Mark Emmanuelle News Today

The Town Council, acting as the Board of License Commissioners, once again, declined to rule on the renewal of Shoreham Inc., doing business as Ballard’s Inn, liquor and outdoor entertainment licenses on Tuesday. All of the other liquor and...

After months of sounding the alarm, the Block Island Water Company, under the supervision of John Breunig has finally gotten the attention of the Town Council. At a joint meeting of the Council and the joint boards of the water and sewer departments...

The Town Board of License Commissioners held its annual liquor and outdoor entertainment license renewal meeting on November 3, but not before first gathering as the Town Council to discuss a resolution concerning cooperation on liquor law...

It took until about noon on Wednesday, November 9 to get the full and final results in this year’s election in New Shoreham. There were of course, plenty of write-in votes to tabulate and at Town Hall members of the Board of Canvassers were busy in...

After months of hard work by the Planning Board and Town Planner Alison Ring, revisions to the Zoning Ordinances regarding housing for year-round residents were adopted by the Town Council on October 19 “without amendment.” Specifically, the changes...

Jessica Willi, Director of the Block Island Tourism Council, gets asked one question – a lot, she said at the Council’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 5. “Why are you even advertising?” The question comes at a time when many on Block Island...

“A good thing about a rainy day is one has time to read things like this,” said Town Council member Keith Stover. He was speaking about a 58-page contract with Crocker Communications, the Internet Service Provider for Block Island’s municipal...

The New Shoreham Town Council reviewed but took no action on a lease agreement with former town employee Marc Tillson for the manager’s apartment at the Coast Guard Station. Tillson, who retired a couple of years ago as building official, as well as...

At one point an exasperated Martha Ball said, “This is just a feel-good venting thing,” of the Town Council’s work session on September 7. The subject was parking and congestion, particularly in the downtown area and despite Councilor Ball’s...

There’s no resting when it comes to governing the Town of New Shoreham. The Town Council got right back to work after the holiday weekend with meetings on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday’s meeting, stretching for three hours, saw the councilors...