This story was updated Aug. 20, 2025, at 12:36 p.m. to clarify information on a Zoning hearing scheduled for the property. Reading City Council is weighing the use of eminent domain to take ownership ...

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In my last blog, I wrote about the shortcomings of compensating displaced property owners based on the ‘objective’ standard of the market value of their property. That standard ignores the owners’ ...

(WJAR) — Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena Jr. announced that the town has officially acquired ownership of a plot of land on George Waterman Road by eminent domain. He said it was acquired through a ...

ZANESVILLE ‒ The city of Zanesville and Anchor Church are at odds over a nearly four-acre lot at 2 Beaumont St. after the threat of eminent domain was introduced at a recent council meeting. The ...