Block Island Times

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Musica Dolce to perform for benefit of the Block Island Medical Center

This Sunday and Monday, Oct. 20 and 21, the Block Island community will be able to hear members of Musica Dolce in performances at St. Andrew’s Parish Center and the Block Island School.   Musica Dolce, a chamber music ensemble started more than twenty five years ago by retired University of Rhode Island music professor, Dr.

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CRMC rejects Fast Ferry dockage application as deficient

The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council says that the application for installing fixed pier dockage at Block Island’s Old Harbor to serve Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s seasonal high-speed ferry service from Quonset Pt. is deficient and contains issues that need to be addressed. Laura Dwyer, spokesperson for the CRMC, said, “The application was returned to

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Proposed conservation easement change tabled for three months for more study

The main meeting room at Town Hall was overflowing for the Planning Board’s Public Hearing on the proposed changes to the definition of developable land. The issue is whether or not conservation and open space easements should be considered in the calculation of developable land within the subdivision regulations. The Planning Board voted unanimously at the

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