Providence Journal reporter Antonia Noori Farzan joins Eli Sherman and Dan McGowan to discuss a dispute over access to Napatree Point in Westerly.
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence Journal reporter Antonia Noori Farzan joins Eli Sherman and Dan McGowan on this week’s episode of “Behind the Story” to discuss her in-depth report about a fight over access to Napatree Point in Westerly.
Farzan discusses the Great Hurricane of 1938 that destroyed a roadway that's now at the center of a legal fight that the Watch Hill Fire District has leveled against the town. She discusses what went into gathering the story, what people are saying about it and a ongoing recall effort that's spun out of the dispute.
Later in the show, Eli and Dan talk about the “Stories We Wish We Wrote.” They included:
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