Ashaway NewsLocal news for Ashaway, RI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Switch Road Brush fire contained- May 31, 2008 Firefighters spent more than four hours controlling an 8-plus-acre brush fire that spread on property behind Chariho Middle School early Friday afternoon.http://www.topix.net/city/ashaway-ri/2008/05/switch-road-brush-fire-contained?fromrss=1 Gas prices speeding toward $4-a-gallon- May 22, 2008 Gasoline prices across Rhode Island continued climbing this week with most premium blends selling for more than $4 a gallon, and even regular threatening to cross the same unprecedented benchmark.http://www.topix.net/city/ashaway-ri/2008/05/gas-prices-speeding-toward-4-a-gallon?fromrss... Miles from shore, R.I. surfer prayed to get back home- May 17, 2008 "Pick your days," says surfer Natalie Baggesen, 19, a URI sophomore who has surfed for about three years.http://www.topix.net/city/ashaway-ri/2008/05/miles-from-shore-r-i-surfer-prayed-to-get-bac... High Winds Sweep Surfer 3 Miles Out To Sea- May 15, 2008 A surfer swept three miles off the Rhode Island coast by high winds was rescued by the Coast Guard Tuesday. via CBS 5http://www.topix.net/city/ashaway-ri/2008/05/high-winds-sweep-surfer-3-miles-out-to-sea?fr... Exclusive: Coast Guard rescues surfer off Matunuck Beach- May 14, 2008 The Coast Guard had to be called in to rescue a surfer off of Matunuck Beach, who had been swept out to see on Tuesday. via WPRI-TV East Providencehttp://www.topix.net/city/ashaway-ri/2008/05/exclusive-coast-guard-rescues-surfer-off-matu... |