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Peter Mahony

Walter “Peter” Mahony

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Walter is a current member of the Planning Commission and an award winning professional planner with architecture and planning degrees from Princeton and Cambridge Universities and a 40-year career in planning and landscape design that has focused on the sustainable balance between development and land preservation. Walter has lived here full time for 10 years, but he has a lifelong history of participating in various struggles to preserve our town’s unique character and valuable natural assets.

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Gordon Foer

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Gordon is a current member of the Planning Commission who holds a Masters degree from Tufts University in Urban and Environmental Policy. He is a former chair and member of the Charlestown Conservation Commission, a co-founder of the Charlestown Land Trust, and has lived in Charlestown since 1993. He worked in coastal resource management and is an Academic Skills Coach and Professional Tutor of Economics, Spanish, and Writing in the Academic Success Center at Johnson & Wales University.

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Ruth Platner

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Ruth currently serves on the Planning Commission, has a BS degree in Biology and has had a long career in scientific research and technology. The beauty of Charlestown’s natural environment brought Ruth here over 40 years ago. She was invaluable in the defeat of the Federal Railroad Administration proposal to bisect Charlestown with new rail lines; she was a leader in stopping Invenergy from trucking our ground water out of town; and Ruth has always reminded us of the connection between natural resource protection and our relatively low tax rate.

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Frances Topping

Frances Topping

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Frances is a Natural Science Illustrator, fine artist, educator and naturalist. She has both a Bachelor of Science in Geography with Botany and Zoology and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has served on the Charlestown Planning Commission for six years where she has demonstrated her work ethic, eloquent writing skills, and impressive knowledge of the local environment. Frances is a past member of the Conservation Commission and volunteers for the RI Wild Plant Society and other groups and has lived here for 18 years.

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