It took until about noon on Wednesday, November 9 to get the full and final results in this year’s election in New Shoreham. There were of course, plenty of write-in votes to tabulate and at Town Hall members of the Board of Canvassers were busy in.
The New Shoreham Town Council reviewed but took no action on a lease agreement with former town employee Marc Tillson for the manager’s apartment at the Coast Guard Station. Tillson, who retired a couple of years ago as building official, as well as.
Maryanne Crawford submitted her town manager's report at the December 15 meeting of the New Shoreham Town Council, and the report listed several actions taken by the town in preparation for winter. There has been some difficulty in procuring road.
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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 Monday, May 3. by a vote of 115 to 81, after more than an hour of discussion, comments, and questions from the public and a call for the vote to be taken by paper ballot – a motion introduced by Jessica Willi and approved by at least 20 percent of those present and voting, as is necessary for that type of a motion to pass.