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Members of the New Shoreham Town Council, along with Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and advocate Alicia Miro, attended a hearing before the Rhode Island House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing on April 12, to plead the case for House Bill 7723. The bill, introduced by Representative Blake Filippi, seeks […]

The Planning Board will be holding two special sessions in May to discuss the results of the Large House Survey it conducted earlier this winter from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15. There were 233 responses to the online survey, which was conducted to elicit feedback, or “policy preferences of the community” as they relate to

By all accounts, Block Island’s first Earth and Arbor Day Fair held last Thursday, April 21, was a resounding success.When The Block Island Times spoke with organizer Mimi Leveille a couple weeks before the fair, she was still gathering participants, and unsure of just who would be doing what. It turns out she needn’t have

“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

This is not a typical Block Island couch-surfing story. But the ingredients are somewhat the same.The Block Island Health and General Store has moved from its High Street hillside home of several years into a new location next to The Oar at the Block Island Boat Basin, in the long blue building.Proprietors Jack and Abra

On Sunday, April 24, from 1 to 5 p.m., Block Island Ghost Tours will be hosting an open house on the second floor of the Odd Fellows Hall. “This is our second year in business. Last year we had a little desk at The Harborside Hotel and this year we have expanded greatly. We have

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

The following was sent in by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs your help again this summer to protect piping plovers, their nests and chicks on Rhode Island beaches. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper, and they typically return to Rhode Island

FUNCTION OR PURPOSEEXPENDITURES                                CURRENT BUDGET FY 2022                                       PROPOSED BUDGET FY 20231. ADMINISTRATION                     

The Town of New Shoreham proposes to increase its property tax levy to $12,009,351 in the 2022-2023 budget year; the property tax levy this year is $11,319,552. The FY 2022 and FY 2023 tax levies have excluded motor vehicle excise tax for the purpose of determining tax levy growth pursuant to current law. THIS IS