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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...

Over 70 people showed up for the candidates forum on Sunday afternoon, proving that democracy can compete with the Patriots on Block Island. The forum, sponsored by the Block Island Residents Association and The Block Island Times , was...

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...

The Block Island Residents Association and The Block Island Times will be hosting a Town Council Candidates’ Forum on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2:30 p.m. at the Block Island School. The public is encouraged to attend. Keith Stover and Sven Risom are...

What may have been the longest-running saga in Block Island’s history, the challenge to Champlin’s Realty Associates’ attempt to expand its marina into the Great Salt Pond, has finally, after almost two decades, come to a final conclusion. The Rhode...

The slow boat may just get slower if the federal Commerce Department has its way. A regulation has been proposed to limit the speed of vessels to 10 miles per hour from November to the end of May in order to protect right whales from the possibility...

Once a year there is an outdoor meeting at the Hodge Preserve on Corn Neck Road. Actually, there are two meetings – the first one is for the Hodge Committee, and the second one is for the Block Island Land Trust. This year, just as last year, it was...

What may have been the longest-running saga in Block Island’s history, the challenge to Champlin’s Realty Associates’ attempt to expand its marina into the Great Salt Pond, has finally, after almost two decades, come to a final conclusion. The Rhode...