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After what Block Island Water Company Superintendent John Breunig described as “clerical and quorum issues,” the Joint Water and Sewer Commissions finally mustered a minimum quorum to hold a public hearing and pass water usage restrictions for the...
Block Island Recycling Management has requested and received permission to raise trash disposal and commercial recycling rates from the New Shoreham Town Council. But that permission did not come without an involved discussion. BIRM sent a letter to...
The Town Council attacked a laundry list of topics at its last meeting of 2022, quickly moving through some topics and giving a thorough airing to others. On the quick list: The council approved commercial shellfishing licenses for 2023 based on the...
The Old Harbor Task Force’s annual memo to the Town Council led to some meaty conversations at the council’s meeting on December 21, in turn leading to what might be called a road map for 2023. The task force’s mission is to bring improvements to...
The Town Council sat down for a round-table discussion with department heads at a meeting on Wednesday that included a few lessons on what to do, and what not to do, as members of a governing body. “For folks’ background, when I was elected,” said...