Tag: R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council
Portsmouth Town Council approves host agreement with SouthCoast Wind
Faced with receiving $23 million or nothing, the Portsmouth Town Council begrudgingly approved an agreement that allows a Massachusetts offshore wind farm developer access...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2023
From multimillion-dollar home sales across the state to high-profile and sometimes controversial real estate developments, corporate leadership shakeups and layoffs, to a sudden bridge...
Westerly fire district files lawsuit in continuing shoreline access dispute
WESTERLY – In the latest of a series of shoreline access disputes, the Weekapaug Fire District has filed a lawsuit contesting a path's proposed...
CRMC approves Sakonnet River transmission line for Massachusetts wind farm
The financial agreements anchoring a 149-turbine offshore wind farm proposed south of Rhode Island have come undone, but that hasn’t stopped state coastal regulators...
RIPPLE EFFECTS: As Narragansett Bay gets cleaner, economic outcomes remain murky
Talk to anyone who lives in Rhode Island, and it’s likely they could tell you a story connected to Narragansett Bay, says Mike Jarbeau,...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Oct. 2023
1. ‘Federal Hill has come back in a strong way’ PUBLISHED IN PRINT: SEPT. 29. Olivia DeAngelis has only worked in the hospitality industry...
Legal battle imminent after CRMC approves contested Point Judith Pond oyster...
The embattled state coastal regulatory agency appears bound for yet another protracted legal battle over an oyster farm.
Mark Fay, an attorney representing a group...
Second lawsuit challenges R.I. shoreline access law
Less than a week after a federal judge threw out the first lawsuit against Rhode Island’s new shoreline access law, a new challenge has emerged.
The Sept....
Board quits, but CRMC tries to press on with offshore wind
The resignation of all nine members of the Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board in protest now threatens to gum up the federal approval process...
Ballard’s Beach Resort fined $50,000 for illegal beach structures
PROVIDENCE – A notorious beach bar on Block Island finds itself in hot water once again.
The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has fined Ballard’s...
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