Green Economy Bonds, State Question - 3 Vote Yes
On this year’s November General Election ballot is “Question 3 – Green Economy Bonds.” These are not to exceed $50,000,000 for...
Sep 11, 2022
Report: Final "Conservation Development" Hearing, Wednesday, 8/31/22
On Wednesday night (8/31/22), in a final continuation of the public hearing on proposed, controversial amendments to a residential...
Sep 2, 2022
Report: Monday "Conservation Development" Hearing
Monday night (August 22, 2022) at the Charlestown Elementary School, The Town Council hosted a continuation of a public hearing on...
Aug 23, 2022
Important: Monday's Town Council meeting will continue on Thursday, July 14
Monday's Town Council meeting began, but could not complete, an important Public Hearing on proposed major changes to regulations on...
Jul 13, 2022
Town Council Meeting Report, July 11,2022
Charlestown Planning Commission’s Proposed Amendments to Residential Development Ordinance Draw Controversy; Public Comment and...
Jul 13, 2022
Proposed subdivision regs are a land grab
There’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing creeping into Charlestown under the cloak of the seemingly benign and friendly title of a...
Jul 10, 2022
Highlights from the June 13 Town Council Meeting
Fiscal Matters: Because of the reduction in the Chariho School budget (resulting from the May 10 school budget referendum), the Town...
Jun 14, 2022
Grants Available for Protection of Lakes and Ponds
Save the Lakes Small Grants: Request for Proposals Introduction: Save the Lakes (STL), founded in 2008, is the sole statewide...
Jun 5, 2022
Learn skills to help yourself and those around you
Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) Training Starts May 10, 2022 The Town of Charlestown will offer a 20-hour Federal Emergency...
May 2, 2022
Charlestown Community Survey Results Are In
The March 21 Special Town Council Meeting hosted Sonia Wytinck, COO of Polco/NRC, to present the Charlestown Community Survey results....
Mar 22, 2022
No Fun For You! Food Trucks/Town Council Meeting Update
Among the agenda items on last night’s Town Council meeting was the hot topic of food trucks in Ninigret Park. At the previous meeting on...
Mar 15, 2022
Obstruction, Plain and Simple
From the outset of Monday’s (Feb. 28) council meeting, it was obvious the CCA members of the council had one objective, to delay,...
Mar 2, 2022
Chariho annual budget hearing on March 1
The Annual Chariho Regional School District Meeting and Public Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 7:30 PM in the Middle...
Feb 28, 2022
We should be able to fully enjoy the shoreline
If the House Special Commission on shoreline rights doesn’t change its wording, Rhode Islanders will soon say goodbye to their rights to...
Feb 20, 2022
Food truck event will be fun for community
This letter is in response to a recent letter written by Charlestown Parks & Recreation Chairman Faith LaBossiere (“A losing venture for...
Feb 20, 2022
Help protect shoreline access and have fun at letter writing party!
On Wednesday, February 23, join the letter writing party at the Bike Stop Cafe, 148 Boon St, in Narragansett. Pizza, Beer, Paper, Pens...
Feb 20, 2022
Charlestown, we have a (budget) problem
Most of us of a certain age remember the phrase, “Houston, we have a problem,” when our country almost lost Apollo 13 and three...
Jan 23, 2022
Don't Miss the New Year's Eve Bonfire
Arrive early at Ninigret Park, by 4:30 pm is recommended, to attend this year's bonfire tradition, dating back to 2005. It will be lit...
Dec 31, 2021
Join Shoreline Access Letter Writing Session Friday
Come on out to Books On The Pond (289 Narrow Lane, across from Dunkin' Donuts) on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. for some letter writing and...
Dec 9, 2021
Railway Comments by Deborah Carney
Railway Comments by Deborah Carney during the November 8, 2021 Town Council Meeting During the August 10, 2021 Town Council meeting, the...
Nov 24, 2021