ROUGH WATERS: One of the controversial matters to come before the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council in recent years is a proposed expansion of the docks at Champlin's Hotel, Marina & Resort on Block Island. / COURTESY ERIK ELWELL
A panel of state coastal regulators whose contentious rulings have already drawn objections is facing new criticism, with vacancies leading to a string of canceled meetings and postponed decisions. The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has faced scrutiny in recent years for decisions that some say were determined with politics rather than science in mind.…
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