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Jamestown Tables Free Fort Getty Trailer Spots Request
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (740+ words) The Harbor Management Commission asked Jamestown to set aside five free, year-round trailer spaces at Fort Getty Park for aquaculture tenants. The council sent it back to staff instead, citing fairness, lost fee revenue and an undefined "ground maintenance" use....
New Shoreham Zoning Board Sets Coastal Hearing Dates
1+ week, 2+ day ago (708+ words) The New Shoreham Zoning Board set October and November hearings on three special use permits, including coastal bluff erosion work on Spring Street, and gave a long-stalled variance case a final continuance. Three New Shoreham properties — on West Side Road,…...
Providence Reports $1.2M in Opioid Settlement Spending
1+ week, 4+ day ago (319+ words) Providence says it spent more than $1.2 million in opioid settlement money on community-led overdose prevention in 2025, reaching more than 3,000 people, according to an annual report released today. Opioid settlement money is public money paid out over corporate conduct, and the…...
East Greenwich RI Survey Guides Comprehensive Plan Update
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (590+ words) East Greenwich has opened a public survey for its Comprehensive Plan update, with responses due October 31. The town's state plan approval expired in 2024, and state law requires a full update every 10 years. The Comprehensive Plan is the document local zoning…...
South Kingstown OKs Renaissance Faire; Flock Vote Debated
2+ week, 3+ day ago (498+ words) The council approved a mass-gathering permit for the Ocean State Renaissance Faire on August 29 and 30, and heard a resident object to its Flock camera decision. The Ocean State Renaissance Faire is cleared to run August 29 and 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Saugatucket…...
RI Bills on Surveillance Pricing Face Loophole Warning
2+ week, 4+ day ago (475+ words) A new brief from the American Economic Liberties Project argues five common exemptions — loyalty programs, discounts, subscriptions, group segmentation and higher-price-only rules — could hollow out surveillance pricing bans. Rhode Island has two bills in committee taking opposite approaches. Rhode Island…...
Coventry Land Trust Weighs Signs Against Ballot Question
2+ week, 5+ day ago (608+ words) Coventry Land Trust members concluded the board itself cannot campaign against a November charter question halving its conveyance tax share — but that members can, as individuals, design and distribute lawn signs. Coventry voters decide November 3 whether to cut the Land…...
Coventry Land Trust Sets Sept. 14 Hearing on Land Purchase
2+ week, 5+ day ago (803+ words) Land Trust members questioned why they must pay $5,000 for an appraisal on a property the town just assessed, saying the requirement comes from the town manager and was never written down. They moved their September meeting to the 14th and set…...
Cumberland Council Denies One Fall Fest Date in 6-1 Vote
3+ week, 1+ day ago (645+ words) Cumberland councilors approved a Diamond Hill Road farm's Fall Fest license but denied one date, 6-1, to avoid overlapping with a neighboring farm's volunteer-run festival — while pressing the applicant on parking, crowd estimates and a liquor license that was never filed....
Woonsocket Council Advances Shelter Lease in 6-0 Vote
3+ week, 5+ day ago (364+ words) Woonsocket councilors gave 6-0 first passage to a lease extension for the city-owned shelter at 181 Cumberland Street — while its operator says it cannot sign the lease as written. Roughly 50 people currently housed at the city-owned shelter at 181 Cumberland Street face uncertainty:…...