Van Hemelrijck, who lives in South Kingstown and grew up in view of the proposed farm site, had a time-limited, small-scale shellfish farm under a permit to determine if shellfish farming was ...

Van Hemelrijck, a South Kingstown resident, intends to grow oysters and quahogs on a half-acre farm located just over 400 feet west of Great Island, as well as at a 0.05-acre winter site nearby.

M aurice Van Hemelrijck, 57, a man with a flair for dramatic decisions, is Belgium’s Minister for the Congo—and hopes very much to be the last one. Long before the bloody Léopoldville riots ...