Living on the edge.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

A state boundary last set in 1840 between Rhode Island and Connecticut is in dispute. Seems the nine stone markers between North Stonington, Conn., and Hopkinton, R.I., aren't clear enough anymore. Digital mapping cut a straight line from a rock at the mouth of the Ashaway River to a stone heap in Voluntown, Conn., and trimmed about 22 acres (and $14,000 in tax revenue) off Hopkinton, R.I. So the Rhode Island legislature has...