Westport taxpayers can expect 34-cent tax hike
Westport property taxes are anticipated to rise slightly in the coming year. Meeting Monday evening with the Board of Assessors, the Board of Selectman voted unanimous approval of a tentative single tax rate of $7.39 per $1,000 worth of property valuation for 2013. That is a 34-cent increase over the 2012 rate of $7.05. That [...]
Read More →East Providence Senator Conley releases floor statement on support of same-sex marriage
PROVIDENCE — Wednesday, April 24, as the full Rhode Island Senate prepared to take its historic vote backing same-sex marriage legislation (Bill S38), East Providence’s William J. Conley was one of several senators to deliver remarks during discussion of the bill on the floor of the upper chamber. The bill eventually passed on a full [...]
Read More →East Providence City Councilors collide, Rossi files complaint against Briden over Commission request
EAST PROVIDENCE — The next shoe in what is becoming a burgeoning saga over the status of East Providence Police Chief Joseph Tavares dropped earlier this week when Ward 4 City Councilman Chrissy Rossi filed a formal complaint with the police department against Ward 1 Council President James Briden. The East Providence Post and eastbayri.com [...]
Read More →Little Compton budget faces slight increase
LITTLE COMPTON — With less than 30 days remaining before voters in Little Compton gather in the Wilbur & McMahon school gymnasium for the annual Financial Town Meeting (FTM) on Tuesday, May 21, high profile issues in the town budget for next fiscal year boil down to only a few in number. That’s the word [...]
Read More →Conley comments on support of same-sex marriage legislation
PROVIDENCE — Shortly after East Providence’s William J. Conley Jr. voted in favor of moving Bill S38 on same-sex marriage out of the Judiciary Committee and to a full vote of the Rhode Island Senate, the local legislator provided his reasoning for doing so and also signaled he was likely to support the proposal on [...]
Read More →Barrington family wants its own memorial
Mike Dellefratte stood at the microphone and glared at members of the town council. The lifelong Barrington resident had just asked the five councilors for final approval for a memorial to be constructed at the corner of Foote Street and Prince’s Hill Avenue recognizing the decades of service his family has given to the town. [...]
Read More →Gallogly reinstates East Providence Budget Commission on personnel matters
EAST PROVIDENCE — In what is likely a not-so coincidental development, State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly Thursday, April 18, reinstated the Budget Commission’s authority over personnel matters in the City of East Providence. Mrs. Gallogly did so in response to a request from Budget Commission member and City Council President James Briden. “I [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council removes Sousa from Personnel Hearing Board
EAST PROVIDENCE — By a 3-2 vote at its meeting Tuesday night, April 16, the East Providence City Council removed Manuel Sousa from his seat on the city’s Personnel Hearing Board. Mr. Sousa, a declared member of the East Providence Democratic City Committee, was deemed ineligible to serve in the non-partisan position. City Solicitor Timothy [...]
Read More →Sakonnet River Bridge toll news roundup
Senate bill seeking to create alternate bridge funding mechanism gaining momentum; Portsmouth solicitor claims toll illegal; House Finance hearing Thursday, April 25. Yet another local business group has taken a stand against tolling on the Sakonnet River Bridge, days before the issue comes before the House Finance Committee. Last week, the Board of Directors of [...]
Read More →Tiverton budget makers vote: half-a-roof better than a whole
TIVERTON — It may have been the chairperson of the Tiverton Budget Committee who said, “the only issue is the roof,” as the committee approached its final vote on the final night of the budget process, and approval of the capital budget it intended to put to the voters on May 21 at the Financial [...]
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