Attendees of the Town Council’s meeting on April 9 on the capital budget for the upcoming fiscal year expressed frustration with the lack of detail behind the numbers for several
The Block Island of Keith Lewis’ boyhood was a spare place, hardly bothered by anyone other than its 500 or so inhabitants. Times were hard in the 1960s Block Island has long thrived on its pastoral isolation, but skyrocketing home prices and changing tourism patterns are shattering a way of life even as a new technology delivers modern conveniences.
Members of the Block Island Housing Board have their fingers crossed that their application to the Rhode Island Office of Housing and Community Development will make the deadline. They are hoping to tap into government funds available for housing in.
After months of sounding the alarm, the Block Island Water Company, under the supervision of John Breunig has finally gotten the attention of the Town Council. At a joint meeting of the Council and the joint boards of the water and sewer departments.
After getting approval from the Historic District Commission for its proposed renovations to “Surfside,” the owners smoothly sailed through the Conservation Commission but ran into some problems during their public hearing before the Planning Board.