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South County Independent was a weekly newspaper serving the areas of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Charlestown, Kingston, Wakefield and Peace Dale in Rhode Island. The paper was founded in 1997 by Frederick J. Wilson III & a group of investors. In October 2015, South County Independent merged with the North East Independent to become one paper, called TheIndependent, which covers North Kingstown, Narragansett, and South Kingstown.The Independent's weekly circulation is 8,482.
Grafton Irving Kenyon was an American businessman, politician, and military officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island, who served as a member of both the Rhode Island House of Representatives and the Rhode Island Senate. Kenyon was the first Scoutmaster in Rhode Island, serving as the first Scoutmaster of Troop 1, Wakefield, the oldest Boy Scout Troop in the state.
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- 1 2 Kittredge, Dan. "GateHouse Media sells Independent newspaper, South County Life to newspaper group". The Newport Daily News. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Nesi, Ted. "Southern RI weeklies to merge, scale back in EG". WPRI 12 Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- The Independent website
- South County Independent: About Us, accessed March 8, 2007.
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