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Portsmouth Landowner Claims Newport Water Discharges Damaging His Property

An Aquidneck Island farmer whose property abuts the Newport Water Plant on West Main Road in Portsmouth is accusing the utility of discharging 1.5 million to 2 million gallons of water onto his property twice a year.

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North Scituate Condo Development Continues to Ignore the Law

The developers of the controversial McIntosh Hill Estates, formerly called the Chopmist Hill Estates, project were fined again last month by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

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Silva Family to Donate Cumberland Property to Town; Texts Show Attempts by Family to Influence Deal

CUMBERLAND, R.I. — After public scrutiny over the pending development of a freshwater wetland property on Canning Street, the family of Gov. Dan McKee’s chief of staff has donated the property to the town, but questions remain as to how far the Silva family’s involvement went.

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