(New Shoreham, RI)--The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office is petitioning to intervene in a legal saga centered around a proposed marina expansion on Block Island.The A.G.'s office says the intervention request is to address concerns about a recent closed-door mediation between the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council and Champlin's Realty Associates, which first sought approval to expand its marina in BI's Great Salt Pond nearly twenty years ago.A memorandum of understanding was filed by the council and Champlin's last month.The A.G. says the agreement was formed outside the public regulatory process and excluded the town of New Shoreham and other interested parties.
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