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Fri, 04/30/2021 - 9:45am Category:  The Overlook property sits between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Pond Settlement. Last week the Block Island community was surprised at the announcement that a $4.5 million expenditure was being added to the warrant for the annual Financial Town Meeting at the last minute. The announcement came at the April 21 Council meeting where, after emerging from a closed session with the Block Island Land Trust, the town would pursue the purchase of a portion of the Overlook property, which sits between Champlin’s Marina andthe Salt Pond Settlement. T...

Steven Hester Category:  Quite a few items were discussed at the Town Council meeting on April 21, 2021. This was to be expected, as they had released an 18-point agenda earlier in the week. Besides the discussion and votes pertaining to the proposed acquisition of a portion of the Overlook property, a few other tweaks were made to the Warrant for the Financial Town Meeting. The council voted to include the request for $1.3 million for a replacement fire truck. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford asked to have one item, $1.5 million for housing for town employees, removed since she did not as yet...

$4.5 million of $10.5 million price added to FTM warrant Steven Hester and Pat Tengwall Fri, 04/23/2021 - 9:45am Category:  The Town Council voted on April 21 to join three other groups in purchasing the Overlook property on the shore of the Great Salt Pond next to Champlin’s Marina and Resort. The vote was taken in a closed session with the Block Island Land Trust and announced in open session during the regular Council meeting. The vote was 3-1 in favor, with Councilor Martha Ball recused. The agreement is contingent on approval of a subdivision for the 6.27 acre parcel (Plat 1...

Fri, 04/23/2021 - 1:00pm Category:  The Town of New Shoreham proposes to increase its property tax levy to $11,330,036 in the 2021-2022 budget year; the property tax levy this year is $10,697,375. The FY 2021 and FY 2022 tax levies have excluded motor vehicle excise tax for the purpose of determining tax levy growth pursuant to current law. THIS IS A PROPOSED INCREASE OF 5.91%. It has been estimated that the proposed increase in property tax revenues will result in a property tax rate of $6.68 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, as compared to the current property tax rate of $6.36 p...

Fri, 04/16/2021 - 10:15am Category:  On Tuesday, April 13, the Block Island Tourism Council denied a request for additional money to fund the Visitors Center for the summer of 2021. The Tourism Council has already committed to half the funding for the “tourism ambassadors” that provide the public with information at the center in Old Harbor. Last month, Block Island Chamber of Commerce Director Lars Trodson came to the Tourism Council with a request for $25,000 to fully fund wages for the workers. The Tourism Council agreed to fund half of the amount in their fiscal year that b...