

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Like most of the state’s coastline, the city’s shoreline is vulnerable to accelerated erosion driven by the climate crisis and growing development pressures. Like much of Rhode Island’s urban shoreline, the health of this stretch of Rose Larisa Memorial Park beach is better but hardly pristine. It is littered with chunks of asphalt and broken glass, most of its sharp edges dulled by tumbling in the sea. Swimming isn’t advised.
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