COVENTRY, RI — Today, retired Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown and wife Denise are bound for Aruba after celebrating the last day of his 49 years safeguarding his hometown […]
Mayor Scott Avedisian has rejected the Kent County Water Authority’s proposed rate hikes of 10.9 to 14.6 percent on water users and 30 percent on the city’s fire hydrants, intended, in part, to raise $6.6 million over three years for new water meters, suggesting a merge of the authority with another water utility.