Crowd Decries North Shore Plan: Council Imposes Moratorium
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By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jan. 31--Tacoma City Council members slapped a six-month moratorium on planned residential developments Tuesday night.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The Bay City Council on Monday formally asked City Hall to freeze construction of a new beachfront bistro on Washington Street and force a pair of investors back through sometimes-brutal public hearings.
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By Stephanie Vosk, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Sep. 12--MASHPEE -- Around 40 Popponesset residents have signed on to a  suit to fight landowners looking to block passage to an access road to a small  beach known as Popponesset Spit.
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Residents will get a chance to tell the city council what they think about an ordinance that would halt the conversion of single-family houses into rental units for at least six months.
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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Campaigners hoping to create a "no take zone" for fishermen put their proposals to MSPs on the Isle of Arran.
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Sir, I hope that all city councillors saw the Country Calendar programme, Saturday January 27. The programme graphically showed the importance of wetlands. Such areas were prolific around our estuaries in 1961. The destruction of our wetlands around Tahunanui, Annesbrook and Stoke horrifies me.
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DALHOUSIE - Residents of Dalhousie are blocking the three main roads into their town to protest the Lord government&#39;s plan to downgrade the town&#39;s only hospital.
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By The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 14--STOCKTON -- The City Council on Tuesday delayed a vote on whether the city should levy a farmland preservation fee on developers who build on farmland.
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By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C.  Feb. 18--People who live in two Gibsonville neighborhoods shared their concerns about a proposed housing development with the town's planning board Thursday night.
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By Kristen Hankla, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Sep. 12--FOLLY BEACH -- Applause erupted Monday as the city's Planning  Commission voted unanimously to disapprove a 53-home subdivision on Long  Island.
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By CAREN BURMEISTER  A Beaches affordable housing coalition is criticizing a Mayport Road workforce housing project for not targeting income groups like the 800 families who lost their homes when their residences were sold and converted to condos.
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Its plan to prevent overharvesting, slated to go into effect in March, mobilizes irked anglers who say they've already cut back.
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Dear Editor:  The recent article titled "Property Owners Blast Brookhaven's Overton Plan" (LIBN, May 18) presented an incomplete and misleading perspective on the town's proposal to protect the 568-acre "Overton Preserve" area in Coram.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 21--LONG BEACH -- A plan to waive portions of rebuilding permit fees for churches and other nonprofit groups has stirred hot debate.
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By Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami Herald  Mar. 4--Declaring themselves in a "state of emergency," residents of San Marino Island recently asked the Miami Beach City Commission for a moratorium on building permits until the island's antiquated utilities can be upgraded.
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By Helen Bebbington Contributing Writer  OAKWOOD -- Wary Oakwood residents -- about 50 people showed up for a Sept. 6 community meeting -- questioned the first step taken by the new owners of property formerly owned by NCR Corp.