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Former Scituate Council Member Begins Unauthorized Construction on Controversial Condominium Project

Strip-Mall Developer’s Plan for East Providence Golf Club Riles Neighbors

Possible Development of URI Nature Campus Creates Worry

Fate of Three Popular Providence Trees Tied to Utility Upgrades

A plan to protect and enhance forested land in Rhode Island has stirred at least some disappointment from stakeholders and might well illustrate the lack of a comprehensive state plan to prevent forest loss.

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Trio of Healthy Mature Providence Trees On Chopping Block

Year-Old Urban Meadow Project Vandalized in Providence

R.I. Supreme Court Blocks DEM’s Arcadia Visitors Center

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — During the past decade, former farmland and open space in this Newport County town has been developed into second homes and large estates. This has both increased the seasonal town’s tax base and changed the rural town’s landscape.

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Gentrification Concerns Surround North End Redevelopment

Development Plans for South Quay Waterfront Conflict

Expanded Hunting Proposed at R.I.’s National Wildlife Refuges

HOPKINTON, R.I. — The proposal would take a 252-acre parcel on Palmer Circle and transform some 148 acres into a solar facility. The proposed installation would be one of the largest in the state, if not New England.

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DEM, TNC Protect 28 More Acres Around Tillinghast Pond

Massive Solar Project Carves Up North Smithfield’s Whortleberry Hill

Brayton Point Scrap-Metal Operation Upsets Neighbors

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R.I.’s Forest Action Plan Lacks Clear Policy to Prevent Its Loss

Second Homes, Solar Arrays, Vineyard Concerts Test Little Compton’s Rural Character

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Hopkinton Skeptical of Proposed 148-Acre Solar Installation

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