15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (517+ words) Middletown's Planning Board approved a hotel pool and deck on Wave Avenue, including permits for five rooms an attorney said were never authorized, and delayed its inclusionary zoning recommendation to October. A Wave Avenue hotel gains a pool, deck, 12 parking…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (472+ words) Hopkinton's council adopted a retiree health trust for police, heard that state regulators found no violation in tree cutting at Brushy Brook, and hired interim finance help after the finance director left. Police hired now can get town-paid retiree health…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (769+ words) Ordinance 26-24 limits parking to one side of Thompson Hill Drive, Thomas Drive and Westbrook Way, after residents raised concerns about sight lines, guest parking and neighborhood gatherings. Residents of three streets near Phantom Farms will soon be limited to parking…...

1+ week, 1+ 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,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (691+ words) New Shoreham has scheduled an October 5 public hearing on two zoning amendments that would reclassify accessory dwelling units, accessory structures and adaptive reuse across Block Island's zoning districts. The proposals would change the regulatory pathway for adding housing units and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (299+ words) The council waived local fees for the O'Brien property housing project — minus any costs the town itself pays — set two zoning hearings for October 5th, and shifted water company funds into a money market account. Local permit fees are waived for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (648+ words) The Cranston City Plan Commission backed a stormwater and impervious-surface ordinance with five staff changes, approved two subdivisions, and heard hours of opposition to a 12-unit comprehensive permit proposal at 425 Hope Road. If the council adopts the stormwater ordinance, Cranston…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (752+ words) After the applicant's attorney warned an appeal was "highly likely" and would seek the original 7.3-acre field layout, North Smithfield's solicitor said the zoning ordinance takes priority — and the board dropped its recreational-field condition, approving Rankin Estates 4-0. Phase one of…...