A famous old Rhode Island country club faces $50,000 in fines because they may have broken state law to build a sea wall to save the 14th hole of the club s golf course.
According to the state’s coastal regulator, which frowns on new seawalls, Quidnesset Country Club has built a seawall along the 14th hole in violation of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Program.
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 …
State regulators hit Ballard's with five $10,000 fines in an ongoing battle over allegedly unauthorized tiki bars, fences, and other amenities on the beach.
Following on the heels of the incidents that fell on Victory Day in August, with the throngs of concertgoers packed onto Ballard’s Beach and the ensuing fights at Ballard’s and on the Block Island Ferry in the evening, residents and officials on.