PROVIDENCE - Michael A. Kelly, an attorney known in northern Rhode Island for his advocacy on behalf of land developers, was named "Lawyer of the Year" for the year 2012 by Rhode Island Lawyer's Weekly, his office announced this month.

5/22/2013 More Sharing ServicesShare | Share on blogger Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Waste Haulers buys Coastal Recycling By SANDY PHANEUF, Valley Breeze Staff Writer NORTH SMITHFIELD - A growing waste collection company with contracts across Rhode Island has purchased a struggling competitor, and all of the trash and treasure that come with the business.

Second time appears to be charm as board OKs urban farm supply store to roost on Broadway By: Alisha A. Pina PROVIDENCE - With a nest full of supporters present, the Zoning Board of Review again gave permission Monday for an urban farm-supply store to roost on historic Broadway.

Owner of CLUCK! gets peddler's license, but group of neighbors remains opposed By Alisha A. Pina PROVIDENCE - A closed sign with an apology remains on the door of CLUCK!, the urban farm-supply store that owner Drake Patten has been fighting for months to open on Broadway. The seemingly never-ending battle has including packed Zoning Board meetings, failed negotiations, intervention form city officials, a Superior Court ruling, a well attended CLUCK! rally and online fundraiser to help Patten with her legal fees. Without the opposition from a small contingent of neighbors, including the Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church across the street, Patten may have been open by now. Instead she sits in front of 399 Broadway, on most good weather days, selling samples of her supplies.

By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge on Monday ordered three Central Falls city councilors to personally pay half the cost of arbitration that was called to end a dispute between the trio and state-appointed receiver. Judge Michael A. Silverstein issued the ruling saying that Council President William Benson Jr., and councilors Eunice De La Hoz and Patrick J. Szlastha are on the hook for $6,807.50, half the cost of the $13,615 for the mediation sessions. Silverstein gave them 60 days to pay.

Three Central Falls councilmen being ask to pay for costly mediation sessions. By: W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE: Should three Central Falls City Council members who were steadfast in their opposition to the state receivership be personally responsible for paying nearly $7,000 for the cost of court-ordered mediation sessions? That question was posed to Judge Michael A. Silverstein on Wednesday in Superior Court. He listened to lively arguments from lawyers for the councilmen and the state before deciding to continue the hearing to May 6.

Solo proves to be unbeatable opponent for insurance giants By Laura Schreier Published: December 13, 2012 Tags: Dec. 17 2012 issue In this annual feature, Lawyers Weekly honors Rhode Island attorneys who have stood out from the crowd in 2012 — by winning important decisions, being involved in cases that raise challenging legal issues, and otherwise furthering the profession’s commitment to the rule of law and to justice in the state. Other Lawyers of the Year will be profiled throughout the month. Business litigator Michael A. Kelly had good reason not to take the case of David Miller.  

By: Patrick Anderson Only some of the people moving into a newly renovated historic downtown Providence building this fall will be getting a microloft. A few steps away from the small apartments opening in the Arcade, another mixed-use conversion project is nearing completion on Weybosset Street that promises to deliver a boost to the Downcity streetscape and bring a block of unique Providence buildings back to life.

By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent SMITHFIELD - The Zoning Board of Review on Sept. 26 will reconsider its controversial decision banning a crane rental company from moving onto a George Washington Highway site that is zoned for corporate offices. The new hearing is being sought by lawyer Timothy Kane, who at a Town Council meeting last week asserted that the board's recent vote "is not the way Smithfield should treat people and it's not legal." According to Town Solicitor Edmund L. Alves Jr., Zoning Board decisions do not become official until they are typed up and recorded, and since Kane's request for reconsideration came before that happened, the case can be re-heard locally rather than in a time-consuming Superior Court appeal.

May 24, 2012 Attorney Dougherty reactivated in defense of Rankin Estate suit Section: News Index Terms: North Smithfield Estimated printed pages: 3 Article Text: By SANDY PHANEUF Valley Breeze Staff Writer sandy@valleybreeze.com NORTH SMITHFIELD - It appears there will be no immediate settlement agreement with Narragansett Improvement Company over the town's handling of a 2006 proposal by a company hoping to develop Rankin Estates.