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A congestion of issues, ideas

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Dec 7

Category:

News

The members of the Town Council and a gathering of town residents wrestled with both logistical and philosophical questions at a meeting at Town Hall...
BIPCo sale faces continued litigation

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Dec 7

Category:

News

It appears as though the sale of Block Island Power Company assets to the Block Island Utility District will continue to face ongoing litigation...
SAC trying to piece together a puzzle

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Dec 7

Category:

News

Trying to figure out how best to accommodate the needs of the island’s growing senior population is often like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Each...
Welcome home

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Decades of perseverance, a good deal of sweat, some blood, a few tears of joy, and a clear vision for the future resulted, this past Saturday, in...
Narragansett, The Oar sold

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

A Limited Liability Corporation based out of Warwick, Rhode Island has purchased a group of island properties, including The Oar, The Narragansett,...
Town Council seeking civil penalty

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

The Town of New Shoreham wants to go lightly on violators of its new dune protection ordinance, seeking to impose a civil penalty rather than a...
Cherry Hill Lane project will be rebid

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Facing the hard reality that the original specifications for the five houses proposed for the Cherry Hill Lane project can’t be built within their...
Fast ferry dock plan requires town assent

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council has ruled that a modified dockage plan proposed for Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s seasonal high-...
Town Council has a lot to discuss at its next meeting

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Town Manager Ed Roberge said the island community is invited to the Town Council’s work session for an open conversation on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 4 p...
Cable survey to begin

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Beginning Wednesday, Dec. 5, National Grid and Deepwater Wind will be conducting permitted surveys as part of the ongoing exploration of a long-term...
Pieces falling together for broadband

By

Lars Trodson

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

The most recent meeting of the Block Island Broadband Committee was brisk and to the point. “Things are good,” said town Finance Director Amy Land,...
Planning Board approves Community Services zone

By

Cassius Shuman

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

The Town of New Shoreham is one step away from approval of the creation of a Community Services Zoning District to facilitate development of a town...
Ocean View housing gets green light

By

Cassius Shuman

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

The Ocean View Foundation has been given the green light by the Planning Board to proceed with converting its two rental properties off of West Side...

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Joy to the World

By

Pastor Peter Preiser

Fri, Dec 7

Category:

Columnists

We don’t often use the word joy in our everyday conversation, but it is part of the traditional landscape at this time of year. When you think of the...
Szabo steps down after 27 years at Chamber

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Kathy Szabo, the longtime Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, will retire on Dec. 31, 2018 after 27 years on the job. In a letter to...
After more than 20 years on HDC, McQueeny retires

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Claire McQueeny, a stalwart member of the New Shoreham Historic District Commission for more than 20 years, has had to say goodbye. McQueeny, who is...
BIED notes annual progress

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

“ We sold two affordable homes this year, and put in a new barrier fence in front of the Early Learning Center.” Block Island Economic Development...
Taxi commission weighs in on Weldon’s Way traffic

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Traffic congestion on Weldon’s Way during the peak tourism season has prompted Town Manager Ed Roberge and the Town Council to seek solutions to what...
Some moorings opening up

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

The waiting period for a residential mooring in the Great Salt Pond may have gotten shorter, at least for a few people. Harbormaster Steve Land told...
Island Free Library going fine free

By

Cassius Shuman

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

“I think that because we are the Island Free Library, I move that the library should go fine free .” Willie Feuer, Treasurer of the...
Scallop season off to a great start

By

Renée Meyer

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

Scallop season has opened in the Great Salt Pond and the bi-valves appear to be plentiful. But that’s not the only good news. Harbormaster Steve Land...
Funds needed for matching grant

By

Lars Trodson

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

The Old Harbor Task Force will be launching a campaign to raise about $12,000 needed to match $39,935 recently awarded to the town as part of the...
Filippi tapped for new role

By

Lars Trodson

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

News

State Rep. Blake Filippi has represented Dist. 36 in the House of Representatives since 2014. The Times took a moment to catch up with...

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Relics

By

Martha Ball

Fri, Dec 7

Category:

Island Notes

Autumn is lying on the grass in the front yard, watchful for any activity on the road, ever hopeful a vehicle will turn this way. It is warmer than...
Rekindling the holiday season spirit

By

Pastor Peter Preiser

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

The holiday season is here once again, and it holds different things for each one of us. It is a busy time for most, quickly filled up with dinner...
Essentials opens year-round

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

News

Essentials, long-known as the store found just off the lobby of The National Hotel during the summer, will now have a second, year-round store...
Niles deKlyn Tonner, 75

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

Obituaries

Niles Tonner passed away Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at his home in the Adirondacks. He is survived by two daughters, Lisa of Meriden, Conn., and...
A free-flowing discussion

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

There has been a lot of murmuring and chattering over the years about the traffic flow, if that is what it can be called, on Weldon’s Way during the...
Letters

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Peaceful progress To the Editor: To all who contributed and showed interest in the Block Island Peace Project: I want to thank everyone who...
Creaking Tree

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Nov 29

Category:

Island Notes

Th e Thanksgiving weekend was cold, just plain silly cold. I remember a freak snow one year, when I was in Massachusetts, “trough snow” they called...
What to do with all those fallen twigs and branches? Build a brush pile!

Ask The Conservancy: Brush piles

By

Clair Stover and Kim Gaffett

Wed, Nov 21

Category:

News

A delight of late fall mornings is to linger over breakfast as day finally breaks — around 7 a.m. If you are lucky enough to have a window on the...
Back to basics

By

J. V. Houlihan Jr.

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

The Ferry Dock Scribbler

We currently live in a land of great wealth. There is an abundance of things to buy, collect, discard, and buy again — and again. For example, high...
Keepers of the Light

By

Martha Ball

Tue, Nov 20

Category:

Columnists, Island Notes

The solitary white beacon at the North End of the island has drawn people to it since its construction. The Rev. Livermore wrote of the fourth, and...

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