5 THINGS: But Wait, There’s More!

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Thursday, May 3, 2012:

Huzzah, read us a story, mumsy! There will be a drop-in storytime session at Peace Dale Library today for preschoolers. The session starts at 10 a.m., and for more information, click .

The business of town business. The South Kingstown Economic Development Committee meets at 7 p.m. tonight. Also meeting tonight? The Waterfront Advisory Commission at 7 p.m.

Is your child ready for kindergarten? South Kingstown is hosting its screening today, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Appointments are about one hour long, and you MUST schedule ahead! For more information, click .

Register for Narragansett or South Kingstown summer camp! Narragansett Parks and Recreation is now taking registrations for , which begins June 25. The cost is $135, and the camp typically runs into late August. South Kingstown is also , and to see their summer camp guide, go here.

Blog blog blog blog blogggggg. At Narragansett-South Kingstown Patch, we’re always looking for new bloggers, despite our obnoxiously long name. If you’d like free exposure for your existing blog, or simply want to start writing, feel free to shoot an email to Stephen.greenwell@patch.com to get the process started. You can write about WHATEVER you’d like!

RIP, Old Man. On this day in 2003, the Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire collapsed.

“But wait, there’s more!” Happy 77^th birthday to inventor Ron Peopeil. To this day, if your infomercial for your grill comes on television, I will sit there and watch it for several minutes, completely transfixed. In 2000, Malcolm Gladwell did what is still the best profile of Popeil out there, for The New Yorker.

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