The Town Council continued its budget process at a work session with department heads on March 28, hearing from the administration and finance departments, the police department, the fire and rescue and Emergency Management department (Dispatch),.
The Town Council held its annual joint meeting with the Tourism Council on January 5, and when the topic of board dynamics was broached, the sparks began to fly. Executive Director Jessica Willi told the council that the board was dealing with a.
The five moped operators appeared before the New Shoreham Town Council on Tuesday night to request renewals of rental licenses for the 2022 summer season. Always a contentious affair, last year’s renewal process went on for several months and.
Thu, 04/08/2021 - 5:00pm
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Perhaps in appreciation and recognition of the power that his office can yield, the Committee for the Great Salt Pond is appealing to R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha for help in bringing to light just what happened, and whether it was legal when the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council mediated with Champlin’s Realty Associates and granted them an expansion of their marina after 17 years.
The mediation was arrived at in December and unanimously approved by the CRMC in an executive session of their Dec. 29 meeting. The Town of New Shoreham and the other intervenors in the case, the CGSP, the Block Island Land Trust, and the Block Island Conservancy, were not aware that the mediation was actually taking place. They were told by the CRMC, through Town Solicitor Kathy Merolla, that no mediation would take place without them. But, it did, and no one ever told the town about the change in plans.
Thu, 01/14/2021 - 5:45pm
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After a 16-month process with the Charter Review Commission tackling the Town of New Shoreham’s Home Rule Charter, the proposed amendments for the Charter – revised every 10 years – are now complete.
The Town Council continued discussions on the proposed revisions for the Charter on Wednesday, Jan 6. On Monday, Jan. 4, the council had looked at the revised language for the amendments developed by Town Solicitor Kathy Merolla and town staff. The revised amendments have been sent to the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s office. The council’s revisions will be turned into local ballot questions to be put to the voters of the town in March.