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With Centreville Bank Stadium in place, overall growth will soon follow

PAWTUCKET – Soccer scarves rose into the air from some attendees during Tuesday’s celebratory announcement that West Warwick-based Centreville Bank will emblazon its name...
OFFICIALS ARE investigating an accidental leak that dispensed hydraulic fluid into the Seekonk River just north of the Washington Bridge, according to WPRI-TV CBS 12. / PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Report: Hydraulic fluid accidentally leaked into Seekonk River

PROVIDENCE – Officials are investigating an accidental leak that dispensed hydraulic fluid into the Seekonk River.  WPRI-TV CBS 12 reports the leak occurred near the...
FIRST OF A KIND: Ten years ago, this South Kingstown house on Teal Drive was the first in Rhode Island to be constructed to the Fortified building standard developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in 2010. There are bills in the state Senate and House to make funding available for more homes to be “hardened” against extreme weather. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Fortified homes needed, but they’re not cheap

The 2,400-square-foot clapboard-covered home overlooking Green Hill Pond in South Kingstown didn’t look particularly extraordinary among the other houses along Teal Drive when it...
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Offshore wind boosts winter resilience

In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott wreaked havoc on the electric grid along the East Coast. While Rhode Island was spared the worst, millions...

Shekarchi unveils latest housing package

PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi on Thursday announced a new package of legislation being filed to spur housing development and streamline the...
THE R.I. COASTAL Resources Management Council voted unanimously in January to deny the Quidnessett Country Club’s attempt to keep its illegal seawall, but that popular decision did little to quell calls for the CRMC to be abolished. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY STAFF VIA THE RHODE ISLAND CURRENT

Several CRMC bills to consider, but will there be any change...

Some state leaders and one of Rhode Island's largest environmental groups have failed in recent years to dismantle the embattled R.I. Coastal Resources Management...

Should the state strip the embattled R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council...

The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council on Jan. 28 voted 6-0, without discussion, to deny Quidnessett Country Club’s request to reclassify the water off...

R.I. Superior Court judge sides with property owners in shoreline access...

The R.I. General Assembly overstepped its bounds in drawing a line in the sand on shoreline access, a Washington County Superior Court judge ruled. The...
ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter F. Neronha says his opposition to the structure of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council was solidified when his office filed a legal challenge against the CRMC's handling of the proposed Champlin’s Hotel, Marina & Resort project on Block Island in 2021. He is backing legislation to overhaul the agency. / COURTESY ERIK ELWELL

Neronha steps into fray over CRMC, but will it lead to...

For years, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has been no stranger to controversy, with critics rebuking a structure that gives power to politically...

R.I. coastal regulators OK East Bay Bike Path replacement bridges

The R.I. Department of Transportation has one less bridge problem on its hands after state coastal regulators approved a plan to reconstruct a pair...
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