Developed in 1971, the center's tenants include Verizon, Key Real Estate, Wakefield Fireplace & Grills, Consignments Ltd., Benjamin Moore, and Nutrition Dynamix.

Located in the historic village of Wakefield, the shopping center has been a family-owned business for over a century.

The property was sold by Varor Corp., led by Christman Smith, to David and Carol Bazarsky.

Wakefield Music Festival - May 25

Wakefield Music Festival is a full-day of awesome live music and entertainment with food, beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and cocktails too.

Music Lineup
2:00 - 3:00 pm: Mystic Dead
3:15 -4:15 pm: Timeless
4:30 - 5:45 pm: Dan Moretti's Soul Jazz Collective featuring Sonya Rae Taylor
6:00 - 7:00 pm: Bulletproof Country
7:15 - 8:30 pm: Guess Method
8:45 - 10:00 pm: Brass Force

Proceeds benefit CTC public programming.

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