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Planning Board holds public hearing on Grove Project
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Sep 25
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During the most recent Planning Board meeting, members heard testimony in support of The Grove project, which will be located behind the Gables Inn on Dodge Street. The public hearing was set as the board considers a special use permit for the construction of a new building for Block Island Beach...
Final touches for Cherry Hill Lane
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Sep 25
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During the recent Housing Board Meeting, Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas provided an update on the Cherry Hill Lane houses. Closings of the five affordable houses were announced back in July. The project, which was created in response to the lack of affordable housing in a town where some of the...
Art around town...
Pop Up Show with Powers and Padien
Fri, Sep 25
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The Spring Street Gallery is excited to offer a pop-up art opening with Gallery member Jerry Powers and our friend Bill Padien with their new paintings. The joint show will open with a reception on Saturday Sept. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m., with refreshments available. Please be sure to wear your mask and...
The Solar Report
I’m pumped about heat pumps!
Fri, Sep 25
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What’s a “Heat pump” and why should anyone be pumped about them?
A heat pump is an electrical/mechanical appliance that can be used for heating in the cold months and cooling in the warm months. It consists of two components: a heat exchanger outdoors and a head, (or mini-split) usually...
Town Manager provides detailed updates for ongoing projects
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Sep 24
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After just about a month on the job, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford provided the Town Council with a full laundry list of projects and activities that will be ongoing into the end of the year and beyond, while also giving a recap of the summer. Crawford first noted that she will start conversations...
Cab owners report busy, safe summer — for the most part
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Sep 18
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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, overall, a pretty busy and safe summer, though it is not quite over yet. Out of 32 cabs, only 15 were on the road this year, said Millikin, and no...
Are you ready for some football?
Pamela Gelsomini
Fri, Sep 18
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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 (socially distant, of course). Whether you’re the host or just bringing an appetizer, these ‘totchos’ are always a fan favorite. A spin on nachos, using Tater...
Shellfish Commission studying habits of invasive crabs
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 18
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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 and planning for next year. Covid did not keep clammers from clamming this summer, with the sale of seasonal shellfish licenses on a par with last...
ICYMI: Presidential sibling visited Block Island this summer
Peter Voskamp
Fri, Sep 18
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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 visitors. Freedom, the sister ship of presidential yacht Sequoia, made its way into Great Salt Pond on Sunday, July 12. The 104-foot vessel, which is...
Wind Farm transport vessel answers ‘mayday’ call
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Sep 17
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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 and the Wind Farm as it carries wind farm employees to and from the turbines. Its routine was disrupted on Friday, Sept. 4, when at 10:30 a.m. a...
Lost Memories
Ruby Crawford
Thu, Sep 17
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Ed. note: The Block Island Yacht Club created the Short Story Contest several years ago as an opportunity for seniors and juniors attending the Block Island School to write creatively about the island. The format is that the opening paragraph, created by the BIYC, must be used for all entries,...
Washington Trust gifts indoor seeds to its customers
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@gmail.com
Thu, Sep 17
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After the scare with some island residents receiving seeds from China, one resident, Alex McCabe, reached out to The Block Island Times after receiving seeds in the mail from the Washington Trust Company. Being a customer of the bank, McCabe was curious as to why she had received the Money Plant...
A perfect day for a sail
Fri, Sep 11
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The following was submitted by the Block Island Yacht Club:
On Sunday, Sept. 6, the Block Island Yacht Club hosted the 7th annual Around the Island Pursuit Race. A Pursuit Race is different to a typical yacht race because each yacht’s handicap is applied, at the beginning, with the...
The Adventure of His Life
Chloe Weber
Fri, Sep 11
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A note from BIYC Writing Contest Director William Young:
I would like to apologize to the readers of The Block Island Times for a mixup. The story published in last week’s paper, “Journeys Ahead” was written by Amira Veldman-Wilson, not Chloe Weber. This was my error. I mislabeled the...
HDC reviews revised Gables site plan
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Sep 10
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Features
Newport Collaborative Architects submitted a revised application to the Historic District Commission for the ongoing project The Grove on Thursday, Sept. 3. The application was previously approved, but the applicants approached the board due to the inclusion of a new shed dormer and new fence along...
Walks for Justice aim for change
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Sep 10
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The national wave of protests in the United States over the killing of George Floyd sparked a weekly Walk for Justice in early June on the island. Some residents of the Block Island community quickly came together and organized weekly walks to stand in solidarity with the movement. It is now...
Whitehouse to speak at CGSP annual meeting
Sat, Sep 5
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This year the Committee for the Great Salt Pond will be holding its annual meeting 2020 style: on the internet. The meeting will take place on Sept. 15, 2020 at 7 p.m. The business meeting will be followed by a brief summation of our initiatives this year and continues with the CGSP program: ”A...
It’s September — Turn up the heat
Mussels in sriracha cream sauce
Pamela Gelsomini
Fri, Sep 4
Category:
Dish off the Block
Want to put a little spice in your life? These mussels have the perfect amount of heat from jalapeno and sriracha in the creamy sauce that will make your lips tingle, but keep you going back for more!! Make sure to have crusty bread on the side for dipping into the decadent sauce and a cold beer in...
Zoning Board considers new addition
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Sep 4
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During a lengthy discussion at the Zoning Board’s recent meeting, witnesses testified before the board at a public hearing on an application submitted by BI Harborview Partners II, LLC to put an addition onto an existing building on Corn Neck Road that will require relief from the town’s setback...
Interviews with State Senate candidates Sosnowski and Kain
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Sep 3
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The Block Island Times interviewed the two Democratic candidates running in the primary for the District 37 Senate seat, which represents Block Island and South Kingstown. The primary will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with voting at the Block Island School between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
...
Keith Lang’s Block Island: Then and Now
Keith Lang
Thu, Sep 3
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Dunn Town, 1970 Amidst the sultry damp of late summer, there always seems to come a day when the wind switches and blows hard, the air is clear and cool and all of a sudden fall seems not far distant. The same bracing breeze that would be dispiriting in spring is now welcome and shakes us from our...
Kids On Books
Fri, Aug 28
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Ed. note: Every summer, the folks at Island Bound Bookstore ask their younger customers to review their favorite books. Here’s the summer 2020 installment.
Over the summer I read “The Prince and the Dressmaker” by Jen Wang. I recommend this book to anyone who likes dramas and anyone who...
Stewardship of the land a shared responsibility
Renee Meyer,
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rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Aug 28
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Block Island Land Trust meetings are often a sharing of experiences and matters that concern all of the conservancy organizations on Block Island. As Scott Comings of The Nature Conservancy said at the Land Trust’s meeting on Thursday, Aug. 13: “We’re all in this together.” “We need to find the...
Scenic Block Island
The story behind the home
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Aug 28
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Those Roman-like ruins that are receding into the earth at the Mansion Beach, silent since the old building burned down in the early 1960s, has a new plaque nearby that tells of its brief life as the grandest house on Block Island at the time. Created by the group Scenic Block Island, which posed a...
Art around town...
Spring Street Gallery fundraiser
Fri, Aug 28
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The Spring Street Gallery is gearing up and getting excited for its very first fundraiser — after almost 40 years of its existence as the island’s original art co-op. The exhibition entitled “Small Art, Big Heart” will be up onenight only, Thursday, Sept. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. The show comprises...
Or maybe not
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ may be the Empire’s last flick
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Aug 28
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Gary Pollard’s Empire Theatre is like the movie industry itself. Every once in a while, someone will bemoan the death of the movies, saying people have moved on to livestreaming or video games. But then a blockbuster comes along, and the obituaries are delayed. Pollard had thought, earlier in the...
Island-wide broadband project: On time and on budget
Fri, Aug 28
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The Broadband Committee will be providing regular updates on the progress of the island-wide broadband deployment. Subscription sign up and other stages requiring customer action will be announced via the Block Island Bulletin Board, Block Island Times and other media outlets. • Draft, review, and...
Elizabeth Ackley Theve, 93
Fri, Aug 28
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Resident ray of sunshine, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ackley Theve passed away on Aug. 23, 2020, at the age of 93. She was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on March 8, 1927. After attending the Katharine Gibbs School, she married Pierre Jerome (Jerry) Theve on Feb. 7, 1948 and moved to Norwich,...
Art around town..
Gelsomini’s “Block Island Wanderings” at Spring Street Gallery
Fri, Aug 28
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Pam (Anderson) Gelsomini’s new show of paintings, “Block Island Wanderings” will open at the Spring Street Gallery on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will celebrate Block Island summer scenes and landscapes via acrylic paintings on paper. Anderson is an entrepreneur, artist, avid cook...
Twice-delayed Hal Madison Race sails on
James F. Spallone
Thu, Aug 27
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The 37th edition of the Block Island Club’s annual Hal Madison Race on Saturday, Aug. 22 featured a series of firsts, in keeping with an unusual year on Block Island and the world at large. It was the first time the race was postponed twice before finally being sailed; the first time there was a...
Art around town...
Forever Jewelry returns to MarMar
Thu, Aug 27
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The Ladies of Brave Daughters Studio from Providence, R.I. will make an appearance at MarMar Boutique for a “Forever Jewelry” workshop. Join us on Friday, Sept. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Choose from 14k gold or goldfilled chain to be laser welded around your wrist, neck or ankle for a claspless (and...
New coalition discusses options for moped reform
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Aug 27
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Recognizing that Block Island has been facing an almost kaleidoscopic amount of social, economic, and public relations setbacks this summer, a new coalition called #RespectBI held a Zoom meeting with more than 130 attendees to address thoughts and strategies on moped reform, safety and enforcement...
Art around town...
Jan Wampler’s imagined landscapes at Spring Street Gallery
Fri, Aug 21
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Jan Wampler has been coming to Block Island for more than 50 years and has owned a house there for 35 years. An architect and urban designer, he has designed projects in China, Turkey, India and the United States and has received numerous awards for his buildings. He has also written two books, “...
The Bird Corner
Nominating the red tailed hawk
Wesley Butterfield
Fri, Aug 21
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News
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Block Island has always been a wonderful spot to go birding, not only because the island is an important stopover during migration, but due to the many species that live here.
At the Block Island School, we are following the tradition started by Elizabeth Dickens, who began the bird...
BIMI to host Kate Masury of Eating With The Ecosystem
Sat, Aug 15
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Did you know there are more than 100 edible wild seafood species in our local waters? Learn how our seafood choices can help sustain local fisheries with Kate Masury of Eating With The Ecosystem:“A Place Based Approach to Sustaining New England’s Wild Seafood” at 7 p.m., August 18th, BIMI’s third...
A call to the community for a public dialogue on mopeds
Fri, Aug 14
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All Who Love Block Island: The newly formed #RespectBI Coalition invites the Block Island community, including Town Council Members Ball, Boudreau, Lacoste, Risom and Willi; Interim Town Manager Kern; Rescue Chief Tracy Fredericks, Fire Chief Littlefield and Police Chief Carlone; and BIMC’s Dr...
Seabed in and around turbines undergoing change
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Aug 14
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How are the five turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm impacting their immediate environment? Two scientists, Jennifer Amaral and Monique LaFrance Bartley, recently presented their research on these questions and found that the seabeds are undergoing some interesting changes in the marine life...
Art around town...
“Paintings, Monotypes, and Monoprints by Two”
Fri, Aug 14
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Stephan Haley’s innovative monoprint drawings and monotype woodblock prints and Heidi Palmer’s new work in monotypes and oil-on-canvas come together in an exhibit at the Jessie Edwards Gallery, on the second floor of the Post Office building, from Friday, Aug. 14 through Aug. 26. Haley’s techniques...
Art around town...
Miller and Warfel exhibit at Spring Street Gallery
Fri, Aug 14
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For the third consecutive summer, Eileen Miller and John Warfel will exhibit their art together at the Spring Street Gallery from Saturday, Aug. 15 through Aug. 28 with an opening reception held Saturday, Aug. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. Please stop by to see us as we gather outside on the front lawn to...
Captain Nick’s re-opens with a new family at the helm
Rosemary Connelli,
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rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Aug 14
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Nestled in between the Block Island Historical Society and the Poor People’s Pub on Ocean Avenue, Captain Nick’s has been noticeably silent and dark this summer after former owners Marc and Katie Scortino decided not to manage the business this year. That changed the weekend of Aug. 7, when the...
The Bird Corner
Nominating the bold blue jay
Miles Willi
Thu, Aug 13
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Block Island has always been a wonderful spot to go birding, not only because the island is an important stopover during migration, but due to the many species that live here.
At the Block Island School, we are following the tradition started by Elizabeth Dickens, who began the bird...
Yacht Clubs donate to Medical Center
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Aug 13
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The Block Island Medical Center has received a financial boost from two sailing clubs that make the island a seasonal destination. Dave Dickerson, past commodore of both the Off Soundings Club and the Cruising Club of America, said the two boating clubs pooled their resources and donated $4,000 to...
Only so many degrees of separation
Martha Ball
Thu, Aug 13
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We’re in a heat advisory, I hear on the radio, all of Washington Country as well as much of Rhode Island then after a few more key words register, I realize I am listening to the morning guy in the evening, a replay and not even one of this morning. It has been dry, finally I am beginning to notice...
BIMI to host Dr. Don Murphy in upcoming virtual talk
Fri, Aug 7
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At 7 p.m. on August 11, BIMI’s second Tuesday Talk of the 2020 season features Don Murphy, chief scientist (ret.) of the USCG’s International Ice Patrol: For the Purpose of Safeguarding Lives and Property at Sea. Shortly after the sinking of the RMS Titanic the major shipping nations of the world...
Medical Center welcomes new staff member
Fri, Aug 7
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The following message was submitted by the Block Island Medical Center:
We are pleased to announce an addition to the nursing staff at the Medical Center: Claire McElderry, RN, BSN. Many of you know Claire as a longtime resident of Block Island and may have had the pleasure of meeting her...
Order this…
The summery, sumptuous food at Aldo’s
Amy Lockwood MacDougall
Fri, Aug 7
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It’s a lovely summer day and you’ve been out on the island for a while. You’ve had seafood, you’ve had burgers and fried foods, and you’re longing for some great pizza and classic Italian food. Aldo’s has every dish you’ve been craving, all made from scratch, and you can dine in, get it to-go, or...
The Solar Initiative
Block Island is going solar!
Tony Pappas
Fri, Aug 7
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The following was issued by the Solar Initiative to provide updates on how solar energy is being brought to Block Island. This will be an ongoing series:
Carbon emissions have reached a point of severe environmental impact, including rising sea levels. Obviously, this is of concern to...
The Bird Corner
The peregrine falcon
Noah Nelson
Fri, Aug 7
Category:
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Block Island has always been a wonderful spot to go birding, not only because the island is an important stopover during migration, but due to the many species that live here.
At the Block Island School, we are following the tradition started by Elizabeth Dickens, who began the bird...
Art around town...
A unique view of the island
Lars Trodson,
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ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Aug 6
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Gerard Closset learned of drone photography while on a photo safari trip to Vietnam in 2018, but he didn’t think much of it. Drones were a “novelty” or a gadget, but then the man showed Closset and his wife Nicki pictures he had taken of the local bay and of rice paddies, and Closset was hooked. “I...
Art around town...
Cooking, eating and painting with Leslie Hartnett
Thu, Aug 6
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Along with new works that are being shown this week at The Spring Street Gallery, Leslie Hartnett has a new recipe book, in which she has created a painting of the ingredients for a wide array of recipes. We reached out to Leslie via email to talk a little bit about the book, which is titled “Eat...
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