East Providence residents were unhappy when the massive development was proposed. (ecoRI News)
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Metacomet Golf Club, one of the last large open spaces on the coast of Rhode Island and likely an important Native American historical site, is poised to become the site of a massive mixed-use development.
The historic former golf course covers 138 acres along Veterans Memorial Parkway and is named after the Wampanoag sachem who was killed in 1676 in a war against encroaching English colonists…