NEW SHOREHAM — Opponents of a controversial marina expansion are furious about what they call a “secret backroom deal” that froze them out of an agreement to settle a 17-year-old case.

The mediated settlement of a controversial marina expansion on Block Island was a common-sense solution to nearly two decades of litigation. Or, it was a secret backroom deal that violated state ...

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. — Local and state agencies have battled over plans by Champlin’s Marina to expand on Block Island since 2003. . Advocates for the expansion claim they want more access ...

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has affirmed decisions by a coastal regulator against a nearly two-decade-old plan to expand a marina. The Providence Journal reported that Judge Kristin ...

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has denied a joint motion that would have allowed for the expansion of Champlin's Marina on Block Island. The decision came down late last week.

RI COURTS R.I. Supreme Court denies Champlin’s Marina expansion plan in Block Island’s Great Salt Pond The long-proposed plan sought to extend into the pond to accommodate 140 more boats.

The U.S. Coast Guard tells 12 News the boat’s starboard engine caught fire Friday afternoon roughly 1.5 nautical miles from New Harbor.

Block Island, Rhode Island ... Salt Pond on the west side -- has seafoodrestaurants and a marina. The beaches are all public, ...

Block Island is the antithesis of such materialism, a wild sliver of land 12 miles south of the mainland. ... turning left at the sign for Chaplin’s Marina on Great Salt Pond’s New Harbor.