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Greenaway remembers MLK, Jr.

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February Celebrations

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Beach opening

Tue, Jan 26

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The following message was posted by Facilities Manager Sam Bird on Tuesday, Jan. 26: The Cable Reburial contractors successfully completed...
Beach closure today

Mon, Jan 25

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The following message was posted by Facilities Manager Sam Bird: The Cable Reburial contractors will be pulling the second (and last)...
Public Hearing on solar ordinance changes

Renee Meyer, at rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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The Town of New Shoreham will conduct a public hearing on proposed changes to the zoning ordinances on solar energy systems on Monday, Feb.1, at 7 p...
New Fire Chief at BIVFRD

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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The Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has a new fire chief: Bain Transue. After a Fire Department meeting on Monday, Jan. 11, the...
Champlin’s and CRMC mediate court case without town

Renee Meyer, at rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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Much of the island is reeling from the news that Champlin’s Marina and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Council may have done a run-around of the...
Update from Dr. Warcup

Tue, Jan 19

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The following update was posted by Block Island Health Services on Tuesday, Jan. 19: https://youtu.be/lLF1x494y0s Dr. Tom Warcup’s Update...

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Greenaway remembers MLK, Jr.

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, island resident and photographer Malcolm Greenaway provided The Block Island Times with a photograph of the...
Proposed walkway at Andy’s Way continues moving forward

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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The proposed construction for a new public shoreline access walkway at Andy’s Way (Plat 3, Lot 155) was brought forth again to the Planning Board on...
February Celebrations

Kim Gaffett

Thu, Jan 21

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Ocean Views

February is a maligned month. For all its detractors, February has much to offer: traditional celebrations and the subtle reddening and swelling of...
Library reports continued progress into the new year

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Jan 21

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Correction: the Island Free Library was not entirely closed over the summer season. The library has been open since June providing outdoor services...
The Luddite

J.V. Houlihan

Thu, Jan 21

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The Ferry Dock Scribbler

Back in my school teaching days I proudly called myself a “Luddite raging against the machine,” because back in those days I truly hated the linear...
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Martha Ball

Thu, Jan 21

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Island Notes

Today, the sun shone, and it was not terribly cold, the wind blew. The dog was happily outside, bounding about; when she came back in it was to lie...

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