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Checking the drains

“At first blush, I haven’t figured out which part of the web complicates the next (part),” Second Warden Sven Risom said, describing the requests of the Sewer Commission to the Town Council. He went on to describe the agenda item as a “rushed jambalaya,” with “too much sauce.”“That’s a fair assessment,” Finance Director Amy Land

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Fourth of July planning underway – fireworks donations needed

Visiting Block Island, it is often said, is akin to stepping back in time. But Block Island behind the times? Nonsense.In fact, Block Island’s weathered, tough-as-nails year-round population declared its independence on March 2, 1774, fully two years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. And nowhere will that independence be celebrated with more sizzle

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