A racetrack in Exeter (almost)

The argument about gambling establishments in Rhode Island is not new, is not confined to Aquidneck Island, and is not always about table games.  EHA Vice President Gary Boden has done it again, gone and dug up another long-lost story that would have had a major impact on Exeter residents: a proposed horse racing track to be built on land straddling the border of Exeter and North Kingstown, at the Route 2 / Route 102 intersection known as "Robber's Corners"

The story  from 1952 about Exeter Raceways is rife with everything we know and love:  overflowing Town Council meetings, panic about declining property values, Town-wide referendums, ProJo editorials, empty promises of increased tax revenue, and a proposal "shrouded in mystery and uncertainty". Sound familiar?

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A Racetrack in Exeter

...could this have been Exeter?