absence before officially resigning July 31st.

The Hummel Report revealed in January that Krizic was still driving with Illinois vanity plates that she had arrived with in the summer of 2011 when she took the superintendent's job, despite being directed by the School Committee to have them changed.

Rhode island law says motorists have 30 days to change registration once they move here.

In our interview Krizic didn't seem to grasp the connection between the car tax in Rhode Island and her school department's budget.

Even after our story ran she refused to have her Saab registered here - until the Little Compton police stopped her on the way to work one day. Krizic then got the vehicle registered, but had to go to Traffic Court to have answer to the ticket.

TheSchool Committee has appointed an interim until it can find a permanent replacement.

Last spring we told you about a multimillion upgrade to the bike path in Coventry that includes a controversial parallel horse trail. The project is heading toward the homestretch, but it's not quite there yet.

This is how a section of the Coventry Greenway looked when the town's Recreation Director gave us a tour in January. Some of those who were regulars on the bike path told the Hummel Report they were not pleased a 2 and 1/2-mile section was fenced off during the upgrade.

And plans for a parallel horse trail had raised more than a few eyebrows.

Now, nine months, this is how the path looks. It is largely finished, and while it is still officially closed,