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The New Shoreham Town Council had a discussion on infrastructure at its work session meeting on June 2. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford discussed the impacts she anticipates on the island’s infrastructure and discussed her objective to ensure that...
It was all work and little play for United States Senator Jack Reed and accompanying staff as they got a whirlwind tour of Block Island facilities as well as an outline of the town’s future needs Wednesday. Reed was guided by First Warden Andre...
Buried in the middle of two dozen agenda items before the Town Council on the night of May 19, was an interesting addition: a series of questions raised by Councilor Martha Ball regarding the transparency and forthrightness of the decision by the...
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 8:45am Category: Just over 200 voters attended Financial Town Meeting in the gymnasium of the Block Island School. Photos by Pat Tengwall. “Now the hard part starts. You’ve got 30 days.” That was the advice of Assistant Town Moderator Doug Michel after the vote was counted on whether the town should contribute $4.5 million to the $10.5 million acquisition of a portion of the Overlook property on the Great Salt Pond, between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Pond Settlement. The bonding for the purchase was approved at the annual Financial Town Meeting on Mo...
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...