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Town Manager search begins

Library hosts local artists and crafters for...

The Ecumenical Choir: An appreciation

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20-year old Harbor Management Plan is updated

Rosemary Connelli

Fri, Dec 13

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News

Recognizing that the needs and uses of the Great Salt Pond and the island’s harbors have changed in the past two decades, the town is in the process...
Block Island Film Festival partners with Barbados

Fri, Dec 13

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News

Two international film festivals have joined forces, forming a creative partnership designed to broaden their programming and operations. After a...
Senior Advisory Committee sets priorities, outlines next budget

Pat Tengwall

Fri, Dec 13

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News

Caregivers for the island’s elderly, and housing for both seniors and caregivers. Transportation, both on and off the island. A larger budget for...
Town Manager search begins

Rosemary Connelli

Thu, Dec 12

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News

The Town Manager Search Committee began its most recent meeting discussing the application process for a new town manager and if the process should...
Task Force lists downtown issues

Lars Trodson

Thu, Dec 12

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News

Each year, the members of the Old Harbor Task Force offer their assessment of how things functioned, and what can be done differently, in the Old...
Interim Town Manager chosen

Thu, Dec 12

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News

The following information was submitted to the Block Island Times by First Warden Ken Lacoste on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 4:50 p.m.: In an...
HDC reviewing two major hotel projects

Rosemary Connelli

Thu, Dec 5

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News

The members of the Historic District Commission spent some time at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 25 going over plans for the new development that...
Special meeting to be set for water main project

Rosemary Connelli

Thu, Dec 5

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News

The Town Council approved language that will ask registered voters to approve financing 25 percent of the cost of a water main project that is one of...
Radio coverage expanding for BIVFD

Pat Tengwall

Thu, Dec 5

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News

Block Island’s first responders have led the effort to interconnect all the town government’s departments with one another using a single digital VHF...
Mystic Aquarium hosts animal responder training

Rosemary Connelli

Thu, Dec 5

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News

“If someone is out walking and they see a stranded animal on the beach, they can call our hotline number and we will call an island volunteer...
Making memories, bumpkin-style

J.V. Houlihan, Jr.

Wed, Nov 27

Category:

The Ferry Dock Scribbler

By definition, a bumpkin is “ an awkward, simple, unsophisticated person from a rural area .” I meet many New Yorkers who pull into Paradise...
Shopping Stroll 2019

Renee Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

With six days to go before the big event, shopkeepers all over downtown Block Island were busy in their shops on Saturday, Nov. 23. Arranging...
Lobster Pot Tree sparkles once again

Margie Comings

Wed, Nov 27

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News

Last Saturday, Nov. 23, dawned sunny and cold with just a little wind… a perfect day to construct this year’s Lobster Pot Christmas Tree. It is the...
Four applications for interim town manager (so far)

Rosemary Connelli

Wed, Nov 27

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News

According to First Warden Ken Lacoste, the immediate goal for the Town Council is to hire an interim town manager “prior to Ed’s departure on the...
Turbine spacing proposal irks fishing industry

Cassius Shuman

Wed, Nov 27

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News, B.I. Wind Farm

The commercial fishing industry is saying “not so fast” regarding the proposal by five offshore wind leaseholders to institute a one nautical mile of...
Water Company hopes to turn to taxpayers for project

Lars Trodson

Wed, Nov 27

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News

Members of the Water Commission hope that town residents will offer some financial support for a water main replacement project they say is of vital...
Composting program to begin Dec. 1

Renée Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

It started last summer as a simple but smelly survey of trash and garbage. Jamie Johnston, owner of the trash collection business McPick, and Clair...
No food truck cap set, yet

Cassius Shuman

Wed, Nov 27

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News

The Town of New Shoreham is trying, according to Councilor Sven Risom, to “maintain its original food truck philosophy,” as it contends with the...
School food service manager resigns

Pat Tengwall

Wed, Nov 27

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News

I n a candid letter announcing her resignation, Cindy Kelly, the School Food Service Manager for the Block Island School, raised issues of sanitation...
Future of the Visitor Center a ‘difficult discussion’

Lars Trodson

Wed, Nov 27

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News

T he third and final public forum on the future of the Visitor Center located in Old Harbor focused on the costs of running the facility and who, and...
Harbors Committee looks back, looks ahead

Renée Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

On Thursday, Nov. 21 the Harbors Committee finally had an opportunity to look back on the summer boating scene. It was the first time since mid-May...
Land Trust Public Priorities Poll results

Renée Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

The Block Island Land Trust unveiled the results of its Public Priorities Poll at its meeting on Thursday, Nov. 14. The poll showed that there is...
Winter Market at the Library

Renée Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

Don’t forget to make the Winter Market a part of your stroll. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Island Free Library will be hosting this annual market from...
In memory of ‘Bo’ Gempp

Renée Meyer

Wed, Nov 27

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News

Just a couple of hours before the big event, Pat Hoyt said: “It’s a little more hectic than usual.” But they pulled it off in grand fashion. The...
Lions Club restarts February lottery

Lars Trodson

Wed, Nov 27

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News

After a year-long hiatus the Block Island Lions Club is restarting its popular calendar lottery just in time for the 2019 Holiday Stroll. The game...
Special Holiday Stroll edition available today

Tue, Nov 26

Category:

News

The Thanksgiving edition of The Block Island Times will be available in our office and on newsstands today. This edition includes the...

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Citing loss of revenue, Murphy Auto stops car inspections

Lars Trodson

Thu, Dec 12

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News

Citing a seemingly never-ending list of regulations, requirements, equipment needs and loss of revenue, Murphy Auto owner Rob Murphy has said he is...
Utility District moves ahead on two major projects

Renée Meyer

Mon, Dec 9

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News

The Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners, which governs the Block Island Power Company, covered a broad range of topics at its...
SAC seeking transportation support

Lars Trodson

Sun, Dec 8

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News

Members of the Senior Advisory Committee continue to look to the state, and the town, for support for its senior ride share program. SAC Co-Chair...
School food service manager to remain during search

Pat Tengwall

Sun, Dec 8

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News

Cindy Kelly will be staying on as the School Food Service Manager for the Block Island School while a search continues for her successor, according...
Library hosts local artists and crafters for holidays

Rosemary Connelli

Fri, Dec 6

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News

Walking into the library in the early evening, vendors were beginning to set up their tables for the weekly Tuesday night markets at the Island Free...
The Ecumenical Choir: An appreciation

Karin Carlone

Fri, Dec 6

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News

For those who missed the Thanksgiving service at the Harbor Baptist Church, the Ecumenical Choir gave a beautiful performance. Public worship began...
The Perfect Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pam Gelsomini

Tue, Dec 3

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Columnists

The perfect final touch: Pumpkin Cheesecake Cool nights, falling leaves, early sunsets, and... everything ‘pumpkin.’ As Thanksgiving approaches, I...

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Letters

Thu, Dec 12

Category:

Letters

A mainland car inspection To the Editor: Letters to the editor are essential on a small island like ours. It may be one of the most effective...
Editorial

Thu, Dec 12

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Editorials

An island dilemma It sometimes seems we spend so much time figuring out how to take care of, and provide the most pleasant experiences for, our...
And then the sun came out

Martha Ball

Thu, Dec 12

Category:

Island Notes

I t is mid-December and these days are the shortest of the year. Still, I seem to wake when the first light of summer would be creeping up around the...
Editorial

Island composting program a great idea

Sun, Dec 8

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Editorials

Clair Stover, Executive Director of the Block Island Conservancy, said the island composting program initiated on Sunday, Dec. 1, got off to a brisk...
Letters

Sun, Dec 8

Category:

News, Opinion, Letters

‘Incorrect and misleading’ To the Editor: Regarding your reporting of my stepping down as the Block Island School Food Service Manager, the...
New program at Harbor Church

Finding the holy in the ordinary

Pastor Peter Preiser

Fri, Dec 6

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News

What do the Glass Orb Project, counting seals, birdwatching, and our search for spiritual significance in life have in common? Perhaps more than we...
The fungus among us

Kim Gaffett

Fri, Dec 6

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News, Columnists, Ocean Views

On Saturday, Dec. 7, author and mycologist Lawrence Millman will be walking and talking fungi right here on Block Island. First, a walk at 11 a.m...
Corpus delicti

J. V. Houlihan

Thu, Dec 5

Category:

News, Columnists, The Ferry Dock Scribbler

The first three-and-a-half minutes of the new movie, “The Irishman,” is tightly packed with the story’s expository information of the main character...
Jean Kittredge, 89

Thu, Dec 5

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Obituaries

Jean Hedin Kittredge was a resident of Block Island until, in recent years, illness required that she be off-island. She shared a loving partnership...
Surprising December

Martha Ball

Thu, Dec 5

Category:

News

I t is more than two weeks, yet, until the Winter Solstice, but the afternoons do not get much shorter than they are these first days of December. At...

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