PORTSMOUTH — After more than three hours of listening to both opponents and supporters of wind energy Tuesday night, the Town Council voted 5-1 to enter into a host community agreement …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/17/24
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The financial agreements anchoring a 149-turbine offshore wind farm proposed south of Rhode Island have come undone, but that hasn’t stopped state coastal regulators from reviewing — and …
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By Nancy Lavin/Rhode Island Current
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12/15/23
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Wrong court, wrong argument and against the wrong people. So declared U.S. District Court Judge William Smith in his Sept. 19 opinion dismissing a legal challenge to the state’s newly …
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By Nancy Lavin/R.I. Current
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9/22/23
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PROVIDENCE — The General Assembly Thursday approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend and Sen. Mark P. McKenney to establish that the public area of the shoreline is 10 feet …
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6/16/23
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The R.I. Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) seasonal, 24-hour Bay Line, used to report any Narragansett-related environmental problems or occurrences, will open May 15 and remain …
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5/11/23
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PROVIDENCE — Last week, city resident and long-time municipal employee Bill Fazioli took on a key position with the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank as the quasi-state agency expands its …
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By Mike Rego
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1/27/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Some clarity should be coming soon on how Marshall Properties LLC can go about its planned redevelopment of the former Metacomet Country Club parcel off Veterans Memorial …
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By Mike Rego
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1/26/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Several significant developments around the city, both commercial and residential, are in varying stages of progress, including “Wampanoag Meadows,” the large …
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By Mike Rego
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1/25/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The developers and a delegation of city officials gathered recently at the long-dormant Washburn Wire/Ocean State Steel facility off Roger Williams Avenue in Rumford to break …
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By Mike Rego
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11/17/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — City and state officials joined one of the region’s most noted entertainment luminaries some two weeks ago to announce plans to construct a permanent outdoor concert …
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By Mike Rego
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11/9/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Nearly three years to the day he was named to the job, the office of Mayor Bob DaSilva announced Bill Fazioli would be leaving his position in the administration as the …
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By Mike Rego
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9/26/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week at the site of the new “Ivy Place” mixed use development at the corner of Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in the …
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9/8/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Offshore wind legislation approved by the General Assembly during its recently completed 2022 session and signed into law by Gov. Dan McKee should soon be a boon to the …
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By Mike Rego
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8/3/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The council, at its July 19 meeting, gave the second of two mandated approvals to an ordinance authorizing a Tax Incremental Financing agreement, a “TIF,” between …
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By Mike Rego
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7/28/22
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PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are alerting the public that a racoon found at Bold Point Park in …
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4/15/22
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The city, the East Providence Arts Council and the Waterfront Commission last weekend unveiled a new piece taking up residence on the Waterfront Gateway Sculpture Garden at Watchemoket Square in the …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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3/31/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Pragmatism won out over passion as it pertains to the future of the former Metacomet Country Club after the City Council, at it July 20 meeting, approved a series of revised …
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By Mike Rego
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7/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Following the positive recommendations of two of its sub-groups the previous week, the full East Providence Waterfront Commission, at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting …
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By Mike Rego
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7/16/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new public pier on the grounds of the Kettle Point development was held Thursday morning, May 27.
A number of state and local officials …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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6/3/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Eight months after its initial plan was rebuffed and three months after the City Council began considering an eminent domain taking of the land, Marshall Properties LLC …
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By Mike Rego
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4/21/21
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EAST PROVIDENCE — In a somewhat surprising move, Marshall Properties LLC has rescinded its request to rezone the Metacomet Golf Club off Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The company made the …
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By Mike Rego
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9/25/20
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PROVIDENCE — As Memorial Day and the start of the boating season approaches, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking boaters to follow COVID-19 social distancing rules and …
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5/22/20
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association last week issued the following guidance regarding the safe operation of …
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4/9/20
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