Neighbors prevail in key ruling against Westerly Granite
Westerly Sun – Published: October 7, 2014 By DALE P. FAULKNER Sun Staff Writer WARWICK — A Superior Court judge has ruled that Westerly Granite Co. Inc., the Comolli family […]
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Lisa DiBello ends bid for Town Council
Westerly Sun – Published: October 7, 2014 By ELLYN SANTIAGO Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — Incumbent Town Councilor Lisa A. DiBello has withdrawn from the race and will not seek […]
Long-awaited Pawaget Park opens in Charlestown
Westerly Sun – Published: October 4, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — State, town, and Narragansett tribal officials gathered Friday afternoon for the official opening of a […]
Proposed Extraction Ordinances By Charlestown Challenged By Industry
By Ambar Espinoza View Slideshow The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trucked in 90,000 cubic yards of sand from two Rhode Island quarries to replenish the beach after Superstorm Sandy. […]
Charlestown to revisit town quarry ordinance
Westerly Sun – Published: September 11, 2014 | Last Modified: September 11, 2014 05:47PM By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — Town Council President Thomas Gentz has vowed to […]
Town ratifies DiBello deal
Westerly Sun – Published: August 26, 2014 | Last Modified: August 26, 2014 04:54PM By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — The Town Council voted Monday to authorize the […]
Town, DiBello settle lawsuit
Westerly Sun – Published: August 16, 2014 | Last Modified: August 16, 2014 01:48AM By ELLYN SANTIAGO Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — Lisa DiBello, who was fired from her longtime […]
Quarry neighbors appeal to Westerly council for relief
Westerly Sun – Published: July 15, 2014 | Last Modified: July 15, 2014 08:55AM By DALE P. FAULKNER Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — Dust and noise continues to plague Bradford […]
State water acquisition raises concerns in Charlestown
Westerly Sun – Published: May 29, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN – Members of the Charlestown Planning Commission are concerned that some of the town’s water could […]
Charlestown drops proposed mining ordinance
Westerly Sun – Published: May 16, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — After seeing its proposed excavation ordinance eviscerated by lawyers and gravel business owners, the Town […]
Lawyer calls proposed excavation ordinance ‘dead on arrival’
Westerly Sun Published: April 15, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — The public hearing on the town’s proposed extraction ordinance which began March 10 continued Monday, with […]
Charlestown council president calls agency’s refusal to fund housing projects ‘callous’
Providence Journal | April 15, 2014 01:00 AM | By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal Staff Writer bmalinow@providencejournal.com The president of the Charlestown Town Council is furious with Rhode Island Housing […]
Charlestown Moraine Preserve goes forward without a conservation easement
Westerly Sun – Published: March 14, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — The Town Council has approved the management plan for the 75-acre Charlestown Moraine Preserve, and […]
Interior’s Carcieri Opinion Means More Diligence for Trust Land Development Projects
National Law Review – Article By: Christine L. Swanick, Wilda Wahpepah, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, posted on: Friday, March 14, 2014 The Office of the Solicitor of the […]
Town council delays passage of quarrying rules
Westerly Sun – Published: March 11, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — Town Council members agreed to take another look at the town’s proposed extraction ordinance after […]
No circus, no big-name concert for Ninigret Park
Westerly Sun – Published: March 10, 2014 By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer CHARLESTOWN — The Big Apple Circus will not be coming to Ninigret Park this summer. Joel Dein, […]
Westerly, Copar reach accord
Westerly Sun – Published: February 25, 2014 By DALE P. FAULKNER Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — A proposed agreement that would reduce the size of the area available for quarry […]
Dark Sky Regulations Bring Zodiacal Light to Rhode Island Observatory
Universe Today – Published January 8, 2014 The result of sunlight reflected off fine particles of dust aligned along the plane of the Solar System, zodiacal light appears as a […]
Darker skies mean better star gazing at Frosty Drew observatory
Published: January 7, 2014 – By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND Sun Staff Writer – CHARLESTOWN — Scott MacNeill was in Ninigret Park, his telescope trained on the comet “Ison,” when he saw […]
Report: Copar meets EPA standards, but Town Councilors say report proves operation is a legal nuisance
Westerly Sun – Published: December 7, 2013 By DALE P. FAULKNER Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — While the volume of dust in the neighborhood surrounding Copar Quarries of Westerly increases […]