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Bay breezes cool Quonset huts and waterfront estates alike in North Kingstown Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writer donita22 NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — This little place between Wickford Village and the Quonset Business Park covers three neighborhoods and two developments, and among them are a wide variety of housing types. The land that can be reached from Post Road by Camp Avenue has the neighborhoods of Wickford Point and Shore Acres, as well as the Mill Creek Townhouses , the Cedarhurst condominiums and the owner-occupied, affordable, Asqah cooperative. There are plenty of single- family houses ranging in size from tiny to expansive, a few duplexes and even three Quonset huts built in 1942 that are 528- or 657-square-foot "cottages." (Named for the Navy base where they were first mass-produced, Quonset huts were easy-to- assemble portable buildings that were shipped around the world during World War II.) When Roger Williams paddled down Narragansett Bay from his hom...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - When aging parents can no longer care for themselves, having a conversation with them about their future is never easy. Fortunately, there are people who have made it their life's mission to help you figure out what your loved ones can afford when it comes to their long-term care, and where they should spend their golden years. When my dad turned 92 years old in August 2016, his suddenly failing health was a rude punch of reality. Up until then, I had seen him as the strong, quick- witted police officer everyone in Trenton, New Jersey, knew. But suddenly it was up to my sister and me to be his caregivers. We did our best until he passed away in January, but the crash course we received in elder care was eye-opening. Senior living arrangements Once adult children get a handle on their parents’ finances, it’s time to figure out what type of care they can afford. My father soon needed more help than a home health aide could provide, and rushing to find the ri...

PALM BEACH GARDENS — Trying to catch up with massive construction and deal with future growth in Palm Beach Gardens , traffic engineers say they have a 20-year plan for Interstate 95 and a central-west intersection. Florida Department of Transportation officials explained it Thursday at Palm Beach Gardens City Hall . They talked about the upcoming projects at Central, Northlake and PGA Boulevards and at the intersection of the Beeline Highway and Northlake during the workshop. No construction will begin until 2021, they said. Palm Beach Gardens residents questioned a timeline that could have Northlake and Beeline and the Northlake and I-95 interchange under construction at the same time. Here’s a look at some of the key spots that will undergo changes: NORTHLAKE AND BEELINE FDOT quashed plans for a flyover at the intersection of Northlake and the Beeline Highway amid complaints from PGA National residents . Instead, engineers plan to build a new connector road through a triangular...

BARCELONA, Spain — The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked people to pray for a young Australian boy who is missing after a vehicle attack on a popular Barcelona promenade that killed 13 people. Turnbull said Saturday that the boy's mother was badly injured and is in a hospital following Friday's attack at the Las Ramblas promenade . Turnbull says the boy's family is searching for him. He did not release the boy's name. Turnbull says: "All of us as parents know the anguish his father is going through, and his whole family is going through, as they rush to seek to find him in Barcelona." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says four Australians were injured in the attack. ___ 2:35 a.m. Police in Catalonia say they have searched two buses in their hunt for violent extremists believed responsible for a pair of deadly attacks in the northwestern region of Spain. Police say on the...