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Nearly two years after first being appointed to the executive body of the state Coastal Resources Management Council, a prominent council member has tendered her resignation.

CRMC recently voted to maintain public access along the seawall near the end of Elm Lane in Barrington. During a hearing on Dec. 12, the Coastal Resources Management Council voted 5-2 to affirm …

Holly and Lance Sheffield said they never would have purchased the $4.5 million property on Nayatt Road if they knew people could use the seawall.

Fed up with state coastal regulators’ perceived “deference” to offshore wind developers, all nine members of an advisory panel of Rhode Island fishing industry representatives have quit. In a letter sent Thursday, Aug. 31, to Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Executive Director Jeff Willis, the entire Rhode Island Fishermen’s Advisory Board (FAB) declared its members were resigning effective immediately. The decision comes a...

After months of delays, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council finally has a new deputy director.

The appointment of one new Coastal Resources Management Council member and the reappointment of another are headed for a vote on the Senate floor.