2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (741+ words) Helena Buonanno Foulkes defeated Gov. Dan McKee in Wednesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary, denying a sitting governor his party's nomination. The state's results remained unofficial as of this morning. Rhode Island's next governor will inherit the Washington Bridge replacement, housing costs…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (450+ words) Glocester officials approved tavern and food licenses for a restaurant, cleared a two-home expansion at Sunset Cove Mobile Home Park, and asked the General Assembly to lift the dam-plan mandate on towns. Residents get a reopening restaurant, two added homes…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) West Warwick council members asked staff to draft possible lot-size and setback rules for backyard henhouses, but rejected the idea of a registry. No ordinance has been introduced. Residents who keep backyard hens could eventually face minimum lot-size and property-line…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (474+ words) West Warwick council members debated lot sizes, setbacks and a possible registry for backyard chicken coops Tuesday, but took no vote — while a resident argued trash and encampments, not hens, drive the town's rat complaints. Residents who keep backyard hens…...

3+ week, 4+ 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:…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) Hopkinton's Planning Board meets September 2 on a dimensional variance tied to proposed changes to the Skunk Hill Solar master plan, a 20-megawatt project with a disputed approval history and unresolved stormwater questions. The hearing gives Hopkinton residents their next formal…...