Newport has adopted decibel limits on noise to “promote an environment free from excessive, unreasonably loud, or disturbing ...

The state’s disorderly conduct laws also make it a crime to disturb another person by “making a loud and unreasonable noise which under the circumstances would disturb a person of average ...

Across Rhode Island, it’s not uncommon to hear the roar of a lawnmower or leaf blower coming from your neighbor’s yard early in the morning. It can be annoying: so annoying, in fact, that the ...