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Sea smoke on the pond

By

Cassius Shuman

Mon, Jan 21

Category:

News

(360 VIDEO) Watch the sea smoke drift over the Great Salt Pond while standing on the icy dock at New Harbor. The temperature was hovering around five...
Boat schedules and freight rates

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

A meeting between the Town Council and representatives from Interstate Navigation that was once an annual occurrence — but in recent years had gone...
Gurguri returns to work

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

With a big smile on his face, Meriton Gurguri, the Kosovo native detained by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents about a year ago, told The...
Council seeking greater public input

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

The Town Council spent its Jan. 8 work session primarily discussing goals and priorities for the coming year, during which an impassioned...
Cable survey ongoing

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News, B.I. Wind Farm

National Grid and Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind are analyzing the soil and terrain surrounding the two electric cables at the Town Beach, which have...
Interstate may appeal DPUC’s decision

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

Interstate Navigation is considering an appeal of a decision by the state’s Division of Public Utilities and Carriers that denied the company’s...
RIAC hopes to restore airport services

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

Officials from the Rhode Island Airport Corporation have communicated to island resident Henry duPont that it hopes to restore the level of on-site...
Thomas Property housing project underway

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

The proverb, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” could be applied to the town’s efforts regarding its town employee housing initiative...

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Communication snafu between town and Interstate

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

Although there were few, if any, points of contention during the discussion between the Town Council and representatives of Interstate Navigation at...
Tight school budget makes finding new teaching funds challenging

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

The Block Island School Committee discussed adding another math teacher to the proposed fiscal year 2020 budget during its meeting Tuesday night. The...
Conservation Commission sets short and long-term agenda

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

At its most recent meeting, the members of the Conservation Commission received a list attached to a memo from the Planning Board. They may not have...
Tourism Council to craft long-term plans

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

Tourism Council Executive Director Jessica Willi has asked the Tourism Board to do a little visioning for the future. “I think the Tourism Council...
Bringing high speed internet to the library

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

Bringing high-speed broadband into any one of the five institutions comprising the Community Anchor Institutions is not just a matter of turning on a...
New Fire Chief elected

By

Pat Tengwall

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

After five years at the head of the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, Peter Gempp has stepped down. Mike Ernst was elected Fire...
Service for Gayanne DuPont

Mon, Jan 14

Category:

News

The public is invited to join the Hall family in a celebration of Gayanne's life with a Memorial Service on this Friday, Jan. 18, 11 a.m. at Harbor...
(360 VIDEO) from the stone jetty

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Jan 11

Category:

News

(360 VIDEO) In a steady, gusting breeze The Block Island Times traversed from the stairs on Water Street to the stone jetty at Old Harbor...
Conservation organizations partnering to protect pond

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

The island’s three most prominent land conservation agencies are teaming up to purchase a parcel of land that the groups hope will continue to be...
Nicholas Ball Park to be restored

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

Restoration of Nicholas Ball Park will begin shortly, as the Historic District Commission granted the Old Harbor Task Force unanimous conceptual...

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Total eclipse of the snow owl moon

By

Kim Gaffett

Fri, Jan 18

Category:

News

On Sunday, Jan. 20, starting at about 10:30 p.m., Block Island and all of north and South America will be under a moon being totally eclipsed (...
Cash's Corner

Patriots ready for AFC Championship Game

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

News

It’s an exciting time to be a New England Patriots football fan, as it’s playoff time, and the team is marching toward another Super Bowl appearance...
Spy hopping, banana posing and other seal questions

By

Kim Gaffett and Clair Stover

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Ocean Views

With our yards and meadows mostly buttoned-up or battened-down, we are paying more attention to our island-wide back yard. Have you ever been walking...
Don Thimble, 69

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Obituaries

Donald Gerard Thimble, 69, of Block Island, R.I. passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Jan. 10, 2019 after a yearlong battle...
Jane Chisholm Hofe, 83

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Obituaries

Jane Chisholm Hofe, 83, of Mystic Conn., Block Island, R.I., and formerly of Morristown, N.J., died on Tuesday, Jan. 8. Jane was born March 8, 1935...
Letters

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Bright lights To the Editor: The island shines a little less bright with the passing of Ginni Collins and Don Thimble within a few days of...
Gold and Blue

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Island Notes

Th e afternoon is 26 minutes longer than it was in mid-December, when sunset came the earliest it does the whole year. I keep reminding myself it is...
‘We’ve got to love’

Thu, Jan 17

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

We must realize that we are grappling with the most weighty social problem of this nation, and in grappling with such a complex problem there is no...
To Your Health

Headaches: Understanding pain in your head

By

Kierston Sapp, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University class of 2019

Fri, Jan 11

Category:

News

Have you been experiencing headaches? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Over 90 percent of adults experience headaches in their lifetime. There are...
Alan C. Elwell, 78

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Obituaries

Alan Costain Elwell, age 78, of Stamford, Conn., and Block Island, R.I., passed away in the morning hours of Jan. 3, 2019 after a long battle with...

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