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Thu, May 24
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opinion
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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
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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
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Opinion
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opinion
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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
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Opinion
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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
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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
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Opinion
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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
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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...
Letters
Thu, Sep 21
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Opinion
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Letters
To the Editor: Are the readers of
The Block Island Times
curious about tourist visitation and spending on Block Island this past season? If so, we invite one and all to the Annual Meeting of the Block Island Tourism Council on Tuesday, September 26th. Complimentary appetizers and cash bar...
Featured letter from Broadband Committee
Thu, Sep 21
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Featured Letters
Ed. Note: The following was sent to
The Block Island Times
by New Shoreham Broadband Committee Chair Bill McKernan:
September 18, 2017 To the Editor: The New Shoreham Broadband Committee wants to thank
The Block Island Times
for your continued coverage of our work...
Letters
Thu, Sep 7
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Opinion
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Letters
To the Editor: On behalf of the Block Island Lions Club, I would like to thank all who participated in the success of our Annual Clam Bake at the Narragansett Inn on Saturday, Sept. 2. This is our biggest event and we count on its success so we can make appreciable donations to our community. The...
Letters
Thu, Aug 31
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Opinion
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Letters
Vile accusations To the Editor: As you know, the Town Council voted to delay the entire election for the Utility Board. I did vote in favor of that action, but not due to a lack of faith in the abilities of the Town Clerk's Office to accomplish what needs to be done, and on time. Neither did I so...
Letters
Thu, Aug 24
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Opinion
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Letters
Thank you, Rescue Squad To the Editor: One night in early June of this year, my father passed away on Block Island. My daughter and her friends were visiting my parents at their summer home on the Island when his artificial heart pump malfunctioned and he lost consciousness. My daughter called 911...
Letters
Thu, Aug 17
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Letters
Please pick up your trash To the Editor: There are many demands made of the government of Block Island, as reported in every issue of
The Block Island Times
. However, there are some problems that restraint and civil responsibility would do a lot to solve. In that department is the trash...
Letters
Thu, Aug 10
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Opinion
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Letters
It’s a dog’s life To the Editor: Full disclosure: I am a dog. My name is Dodger and I live on Payne Road. I originally came from Tiverton, R.I., but I hit the jackpot when my now-owners came by one day when there only two of us left in that big cardboard box and the lady, Sue, said “I want this one...
Letters
Fri, Aug 4
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Letters
A matter of safety To the Editor: What is it going to take for us to recognize we have a safety problem on the island, particularly during the summer season? Trying to merely walk on the side of the road, no less take a family bike ride to the beach, is terrifying. Driving safely seems an...
Letters
Thu, Jul 20
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Letters
Quick reaction To the Editor: The Committee For The Great Salt Pond would like to thank the Town of New Shoreham, The Sewer, Water, and Police Departments as well as Andy Transue & Co. for all their help to keep the The Great Salt Pond great. An unfortunate incident occurred late Saturday where...
Letters
Fri, Jul 14
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Letters
To the Editor: A dramatic sunset in the West over the Pond, followed by a magical full moon rising in the east over the ocean, and perfect weather, made for an ethereal movie set-like experience for a capacity crowd gathered at the Sullivan House to support and celebrate the Block Island Health...
Letters
Fri, Jul 7
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Letters
Thank you, Block Island To the Editor: Tickets for the Block Island Medical Center Annual Gala to be held Sunday, July 9, at the Sullivan House are sold out. Thank you to the Block Island community for your enthusiastic and generous support for the Center and this event. Our next fundraiser is the...
Letters
Fri, Jun 23
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Scholarships awarded To the Editor: The Block Island Arts and Crafts Guild is pleased to announce the 2017 scholarships awarded annually to graduating Block Island School seniors. Congratulations to this year's winners, Barbara Trujillo and Violet Brown, attending URI and Eastern Connecticut State...
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