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Offshore wind developer pledges $4.5 million for Rhode Island

By

Cassius Shuman

Mon, Apr 22

Category:

News, B.I. Wind Farm

The following press release was sent to The Block Island Times on Monday: PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Gina M. Raimondo...
Cab owners apply some heat

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Apr 18

Category:

News

There was some heckling. At a Motor Vehicles For Hire meeting. However boisterous the crowd may have been, the issue before those in attendance was...
Town’s legislation facing challenges

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 18

Category:

News

Two pieces of state legislation the Town of New Shoreham is pushing in the Rhode Island General Assembly were heard on April 11 and are facing...
Locals express sadness for Notre Dame

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 18

Category:

News

The fire that raged through the 850 year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was a tragedy that touched people deeply all over the world. The stunning...
(360 VIDEO) Walk the Old Harbor Breakwater

By

Cassius Shuman

Tue, Apr 16

Category:

News

(360 VIDEO) Take a walk on the Old Harbor Breakwater on a windy, sunny April 16 day, courtesy of The Block Island Times . Temperatures were...
Tourism Director suggests legal action over comments

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

Tourism Council Director Jessica Willi recommended the Tourism Board take legal action for what Willi felt were slanderous statements made by the...
RIAC: Decision to defund airport project made by FAA

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

While expressing his satisfaction that a fixed base operator has returned to the Block Island Airport, a local pilot had turned his attention to...
School playground opens after oil spill

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

Block Island School Superintendent Mike Convery told The Block Island Times that the school’s playground area, impacted by a fuel oil spill,...
Coast Guard Station getting new well

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

The Coast Guard Station that sits near the channel to the Great Salt Pond is getting a new well to service its water supply needs. The station had...
Council updated on Surf plans

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

A team representing the new owners of the Surf Hotel and the Gables Inn provided the Town Council with an overview of their plans for the two...
Zoning Board denies Payne’s appeal

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

News

The New Shoreham Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously (6-0) denied Cathy Payne’s appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of the Thomas Property project...

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Chamber of Commerce president resigns

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

A day after she publicly read a scathing letter about what she called “self-serving” practices by the Tourism Council, Block Island Chamber of...
Appeal puts town housing project on hold

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

An appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of the $1.5 million Thomas Property housing project has stalled its development, and put the town in a...
Three groups get their funding

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

First Warden Ken Lacoste’s decision to “be a little more aggressive” led the Town Council to fully fund the budget requests of three town groups. The...
A 360 view of Clayhead Trail

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

(360 VIDEO) Journey down the Clayhead Trail, over a rock field, and a gully, to the water's edge, courtesy of The Block Island Times . It...
A 360 video journey down Andy’s Way

By

Cassius Shuman

Mon, Apr 1

Category:

News

Breathe in the scenery as The Block Island Times takes you on a 360-video journey down Andy's Way to the water's edge and a view of the Great Salt...
DeRoy C.“Pete” Thomas, 93

Thu, Mar 28

DeRoy C. “Pete” Thomas passed away on March 19, 2019 at the age of 93. Pete is survived by his beloved wife Doris; his son Peter and daughter-in-law...
Utility District acquires BIPCo assets

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

News

Almost 30 months after Block Island voters narrowly voted to approve the purchase of two-thirds of Block Island Power Co. stock, the Block Island...
HDC: Gables Inn proposal requires 3D model

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

News

The anticipated unveiling of plans to develop the Gables Inn property on Dodge Street was put on hold after the Chair of the Historic District...
Tourism Council eyes revenue loss to room reselling services

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

News

As more and more island visitors rent rooms and homes through such room reselling platforms as airbnb, less and less hotel tax revenue gets circled...
duPont questions RIAC proposal

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

News

An announcement made last week by Rhode Island Airport Corporation stating that it would create a task force to determine what projects should be...

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Head for the Steeple

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

Island Notes

Martha Ball is out sick this week. This column was originally published in April 2011. Y ou can’t go wrong when you head for the steeple...
The Suit

By

Nancy Greenaway

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

April is National Poetry Month. It was introduced in 1996 and is organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and...
And the winner is...

Thu, Apr 11

Category:

News

The following was submitted by Block Island School art teacher Lisa Robb: Everyone was feeling hot, hot, hot thanks to the tasty chili that...
Holy Week Services

Thu, Apr 11

Catholic : St. Andrew Church Holy Week and Easter Sunday: The following services are at St. Andrew Parish Center on Spring Street...
Island resident continues genealogy project

Pick a Rose, find a Rose!

By

Fran Migliaccio

Fri, Apr 5

Category:

News

Genealogist Peter Greenman has again plunged into the history of a large Block Island family, and this time it is a founding family: the Roses,...
A saloon musician gets his due

By

J.V. Houlihan Jr.

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

Columnists, The Ferry Dock Scribbler

”Bear down on that guitar, Houlihan,” said Jon Campbell from the stage as we were performing a benefit on Block Island for the moving of the...
Letters

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

Opinion, Letters

‘A good man’ To the Editor: Life on this Island Block is quite unique in many ways. Certainly not conventional, and even unusual if you live...
Designing a better future

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

Rosemary Connelli has taken her love of graphic design and research and combined them into four striking posters she has designed for the New Bedford...
Time to move forward

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

The air has been cleared, people have had their say, and now it is time to put some effort into how to best utilize the Visitor’s Center in Old...
Did you know Superman’s friend?

By

Howard Blue

Thu, Apr 4

Category:

News

For several decades, starting in 1959, Carroll Rheinstrom and his wife Irene had a beautiful house (although, oddly, it had only one room) on a 12-...

Community

On The Block

Thu, Mar 28

Category:

On the Block

Island Free Library Events - Library Underground After Hours Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m. Teen lounge for grades six through 12...