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Cranston Advances Ban on Paid Pool-Rental Parties
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (594+ words) The Cranston Ordinance Committee advanced an ordinance restricting paid rentals of home pools and outdoor spaces, sponsored by Council President Daniel Wall and Frank J. Ritz Jr., after years of neighbor complaints. Members noted it carries only the code's default fine,…...
Providence Reports $1.2M in Opioid Settlement Spending
1+ week, 3+ 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…...
Coventry Land Trust Weighs Signs Against Ballot Question
2+ week, 4+ 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…...
Hopkinton Council Pressed on Town Property Use Policies
3+ week, 4+ day ago (626+ words) The League of Women Voters says it was blocked from a nonprofit table at Hopkinton's farmers market and never received the policy cited. Officials say a revised policy is being drafted. Residents who want to use Hopkinton's town field, community…...
Woonsocket Council Advances Shelter Lease in 6-0 Vote
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:…...