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West Warwick residents tell council municipal-court outcome left them dissatisfied in long-running lighting dispute
Summary
Residents of Meadow Street described a multi-year dispute over outdoor lighting with neighbors and said a municipal-court ruling and follow-up enforcement left their concerns unresolved; town officials replied that the council cannot rehear municipal-court decisions and suggested legal appeal or other remedies.
Two West Warwick residents told the Town Council during public comment that a multi-year dispute with nearby neighbors over high‑intensity exterior lighting has harmed their health and quality of life and that municipal-court proceedings did not resolve the matter to their satisfaction.
Guillermo Lugo and Shalena Smith, who said they live at 24 Meadow Street, described repeated glare from commercial-style spotlights on an adjacent property, alleged misleading guidance from the town’s minimum-housing official and procedural confusion during…
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