Modern Westerly RI

Economy

Westerly has an unemployment rate of 3 percent compared to the US average of 3.9 percent. The city has seen a job market increase of 1.4 percent over the last year and has a predicted future job growth of 30.2 percent over the next ten years. This is lower than the US average of 33.5 percent. The sales tax rate for Westerly is 7.0 percent compared to the US average of 7.3 percent while the income tax rate is 3.8 percent compared to the US average of 4.6 percent. The average income of a Westerly resident is $35,420 a year compared to the US average of $28,555 a year.

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R.I. Supreme Court Allows Chariho's Lawsuit Against State To Go Forward

The property transfer agreement said the state would not approve “the establishment of any career and technical center in the towns of Charlestown, Hopkinton, Narragansett, Richmond, South Kingstown and Westerly.” Six years later, Chariho filed suit in Superior Court alleging that the education department had breached its contract by approving similar vocational programs at Westerly and Narragansett High Schools. Read more here

Chariho which includes schools in Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton had agreed in 2010 to take over a regional career and technical program that had belonged to the state education department. This agreement expressed that the state would not allow any career and technical center in the towns of Charlestown, Hopkinton, Narragansett, Richmond, South Kingstown, and Westerly to be established. After six years, Chariho filed a suit in Superior Court against the education department for breach of contract by approving similar vocational programs at Westerly and Narragansett High Schools. There was however a hearing to dismiss the complaint in March 2017 wherein the state argued that the agreement distinguished between a "center" for career and technical education and a program.

Misquamicut in Westerly, RI

Misquamicut is known as a fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island. It is part of the town of Westerly. The district was once known as Pleasant View which was later changed to Misquamicut in 1928. The word Misquamicut originated from the Narragansett language or in another Algonquian language closely related to the former which literally means At the Place of the Red Fish or At the Salmon Place. The district suffered a series of devastating hurricanes that caused tremendous disaster in the area. The typhoon destroyed hotels, beach houses, hotels, and other structures in 1938, 1944, and 1954.

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Driving Direction
4 min (2.4 miles)
via Winnapaug Rd and Beach St
Fastest route, the usual traffic
Misquamicut
Westerly, RI 02891, USA

Head north on Winnapaug Rd toward Seacrest Dr
0.9 mi

Turn left to stay on Winnapaug Rd
0.2 mi

Turn right onto Watch Hill Rd
0.4 mi

Continue onto Beach St
Destination will be on the left
0.9 mi

Urso, Liguori & Micklich, P.C.
85 Beach St Building C
Westerly, RI 02891