Look to science in wetlands battle
It may not have gotten a great response so far, but a plan to increase Warren’s development buffer deserves to be heard on its merits (see story, page 1). For the past few months, a town plan to increase the development buffer adjacent to Warren’s wetlands has faced steady and heavy criticism from opponents, several [...]
Read More →Editorial: Fishing tourney wrong for reservoir
Stafford Pond is in Tiverton, Tiverton people drink its water, and nobody has more to lose if this reservoir is harmed than residents of Tiverton. Yet oddly, the state Department of Environmental Management seems to be doing its utmost to leave Tiverton out of the Stafford Pond decision-making loop. When the DEM scheduled a series [...]
Read More →More specifics needed in sales tax debate
In this week’s edition of The Post, State Representative Jan Malik (D-Dist. 67, Barrington/Warren), writes about his support for the complete elimination of sales tax in Rhode Island. Rep. Malik is front-and-center in the discussion about the proposal, sitting on the House Finance Committee, which is chaired by East Providence Rep. Helio Melo (D-Dist. 64). [...]
Read More →Strange days
Among many head scratchers in the news lately … • One needs a chart to keep track of the groups that have had a finger in the health of the Westport River. Partial list (acronyms to save space): BOH, WFA, WWRMC, WRWA, EC, PC, AC, BBC (not the radio network), SMAST, CPC, WSC, MDEP, ConComm [...]
Read More →Barbara McLaughlin fought hard for Portsmouth
Barbara C. McLaughlin, who tirelessly and passionately served the Town of Portsmouth on various committees and boards for 22 years, died Feb. 24 in Southbury, Conn. She was 81. The town has not seen the likes of her before or since. First elected to the Portsmouth School Committee in 1976, Mrs. McLaughlin served as its [...]
Read More →Church attack violates all in Westport
Whatever drove someone to desecrate St. John the Baptist Church last weekend, the intruder(s) left with far more than precious religious artifacts. Taken too was a priceless bit of the sense of sanctuary that this place provides to 1,000 Westport families. No matter what else goes on in the lives of its members, St. John [...]
Read More →East Providence Police have earned a proper pact
The East Providence Police union, International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO) Local 569, and the Budget Commission, led by Providence attorney Joseph Whelan, are currently locked in negotiations on a new contract, one that would take the officers through the next several years and is again likely to assist in reducing the city’s financial burden [...]
Read More →Clock should be ticking on East Providence Budget Commission’s departure
By any realistic and unbiased measure, the East Providence Budget Commission has been a success. The state overseers came into the city some 14 months ago with a mandate to sort out its finances, stabilize its cash flow, formulate a prudent future financial forecast and make meaningful cuts to municipal government our elected politicians failed [...]
Read More →Another land use sneak attack
State legislators with time on their hands or favor to curry bear watching. One proved that true yet again recently with a Rhode Island bill (H-5192) that only a land developer could love. The lawmaker proposes tinkering with the statute governing the regulations communities may adopt. Towns may not, his amendment states, adopt any ordinance [...]
Read More →Technology shows its worth through a storm
So we here in East Providence seemed to survive Nor’Easter Nemo, Winter Storm/Blizzard of 2013 pretty well. Many of us lost power for much of Friday night and throughout Saturday, but save for the odd minor car accident and a house fire where there weren’t any injuries to report, we came through basically unscathed. We [...]
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