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Town voting in favor of “peak shaving” referendum

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

The New Shoreham Town Council voted (3-1) to instruct town Facilities Manager Sam Bird to cast the town’s vote in favor of the Block Island Utility...
EEE testing ongoing

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

Block Island’s mosquito testing protocol continues in the wake of a sample testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis on the island last week...
Cherry Hill Lane project attracts interest

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

There was excitement in the air as 30 people signed in at Town Hall on Tuesday evening with the hope of becoming applicants for one of five single-...
Two boards, two definitions of developable land

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

Because the Town Council and the Planning Board have two conflicting opinions on what constitutes developable land on Block Island, a public hearing...
Ryans honored as Island Treasures

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

Longtime island residents Bonny and Gary Ryan were honored as Island Treasures this year at the Block Island Residents Association annual meeting on...
Land Trust conserves another parcel

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

There was no big announcement, just the statement at the monthly meeting of the Block Island Land Trust by Treasurer Wendy Crawford, that among the...
Highways Dept. now included in high speed network

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

There is now another town anchor institution included in the high speed broadband network: the town Highways Department located on Ocean Avenue. And...
Artist’s collaborative seeking home

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

A group of art enthusiasts are seeking an island property to serve as their home base for an artist collaborative organization they are developing...
The Parish Center turns 40

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

“It’s a good story,” said Father Robert Randall, and indeed it is. This is the story of how the St. Andrew Parish Center, which is celebrating its...
EEE reported on Block Island

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Sep 13

Category:

News

A positive test for eastern equine encephalitis has been reported on Block Island. The deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE has been reported in various...
Langevin: Key to election stability is education

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

During a recent visit to Block Island, Congressman Jim Langevin said that a better educated population will be the true savior of the republic and...
Mass. residents using B.I. Wind Farm as model

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News, B.I. Wind Farm

The Block Island Wind Farm seems to have piqued the curiosity of other communities, which are eager to learn how the wind turbines were installed,...
Filippi brothers’ appeal denied

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

Local businessmen Blake and Paul Filippi were denied in their appeal of a notice of violation issued by the New Shoreham Building Official for...
Tourism Council assesses the summer

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

The presence of cars on Block Island is either an ongoing nuisance or a symbol of the kind of family that comes to the island and is a powerful...
Lots of life on, and in, the Great Salt Pond

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

Harbormaster Steve Land had some spectacular views of the Great Salt Pond taken during a drone flight over the island. He was showing the images to...
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Hike the Greenway Trail to Fresh Pond

By

Cassius Shuman

Wed, Sep 11

Category:

News

(360 VIDEO) Hike the Greenway Trail, courtesy of The Block Island Times , past an apple tree and over a bridge to Fresh Pond on a sunny,...
Remembering those lost on 911

Wed, Sep 11

Category:

News

Flags are flying at half staff on Block Island in memory of the victims lost during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The attacks, which...
Town employee housing project underway

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News

Construction of a single-family residence for a senior town employee on the Thomas Property is underway, and could be completed this fall. The cost...
5G technology and Block Island: Not a good fit

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News

I n 1979, the first generation (1G) of cell phone technology was rolled out in Tokyo, Japan. Its use was confined to car phones inside the city of...
Exposed cables to be reinstalled by 2021

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News, B.I. Wind Farm

Exposed sections of the transmission cables at the Fred Benson Town Beach will be reinstalled using horizontal directional drilling from the dunes,...
SAC’s senior center proposal “moving along”

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News

T he Senior Advisory Committee’s quest to create a senior adult residential center on Block Island is moving past the discussion phase and is headed...
Police Department comes to the aid of one of its own

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News

It was almost one year ago to the day that the life of New Shoreham Police Officer Chris Rich changed. It has changed so dramatically, in fact, that...
Illegal striped bass fishing raises concerns

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Aug 29

Category:

News

The story of two fishermen recently arrested for catching more striped bass than is legally permissible while fishing off Block Island shines a light...

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Shellfish Commission considers fall GSP reseeding

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

Seeding the Great Salt Pond with hard shell clams is normally a spring event, but the Shellfish Commission is considering making it a fall event as...
Angus Joseph Sprague born

Thu, Sep 19

Angus Joseph Sprague was born on May 14, 2019 at South County Hospital, welcomed by his big brother Axel. Angus weighed in at 8 pounds 7 ounces, and...
Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows

Fri, Sep 13

Category:

News

Town of New Shoreham PO BOX 220, Block Island RI 02807 Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows The Town of New Shoreham is seeking bids to...
Blood Drives honored

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

Pastor Peter Preiser, at left, along with Pat Tengwall, second from right, and Peter Greenman, Director of the Block Island Blood Drive, accept a...
One family’s story of the Japanese internment camps during WWII

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

News

Ken Nomiyama does not remember living in a Japanese internment camp during the 1940s. He was born in one in 1942, and his family left the camp in...
Interstate update

Fri, Sep 6

Category:

News

Posted on the Block Island Ferry website: UPDATED SERVICE ALERT FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING AND WE HAVE...
Lillian Prakelt Goss, 86

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

Obituaries

Lillian Prakelt Goss, 86, passed away peacefully in Norwalk, Conn., on Aug, 10, 2019. She was born on March 20, 1933 and was the daughter of Gerhard...
North Light Faces

By

Pat Tengwall

Thu, Sep 5

Category:

News
Sign up for Alzheimer’s Walk

By

Gloria S. Redlich

Thu, Aug 29

Category:

News

Islanders representing a number of constituencies have come together to organize a Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22...
Broadband group leaving little to chance

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Aug 29

Category:

News

The first attempt to roll out an island-wide high speed internet network stalled almost as soon as it started in large part due to sticker shock. The...

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The Discovery Deck

By

J.V. Houlihan, Jr.

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

Columnists, The Ferry Dock Scribbler

“This is one of those little museums that you walk into, and you can actually learn lots of great information in a very small space,” says contractor...
Letters

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Advice on the ballot To the Editor: Several people asked me for advice on the Block Island Power Co. ballot question regarding the use of...
A great start

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

There was some speculation that affordable rental units were more of a necessity by the town’s working class families and individuals than affordable...
The Last Week of Summer

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

Columnists, Island Notes

Th ere stands a stone tower on Mansion Road. It was built with the Searles Mansion, for reasons that have varied with the teller, a sort of folly...
Dish off the Block: Striped bass

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By Pamela Gelsomini

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

Columnists

The stripers are running. I grew up in a fishing family where fresh bluefish and stripers were often on the menu. My father treated striper fishing...
A moment in time

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Sep 19

Category:

News

Text and photos by Lars Trodson It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining, bouncing brightly off the calm waters of the Great Salt...
Order this... Delicious dishes at The Spring House

By

Amy Lockwood MacDougall

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

Columnists, Order This

September is one of the best months to come to Block Island. The days are warm and the nights are cool, the beaches are empty and the water is as...
Letters

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A most sincere thanks To the Block Island Community: Please excuse the fact that I did not write personal thank you notes. My handwriting is...
This is a no-no

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

This does not make New Shoreham Highways Supervisor Mike Shea happy. Furniture left on the side of the road, often under the guise that it is free,...
On Golden Pond

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Sep 12

Category:

Columnists, Island Notes

La st week feels to have been very long ago, indeed. Thursday evening was windless, a beautifully golden end of day which found me on the edges of...

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