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CUMBERLAND – The long and often convoluted history of one of Cumberland’s largest proposed housing projects, now tied up in litigation with one of the town’s most well-known developers, is still taking more twists and turns than the Diamond Hill roundabouts. Back in July 2011, The Valley Breeze reported that real estate broker John Brady, owner of 88 acres of Bear Hill, was nearing final approvals on his Gold Rush Estates, a development of 60 homes named in honor of old-time landowner David Curran and the mini-gold rush that hit Bear Hill in May 1904. Asked back then when he expected work on his project to get started, Brady said it wouldn’t be happening soon due to the condition of the economy. A decade later, the 60-lot subdivision project, first granted preliminary plan approval in 2008 but allowed to be put on pause through state tolling statutes, still waits in limbo. ....
3/10/2021 Roundabout flooding victims see town claims denied Cumberland town employees work to connect a new municipal pipe to existing state pipes under Diamond Hill Road at the roundabouts early last December. (Breeze photo by Ethan Shorey) CUMBERLAND – The town’s insurer has denied claims for damages from five residents whose properties near the new Diamond Hill Road roundabouts were flooded late last November, saying the cause of the flooding was ultimately determined to be an issue under the state roadway. “After reviewing your claim statement, estimate and photos, we contacted the town of Cumberland to discuss what happened,” read a denial letter from the Rhode Island Interlocal Trust last month to one of the victims. “The town of Cumberland has investigated the cause of the loss and determined that the water backed up due to a blocked culvert under a Rhode Island state road.” ....
CUMBERLAND – Back in 2017, against the objections of neighbors, the Town Council approved a restaurant use for the former Dancing Pig restaurant property at 48 West Wrentham Road. Peter Bradley, council president at the time, broke a 3-3 tie based on the fact that liquor would not be served at the new restaurant, later revealed to be Chucky’s Creamery. Mike Bouthillette, business partners with Chuck Moreau at Chucky s, said back in 2017 that the plan was to reopen the vacant space as a family restaurant with no liquor served, open only for breakfasts and ice cream. He said the applicant would not be back at a later date seeking a liquor use. ....
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The Zoning Board last week denied a request for a 1-foot variance allowing a 25-foot-wide home to be built on an undersized lot on High Service Avenue. But the owner of the lot at Zero High Service Ave., Bukky Olukoga, could still choose to build a 24-foot-wide home without a variance, a move her attorney, John Garrahy, told The North Providence Breeze on Monday that he plans to recommend to her. “I have to have that conversation with her. It’s probably what she should do,” he said, adding that he was surprised by the Zoning Board’s decision after the Planning Board voted 5-0 after a “very vigorous hearing” to recommend granting the relief needed. ....