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Letter: Affordable housing development runs counter to neighborhood’s character

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  No Comments

To the editor: The people of Rhode Island are fortunate to live in a state with an abundant coastline, inlet bays, rivers and estuaries. Some of us are more fortunate to live in waterfront communities such as Narragansett, East Greenwich, Wickford and of course Barrington to mention a few. The uniqueness of our state given [...]

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Barrington Council: No more taxpayer money to affordable housing project

By   /  April 10, 2013  /  Government & Politics, News  /  2 Comments

The developer of Walker Farm Lane wanted a $123,000 grant to off-set a drop in house prices, but the council denied that request Tuesday night.

Barrington Town Council member Ann Strong and two of her colleagues said enough taxpayer money had been spent on the Walker Farm Lane affordable housing development and would not approve an additional $123,000 in grant money for the project. The action came Tuesday night at the monthly council meeting. Ms. Strong, Bill DeWitt and Cynthia [...]

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They sold us down the river

By   /  November 30, 2012  /  Letters to the Editor  /  1 Comment

To the editor: This week the EBCDC held a meeting for the public to inform and answer questions concerning the newly proposed Palmer Pointe housing project. I was shocked to learn that this land sits on accessible Waterfront. I always believed the land on the waterfront was owned by the land trust, or conservation. Not so — it now [...]

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