« Update: Suspect in dual slaying violated probation | Today | Update: New Providence firefighters graduate / Photo »

July 2, 2007

Oh, Fiddlesticks: Mini-golf course is no more / Photo

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl
Butch Cole works on demolishing the base for a former castle at the Fiddlesticks course.

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- The last remnants of the Fiddlesticks Amusement Park are facing the business end of a backhoe today.

The owners of the park – which at one time included batting cages, a driving range and a mini-golf course – said a 36-hole mini-course would stay after the rest was razed for a 55,000-square-foot grocery store.

But that was two years ago. The course hasn’t been used since and is too expensive to maintain, according to its owners.

“We ran the numbers, and we figured it just wasn’t worth it at this juncture,” said Fred Schick, former head of Fiddlesticks Ltd.

On-site, Butch Cole of Cole Construction was in charge of the demolition.

He also worked on the original excavation in the late 1980s, when Fiddlesticks opened on the site of a former farm.

“We did all of the excavation for the range,” Cole said.

“Then I’ve came back here to tear it down.”

-- Journal staff writer Brandie Jefferson

Posted by Andrea Panciera  at 5:35 PM | Permalink

Comments

Post a comment

Please be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish.

Name:

Email Address:

URL:
Remember Me? YesNo

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)