What started as curiosity about CRMC (401-783-3370 M-F 8:30-4) policies turned into an approximately 30 minutes phone call with Nat and Tim Motte (tmotte@crmc.ri.gov,) the Quonnie permitting representative. Overall Tim was extremely nice, quite chatty and very excited to hear that we were clued in to the well being of the pond. Here’s what I learned: Read the full article…
This week Jim did some analysis of our property taxes compared to our neighbors. He writes: If (as claimed) the assessments are based on buildable lots (irrespective of acreage), on the water, (all are), with a neighborhood multiplier, (same for all), then the ‘Land Value per Potentially Buildable Lot’ should be similar for all these Read the full article…
Recently I learned about the Salt Ponds Coalition, a local non-profit that among other things has been measuring water quality for about 28 years! Among their many efforts, they publish a seasonal newsletter, the latest of which features our pond! It turns out water quality is often measured as an “Aquatic Health Index” (AHI) which Read the full article…
Columbus Day is late this year, so Work Weekend will be October 5th & 6th instead!
I’ve pulled together everything I can about the construction next door and will continue to post relevant information here: Puddicombe
OK, so those of you who didn’t make it this year didn’t miss much on Saturday. Cold, drizzley, dank, cold, wet, and cold. Productivity was modest, mostly Hurricane Sandy cleanup, (Beth, Kate and Madge faced the worst poison ivy) and the best thing we did was start a nice fire mid day. We did have Read the full article…
Annie, Nat and I met Beth and Jeannie at Haversham last weekend to check up on things post Sandy. The short story is that there was no significant damage done to the place. One big oak went down across the driveway, Jeff Hall won’t have to remove as many shingles from the Ponds side roof, Read the full article…