Journal photo / John Freidah
In the jam of boats on Great Salt Pond, year-round
residents see reasons for concern where businessmen see an opportunity. The
largest of the pond's three marinas, Champlin's, whose trident-shaped piers
are visible at left, is proposing to expand into 4 acres of public trust waters.
Block Islanders have fiercely resisted the plan; hundreds of them showed up
at a hearing last June holding protest placards and chanting slogans.
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