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FORGING AHEAD: East Bay Community Development Corp. Executive Director Diane Mederos, left, and consultant Frank Spinella stand at the future site for Penny Lane, a 40-unit affordable housing project planned along Child Street in Warren. Neighbors opposed the plans, but it eventually gained approval in part because the town’s ratio of affordable housing is too low. 
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MISSING THE MARK: State leaders weigh how to get cities, towns...

The coastal town of Little Compton has long been a peaceful retreat from urban life, known for its rural landscapes, ancient stone walls and...

Johnston eminent domain case dismissed in Superior Court

JOHNSTON – A Providence County Superior Court judge has dismissed the town's eminent domain case amidst efforts to seize 31 acres of land from...

Developers file lawsuit after Johnston seizes land through eminent domain

JOHNSTON – The family-owned developer whose 31 acres of undeveloped land was seized by the town is speaking out after filing a lawsuit against...

$48.5M flood project for Cranston, Johnston federally authorized

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has been authorized to implement the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Project, the...
STUCK IN NEUTRAL: Woonsocket City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez, left, and Michelle Taylor, an official at the nonprofit Community Care Alliance, stand with the “Dignity Bus.” The city used $150,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act aid to purchase the 20-bed emergency shelter for the homeless last year, and the alliance operated it. But funding for ongoing costs ran out and the bus has been dormant since May 31. Gonzalez says more funding is coming. 
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PAUL J. SPETRINI

WINDFALL WOES: Some R.I. communities slow to deploy ARPA millions before...

When Rhode Island cities and towns were awarded more than $500 million in COVID-19 relief money three years ago, it was a welcome infusion...

Controversial Christopher Columbus statue finds new home in Johnston

PROVIDENCE – The controversial Christopher Columbus statue recently purchased by a former mayor has found a new home.  Fomer Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr.,...
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