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Thu, Aug 16

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A beloved island, with a price To the Editor: On July 19, my son passed away on Block Island, and while we are still awaiting an official cause of death, it seems clear that substance abuse played a role. I’m writing this letter to all the residents of New Shoreham, all those who live there...
Letters

Thu, Aug 9

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A great swim To the Editor: A record 110 swimmers, ranging in age from 10 to 72, turned out for the fourth annual Great Salt Pond Swim, held on Saturday, July 28. The famous Block Island fog also decided to make an appearance, rolling in from the east, across Block Island Sound to the Great...
Letters

Thu, Aug 2

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Holy cow! To the Editor: In the past, I was a big pain in the neck to our friendly Harbormaster. All I can say now is “Holy cow! What a dinghy dock!” We’ve all had to manage with a docking facility that was tremendously inadequate. Now we will have access to what I can easily say is the...
Letters

Thu, Jul 26

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A note of thanks Dear friends: We thank you for the generous outpouring of love and support being displayed by the Block Island community and beyond. We feel that you are putting your arms around us in an unending hug that blankets us with your caring, concern, and deep affection. Your...
Big doings at the Harbor Church

Thu, Jul 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters, Featured Letters

The following was submitted by the Board of Trustees of the Harbor Church: To the Editor: Many of you have noticed the changes going on at the Harbor Church. We are converting the third floor into four year-round, affordable apartments and already have numerous people eager to move in!...
Letters

Thu, Jul 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Broadband progress To the Editor: Slow internet? We know! The Block Island Broadband Committee has been working very hard to make island-wide high-speed internet a reality. For those of you who have not been following our progress, a quick recap is in order. At our May 2018 Financial Town...
Letters

Thu, Jul 12

Category:

Opinion, Letters

In praise of Pastor Steve To the Editor: Allow me to raise my pen and voice in recognition of the Rev. Steve Hollaway and what a gift he has been to the Community on Block Island! A solid man comfortable in his own skin and a solid Minister of Christ committed to the word of God, Rev. Steve...
Letters

Thu, Jul 5

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A special community To the Editor: On behalf of the family of Robbie Murphy and the Fundraising Committee of the Block Island Lions Club: Thank you, Block Island! You have once again demonstrated what a special community this is. The list of those who donated items and services for the...
Letters

Thu, Jun 28

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A caring place To the Editor, I was recently reminded of the special caring quality of life we enjoy on our island. An incapacitated friend needed to get to Point Judith to meet an ambulance. Rita Grimes, who works at the ferry dock, treated both of us like family. She immediately helped us...
Letters

Thu, Jun 14

Category:

Opinion, Letters

BIMI’s Chowder Cookoff To the Editor: I would like to thank all those who participated in our Memorial Day weekend chowder event. Eleven restaurants provided chowder for a crowd of about 400. Participating restaurants were Aldo’s, Ballard’s Inn, Beachead, Block Island Oyster Bar & Grill...
Letters

Thu, Jun 7

Category:

Opinion, Letters

With love To our Friends and Family, It is hard to believe that it has only been a week since we received the phone call that is every parent’s nightmare. I want to thank Mike Ernst for dropping what he was doing to bring our family to the mainland in his fishing boat because it was too...
Letters

Thu, May 31

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Ask the residents first To the Editor: I’m writing in response to the May 19th article “Harbors facility at Ball O’Brien gets a closer look.” As an owner at the Salt Pond Settlement and longtime past member of that board, I know that the residents there know all too well about the...
Letters

Thu, May 24

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Continued support To the Editor: I was greatly saddened, on many levels, at the recent problem the Fire/Rescue organization has had with its finances. It occasioned me to think of a tool I have used with my nonprofit organizations to help them understand and improve their accounting...
Letters

Thu, May 17

Category:

Opinion, Letters

An ill-advised policy To the Editor: As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Iran from 1968 to 1970, I see President Trump’s action to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement as a great tragedy. It effectively ends our hopes for averting a nuclear arms race in the Middle East...
Letters

Thu, May 10

Category:

Letters

A penny saved... To the Editor: Thank you to: Pennies people! Grand total: $2,830.36. The Block Island Times for the great publicity. Every student (and family) who so generously, and happily, filled his or her individual collection boxes. Stacy Henshaw’s second...
Letters

Thu, May 3

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Yes to CAI network To the Editor: Because I sit on the Block Island Broadband Committee, several friends have asked me why the residences and businesses along the CAI (ommunity anchor institutions) route will not be able to hook up to the broadband fiber as it is installed. Under the...
Letters

Thu, Apr 26

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Keep affordable housing affordable To the Editor: I would like to share with island residents a recent letter that I sent to the Block Island Land Trust, along with a few notes to provide context to those unaware of the situation on Cooneymus Road regarding development. Here’s the letter:...
Featured letter: Thanks for the memories

Thu, Apr 26

Category:

Opinion, Letters, Featured Letters

To the Editor: For the past 14 years — started by Rob Closter — Little League baseball on Block Island was played on a field on Cooneymus Road surrounded by stone walls with one lone tree standing in center field. It reminded me of a scene from the movie “The Sand Lot.” Closter Field was one of...
Letters

Thu, Apr 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A better solution to the balloons? To the Editor: So, we have banned balloons on Block Island — made it to The New York Post, but I think in a laughing manner. Understanding that most balloons float in from Long Island to our beaches on a predominant southwest breeze, maybe banning...
Letters

Thu, Apr 12

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Housing, yes, but at a reasonable cost To the Editor: I'd like to weigh in on the housing issue for the town manager. We have to realize that a few key positions on the island in the 21st century need to be filled by persons with skills not commonly found on the island and some of...
Letters

Thu, Apr 5

Category:

Opinion, Letters

What’s with the signs? To the Editor: For years, my husband and I have been going for a drive every Sunday to enjoy the developments of the previous week around our beautiful island. We used to enjoy the ride and would always come home in a good mood. Well, that was before all the unsightly...
Letters

Thu, Mar 29

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A tremendous success To the Editor: It never ceases to amaze me that there can be sixteen different types of chili and they’re all fabulous! With flavors ranging from white chicken to venison to beef short-rib and veggie in between, it was stiff competition at this year’s Chili-Fest Cook-Off...
Letters

Thu, Mar 22

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A clarification To the Editor: While I was accurately quoted in last week’s Block Island Times , and while I understand every statement cannot be quoted in full, my remark, “Sports is not everything,” was prefaced by my statement that sports can play an invaluable role, citing my own blind...
Letters

Thu, Mar 15

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Great job To the Editor: Thank you Islanders and pilots for a good turnout and great feast and festival at our St. Paddy’s Day Brunch on Sunday, March 11. Molly O’Neill and the Ladies of St. Andrew Guild did a masterful job. Fr. Joe Protano St. Andrew Parish Church Like the old days To the Editor:...
Woke students

Thu, Mar 15

Category:

Letters, Editorials

Perhaps social awareness begins early, as young as four or five years of age, when your teacher engages you in an activity such as counting coins that, when rolled and counted, you know will go towards helping people. Perhaps it is due to growing up in an atmosphere in which, for many months of the...
Letters

Thu, Mar 8

Category:

Opinion, Letters

More to the story To the Editor: An addendum to the obituary of of Frank Tanucci: Obituaries are usually a solemn compilation of life's events of the deceased. But if you take time to look at the gathered information, you can usually expand that to include a few more tributes and facts...
Letters

Thu, Mar 1

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Not a good idea To the Editor: Just a few weeks ago, I was appalled to read a request made by the Deer Task Force to have hunting reinstated for the school vacation in February. This has been traditionally off limits due to the natural dangers of children out of school and roaming the fields and...
Letters

Thu, Feb 22

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Blood drive To the Editor: Our next blood drive is Thursday, March 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Harbor Church. Please make every effort to donate. Our January drive was postponed because boats were cancelled due to weather. Because all donors were to receive a pound of Dunkin’ Doughnuts coffee in...
Letters

Thu, Feb 15

Category:

Opinion, Letters

To the Editor: When I read about daily ferry commuter service to the mainland, I think of a quote by native Block Islander and life-long resident, Albion Dodge Slate. “They should run the boat once a week in the winter — and not at all in the summer!” Island life is unique. Block Island is not the...
Letters

Thu, Feb 8

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Yes to more boats To the Editor: Hurrah for Kristin Baumann and hurrah for Judy Tierney! Most Block Islanders echo their sentiments: “…Block Island needs real commuter service to the mainland all year-round.” What a difference in quality of life this would be! Four days a week without round-trip...
Letters

Thu, Feb 1

Category:

Opinion, Letters

To the Editor: This is my first letter to The Block Island Times in years, and I am writing it to say “hurrah” for Kristin Baumann. I heard she stood up at a recent meeting and stated an obvious, but ignored, fact: Block Island needs real commuter service to the mainland all year-round...
Letters

Thu, Jan 25

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Thanks for the help To the Editor: Throughout 2017, The Block Island Times ran a bi-weekly column provided by the Historical Society. “On the Corner of Past and Present,” featured items in the Museum's collection and celebrated the organization’s 75th Anniversary. Now that no deadline...
Letters

Thu, Jan 18

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Remembering Vicky To the Editor: Block Island has just lost one of our ladies, Victoria (Vicky) Murphy. Although I’ve known her son, Robbie, for many years I had not had the pleasure of meeting his mom until quite recently. I became her upstairs neighbor on the first of July 2017. Vicky would sit...
Letters

Thu, Jan 11

Category:

Opinion, Letters

To the Editor: "Junior hunting,” "Kids’ Day," "Something for them to do on the island" — have people lost their minds? Have we become so obsessed with Lyme disease that we now have to train our kids to kill for fun? The Deer Task Force already has a bleak record for deer control. Spending thousands...
Letters

Thu, Jan 4

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A request To the Editor: Could The Block Island Times follow up on the electromagnetic field study and verify the wind velocity being studied? Studying EMF at 10 mph is quite low for this wind turbine’s power curve. The cut-in wind speed is about 6.7 mph and cut-out is about 55 mph. Since...
Letters

Thu, Dec 28

Category:

Opinion, Letters

The gift of life To the Editor: The first blood drive of 2018 will be held at Harbor Baptist Church on Thursday, Jan. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. Let’s all see if we can make a New Year’s resolution to make all five blood drives that will be held this year. This is the one drive at which all donors receive...
Letters

Thu, Dec 21

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A little bit of history To the Editor: History was made at the Coast Guard Station this past summer! Together with our families, we would like to thank the Town of New Shoreham for their help and support in putting together a ‘first’ for Block Island: a wedding at the Coast Guard Station. It all...
The gift of giving

Thu, Dec 21

Category:

Letters, Editorials

The quality of life on Block Island is maintained, and often improved, by the uncountable number of hours put in by an army of citizen volunteers who sit on the numerous boards and commissions that help make the town run. There isn’t anything terribly sexy about heading over to a meeting at 9 a.m...
Letters

Thu, Dec 7

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A great crew To the Editor: ‘Tis the season to be Merry... and grateful! The Block Island Tourism Council would like to thank the dedicated band of volunteers who helped to make the annual Christmas Tree Lighting possible: John Cullen (the man who saves Christmas every year!), Sean McGarry and...
Letters

Thu, Nov 30

Category:

Opinion, Letters

A remarkable man To the Editor: Norris Pike was a remarkable Design-Builder. It’s hard to ‘notice’ a Norris Pike design on the island… you really have to look hard as his houses have that ‘timeless vernacular’ character that makes it difficult to separate them from our Island’s historic resources...
Letters

Tue, Nov 21

Category:

Opinion, Letters

The meaning of faith To the Editor: Some years ago, Justin Abrams thoughtfully offered us a “siddur,” the “Sabbath and Festival Prayer Book,” which, for many years, before replaced, had served Temple Emanuel, in Providence, where the Abrams family worshipped in days of yore. In addition to the...
Letters

Thu, Nov 16

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Good works To the Editor: For those who made the time to support the Bo Gempp Fundraiser on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 12), there is only one way to describe the atmosphere that filled the room, and that is as a “magical event.” Bo would have been extremely proud to see the outpouring of Island love in...
Letters

Thu, Nov 9

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Write the Council, ban the bag To the Editor: On Wednesday Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. the New Shoreham Town Council will continue its public hearing on the banning of single-use plastic bags on Block Island. Plastic bags are bad for our environment, dangerous to marine life, and litter our trails and...
Letters

Thu, Nov 2

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Vote yes to ban the bags To the Editor: Banning single-use plastic bags on Block Island is the right thing to do, and an important step towards increasing environmental responsibility on our beautiful island. What seemed to delay the Town Council’s action on this matter at the October meeting were...
Letters

Thu, Oct 26

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Baffling To the Editor: I'm blown away by the Town Council's inability to come to grips with the fact that plastic bags are bad for the environment, particularly on islands — no matter the size — and need to be regulated. After all these months, they want to dither over small details, like how do...
Featured letter

Thu, Oct 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters

To the Editor: Last week, Councilor Chris Willi was critical of the previous Town Council on Facebook noting that that Council did not vote for a housing stipend for a Town Manager. When I saw that, my initial thoughts were that if we are to work together to solve our issues, social media isn’t...
Letters

Thu, Oct 19

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Issues, issues To the Editor: Sometimes government action can overdo things, and sometimes it’s late to the table. Out in the big wide world such excesses or deficiencies may have dire consequences; here on Block Island, not so much. But still. Three examples come to mind. In the too-much category...
Letters

Thu, Oct 12

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Can you help? To the Editor: In my 37 years on the island and eleven years on the Town Council I think that I have written to The Block Island Times only four or five times and two of those may have been letters of praise or thanks.This time it is different. I am moved to reach out for...
Letters

Thu, Oct 5

Category:

News, Opinion, Letters

Choices for Utility Commissioners To the Editor: The reddish ballot for electing the Utility Commissioners to the Block Island Utility District arrived today. The color was well-chosen and a reminder to stop, look, and vote. Of the candidates, there are three — Everett Shorey, Barbara MacMullan,...
Letters

Thu, Sep 28

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Fiber optic options To the Editor: I am an infrequent visitor to your beautiful island. I was told today that a task force has been active in exploring the potential for fiber optic. I obtained online a copy of a report issued earlier this year. I wish to inform the task force that my area of...

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