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DEM urges Rhode Islanders to stay safe as Hurricane Teddy passes offshore

Tue, Sep 22

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News

The following message was shared to The Block Island Times from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management on Monday, Sept...
Update from ferry

Tue, Sep 22

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News

Posted on the Block Island Ferry website on Tuesday, Sept. 22: SERVICE ALERT FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND: THE HIGH SPEED FERRY AT 8AM FROM...
The life and art of Jim Stevenson celebrated in documentary

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@gmail.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News

Jim Stevenson. When most people hear his name, they quickly associate him with his cartoons and writings. But a recent documentary, “Stevenson - Lost...
Reburying wind farm cables to begin

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News

Due to technical difficulties, the Town Council had to cancel its Sept. 16 meeting and reschedule. The Zoom access number for dialing in and...
Recreation Department: We need to reinvent ourselves

Lars Trodson, at ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News

With traditional fall sports such as basketball and volleyball sidelined due to health and safety concerns, the members of the Recreation Board spent...
Historical Society talk to shed light on Black and Native histories on Block Island

Lars Trodson, at ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News

Cultural and civic landmarks on Block Island tell the visitor and resident that the island is 359 years old; that it was “settled” in 1661 by a group...
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Walk to New Harbor Boat Basin

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com

Wed, Sep 16

Category:

News, Video

(360 VIDEO) Walk along the beach by the New Harbor Boat Basin, courtesy of The Block Island Times. The Boat Basin is located close to Payne’s Dock in...
DEM to provide free trees to RI homeowners

Wed, Sep 16

Category:

News

The following message from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was shared to The Block Island Times on Wednesday,...
Cable reburial project to commence at Fred Benson Beach

Tue, Sep 15

Category:

News

The following message was provided by Facilities Manger Sam Bird on Tuesday, Sept. 15: With the end of the summer season, National Grid...
Phones temporarily down in office

Tue, Sep 15

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News

The phones in The Block Island Times office are temporarily down. To speak to The Times staff, please reach us by email: • Editor...
US Census work continues

Mon, Sep 14

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News

The following message was shared by US Census Bureau Field Supervisor Linda Wright on Monday, Sept. 14: Our work is continuing on the...
Reminder to wear fluorescent orange during deer season

Mon, Sep 14

Category:

News

The following announcement from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was forwarded to The Block Island Times: The Rhode...
Portuguese man-o-wars found in Block Island waters

Lars Trodson

Sun, Sep 13

Category:

News

Recreation Department Director Dave Sniffen has found about a dozen Portuguese man-o-war jellyfish washed up at Fred Benson Town Beach. Sniffen told...

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Cab owners report busy, safe summer — for the most part

Lars Trodson, at ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com

Fri, Sep 18

Category:

News, Features

Even with fewer cabs on the streets, and fewer seats in those cabs, cab owner and Motor Vehicles for Hire member Sue Ann Millikin described what was...
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Seaside hospitality at The Beach House

Amy Lockwood MacDougall

Fri, Sep 18

Category:

Columnists

The Block Island Beach House (formerly known as “The Surf Hotel”) is sporting some great new dining areas this year. While the inside and outside...
Are you ready for some football?

Pamela Gelsomini

Fri, Sep 18

Category:

Dish off the Block

Football season is upon us and, since we can’t go to the stadium to root our team on, there will no doubt be more ‘tailgate’ parties at home (...
Shellfish Commission studying habits of invasive crabs

Renee Meyer

Fri, Sep 18

Category:

News, Features

The New Shoreham Shellfish Commission held its first meeting since February on Tuesday, Sept. 15 via Zoom. It was both a wrap-up of the summer season...
ICYMI: Presidential sibling visited Block Island this summer

Peter Voskamp

Fri, Sep 18

Category:

News, Features

With the hustle and bustle of a particularly fraught summer come and gone, there’s now time to reflect back on one of this season’s more interesting...
Wind Farm transport vessel answers ‘mayday’ call

Lars Trodson, at ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News, Features

The Atlantic Pioneer has been a familiar sight on Block Island waters for several years now, zipping back and forth between the island, the mainland...
Lost Memories

Ruby Crawford

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News, Features

Ed. note: The Block Island Yacht Club created the Short Story Contest several years ago as an opportunity for seniors and juniors attending the...
Washington Trust gifts indoor seeds to its customers

Rosemary Connelli, at rconnelli@gmail.com

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

News, Features

After the scare with some island residents receiving seeds from China, one resident, Alex McCabe, reached out to The Block Island Times after...
Of foils and sails

J.V. Houlihan

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

The Ferry Dock Scribbler

One day this August I was sailing across Narragansett bay toward the Pell Bridge and saw this kid tear-assing by me on a foiling boat called a WASZP...
Seven years

Martha Ball

Thu, Sep 17

Category:

Island Notes

Fall comes next week, officially, astronomically. It used to come sometime in the week after Labor Day, then to the holiday and earlier as schools...

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