Tag: R.i. Coastal Resource Management Council
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Jan. 2025
1. Single-story brick home on East Side of Providence sells for $2.61MPOSTED ONLINE: JAN. 3. A 5,900-square-foot mid-century residence on Blackstone Boulevard on the...
Embattled coastal agency loses longtime leader, lands funding and new appointees
PROVIDENCE – The embattled state agency charged with coastal regulation is losing one of its longtime administrative leaders, while also gaining new appointees and...
Structural challenges can make waterfront development difficult endeavor in R.I.
A proposed six-story, 52-room Riverview Hotel in Providence was abandoned after the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council denied a requested variance on a 0.28-acre...
Block Island aims to protect shoreline property from development
NEW SHOREHAM – The New Shoreham Town Council and conservancy groups are seeking to purchase about four acres of property near the Great Salt...
Cable-related power outage could end up costing Block Island ratepayers
NEW SHOREHAM – Reburial of two 34,500-volt subsea cables on Block Island will involve a potential 10-to-14-day power outage during the first two weeks...
Senate delays CRMC board confirmations amid Block Island marina controversy
Providence – Due to controversy surrounding the approval of a Block Island marina expansion, the R.I. Senate is placing a hold on confirmation votes...
New tools for predicting R.I. storm damage
The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council is trying to take away some of the guesswork on how major storms, such as the four nor’easters...
The Ocean State has seen the damage storms can cause. So...
(Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island's vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local...
Climate change looks to bring water damage to more of R.I.
More than five years after “Superstorm” Sandy hit the Rhode Island coast, Westerly is still working at reversing some of the environmental damage that...
Hurricanes leave R.I. bracing for rate hikes
Rhode Islanders with flood insurance are bracing for rate increases in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, as questions again are being raised...
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