10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (566+ words) Coventry's Building Committee approved minutes, pressed project managers over a $190,000 budget line with only $2,275 in actual costs, and weighed districtwide window replacements. Fire protection work at Coventry High School may finish early, the high school is now on sewer service…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (691+ words) New Shoreham has scheduled an October 5 public hearing on two zoning amendments that would reclassify accessory dwelling units, accessory structures and adaptive reuse across Block Island's zoning districts. The proposals would change the regulatory pathway for adding housing units and…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (614+ words) The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book shows modest national growth alongside mounting budget pressures on working families dealing with higher fuel and food costs. New England households face stubborn energy and grocery costs as regional consumer spending softens, putting added…...

10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (662+ words) A resident pressed the Cumberland Town Council on the town's bond rating downgrade, prompting Mayor Jeffrey J. Mutter to say he takes "full responsibility" and to describe the school department's fund balance falling from more than $6 million to about $1.2 million. Cumberland's…...

10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (652+ words) The owner's project manager told the Warwick Building Committee that an erosion-control barrier placed around the contaminated Pilgrim High School site dammed street runoff and flooded a neighbor's basement. Members pressed for a permanent drainage fix. A resident living beside…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (611+ words) Glocester councilors said they support the effort but want the town solicitor to check the draft letter's wording for liability exposure before signing. Residents around Old Killingly Pond, part of which lies in Glocester, will wait until at least September…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (483+ words) The Tiverton Planning Board approved a Stafford Road development, delayed its Crandall Commons decision to September 15th, and heard hours of resident objections to a 97-unit manufactured-home proposal. A vote on the 12-unit Crandall Commons affordable-housing project moves to September 15th, and…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (625+ words) North Smithfield posted the Material Sand & Stone settlement document on September 1, two weeks after the Town Council approved a revised MOU by a 4-1 vote with one recusal. The agreement will shape how a long-running quarry operates next to North Smithfield…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (613+ words) Westerly's council approved up to $20 million in 0% interest borrowing for townwide lead water line replacement, continued its short-term rental zoning debate to September 14, and agreed not to place a memorial bench on Armory grounds. Lead water service lines across Westerly…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (299+ words) The council waived local fees for the O'Brien property housing project — minus any costs the town itself pays — set two zoning hearings for October 5th, and shifted water company funds into a money market account. Local permit fees are waived for…...