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In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.3% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.
SEATTLE - Organizations are sharing concerns over ordinances that could add surveillance cameras to several high-crime areas in Seattle.. At Tuesday's Public Safety Committee meeting, council ...
A sundown town is an all-white community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting the harassment of non-whites.
LGBTQ rights in Rhode Island. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal rights as non-LGBT people. [1] Rhode Island established two types of major relationship recognition for same-sex couples, starting with civil unions on July 1, 2011, and then on August 1, 2013 with same-sex ...
Cities and towns from Providence, Westerly, Johnston, Middletown, Portsmouth, East Providence and Warwick followed – nine communities by 2022 and more since – with some form of restrictions ...
Narragansett's ordinance creates a licensing system for short-term rentals and caps the number of licenses to be issued at 1,100 the first year, decreasing by 100 each year down to 900 by 2026. In ...
Greystone Mill Historic District. Greystone Mill Historic District. April 28, 2004. ( #04000378) Greystone Ave. 41°51′53″N 71°29′28″W. / 41.864722°N 71.491111°W / 41.864722; -71.491111 ( Greystone Mill Historic District) North Providence and Johnston. Mill complex along the Woonasquatucket River.
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1][2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property.