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A safe harbor is a happy harbor

Thu, Aug 26

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To the Editor, If you ever wondered how the island could go through a major storm event with no loss of life and minimal damage to the boats and marine facilities, it is because New Shoreham Harbormaster Kate McConville and the Harbors staff have a robust Hurricane preparedness plan, and they start...
More support for Tourism Council

Thu, Aug 19

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To the Editor, Let it be known I support the existing members of the Block Island Tourism Council. Mr. Filippi is behaving selfishly and foolishly. Alan Nemeth Lakewood, Ohio
Honoring first responders

Thu, Aug 19

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To the Editor, Twenty years ago, following the horrors of the September 11 attacks, Americans stood in solidarity with our heroes on the front lines. It seemed that all of us recognized the courage and valor of our first responders. Americans are more polarized today, but I am grateful that the...
Working together

Thu, Aug 19

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To the Editor, We are very pleased to announce that the tenth Annual Fun Run co-sponsored by the Block Island Health Services and the National Alliance on Mental Illness-BI was successful. The participants, who ranged in age from 6 to 80 plus, enjoyed some great weather and a competitive...
Response from Steve Filippi

Thu, Aug 12

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“Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.” - Jeremy Bentham Rich Tretheway and Marc Scortino, apparently as spokespersons for their Tourism Council (TC) colleagues, have tried to divert attention from their friends’ recently exposed...
Support for Tourism Council

Thu, Aug 12

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To whom it may concern. I sit listening to what is normally a lovely 60 minutes or so of podcast time. Namely Two Guys on BI. I say normally, but this episode I listen in utter disgust and disbelief as to what appears to be what we may call harassment in the UK regarding other members of the...
Petri dish?

Thu, Aug 12

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The following letter was copied to the Block Island Times: Open letter to the New Shoreham Town Council, Block Island is uniquely situated for a natural experiment in public health. With its residents having a high rate of COVID vaccination – over 90 percent last April – and a large flow...
Great Salt Pond Swim – 6 A Block Island tradition

Thu, Aug 12

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To the Editor: On Saturday, July 31, our sixth annual pond swim took place at Andy’s Way, The Great Salt Pond Swim – 6. Ninety-eight swimmers took part in the event, ranging in age from 12 to 78. It was a beautiful, sunny day this year with a breeze blowing in from the west, creating a challenge...
Lest history repeats itself

Thu, Aug 12

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To the Editor, Re: your August 7 headline “Council caves to business community on masks.” I’m reminded of the song “Waterloo” by the Swedish group ABBA. It has a phrase that fits Block Island’s experience as our leaders try to keep folks safe from the pandemic. As the song says, The history book on...
Saving the day

Thu, Aug 5

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To the Editor, It was very late on an evening with a full house of guests. A guest reports an odd smell of smoke in his room. Probably an innkeeper’s worst nightmare with a full house of guests at the height of season. The innkeeper reported the incident to the Block Island Fire Department. They...
Additional blood drive

Thu, Aug 5

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To the Editor, Rhode Island and much of the country are in a blood shortage. Literally, the need for blood far exceeds the supply. Block Island is trying to do something to help. A seventh blood drive will be held this year on Wed., August 11, at Harbor Church from 10:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Regular...
“Sue me, sue you blues”

Thu, Aug 5

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To the Editor, We are writing to express our support for the members of the Block Island Tourism Council currently being harassed to resign by fellow council member Steve Filippi. We discussed this matter in Minipod #8 during which we erroneously reported that there was already a lawsuit pending on...
Special Thanks

Thu, Jul 29

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Letters

To the Editor, I’d like to thank New England Airlines for getting my prescription meds to the island in the fog. We had several days of foggy, no fly weather, so they placed a bunch of prescriptions on the boat and called us to let us know they were at the airport. When I picked mine up there were...
Hey Parents

Thu, Jul 29

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To The Editor: I’ve noticed a trend with teens this summer... I’ve noticed that the good, polite kids have gotten even better and the, let’s just say, “not as respectful” teens have gotten worse. To this I say: “Hey Parents, some of you are doing a really great job, and some of you....well, not so...
Think about the future

Thu, Jul 29

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To the Editor, Now is the time to think about the future of Block Island. How do we want Block Island to be known throughout the country? Recently it has been called a “party” island. Is this what we want it to be? Recently, both sides of Corn Neck Road have been cluttered with parked cars, making...
Be like Dave

Thu, Jul 29

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To the Editor, My wife and I decided it was time to break into the world of boating. Both of us are complete novices and through the power of Amazon, we now have a 12 foot inflatable boat and a shiny new engine. Both purchases were made prior to my learning that I would undergo emergency spinal...
RIAC responds

Thu, Jul 22

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To the Editor: The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is again compelled to respond to misinformation included in a letter sent to the Editor on July 2, 2021. In this letter, Mr. Henry duPont makes several false statements, which we will continue to correct. In his letter: Mr. duPont asserts that...
The kindness of strangers

Thu, Jul 22

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To the Editor, My husband and I visited Block Island on Tuesday, July 13 for the day. We were searching for the location of Dead Eye Dick’s restaurant around 12:30 p.m. and ended up in the Block Island Grocery Store parking lot when we were approached by a slender blonde woman with glasses. She...
BIHS fundraiser a success

Thu, Jul 22

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To the Editor, What a wonderful community Block Island is! Thanks to another successful Virtual Fundraiser and Silent Auction for the Block Island Medical Center, over $133,000 will go directly to help fund the Medical Center’s current operating expenses. We are grateful to the island businesses...
Barbershop festival Saturday

Thu, Jul 22

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Dear people, Well, the 56th Annual Barbershop Festival will be on in spite of the pandemic. For years we sang at St. Andrew Church on Chapel Street. Tickets were $20 each and all net proceeds went to the Mary D. Fund. This year, because of Covid, it will be significantly different. It will be held...
Unexpected opportunities

Thu, Jul 15

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To the Editor, I am writing to express my thanks to the Block Island community for welcoming me the past two summers and greatly impacting my medical career. As a senior emergency medicine resident physician at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, the majority of my training has been...
No expert

Thu, Jul 15

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To the Editor, Thank you for the expansive and informative article on green crabs in your July Summer Times. I enjoyed being interviewed for the piece and appreciate the mention of several individuals and organizations that are engaged in green crab research; they are the experts, not me. Thanks is...
Almost a record

Thu, Jul 15

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To the Editor, We have wonderful news to share about our latest blood drive. We received 45 units! This missed our all-time record of 47 in 2014. At that time, there was a very young boy on the island with leukemia. The turnout was extraordinary and the boy battled his way through the disease and...
Thank you

Fri, Jul 2

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To the Editor, Thank you to the Block Island community for your support and generosity for the Matt Kimball fundraiser held Sunday, June 27. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of local businesses that contributed to the event. With much appreciation, The Kimball Family
Too much litigation?

Fri, Jul 2

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To the Editor, Losing, losing, losing. You would think that with a new Block Island Town Council and including now a lawyer as a member that they would understand the island is not a sovereign nation. Somehow their decisions to file lawsuits seems to give them extreme power to govern without any...
RIAC plans need to be taken seriously

Fri, Jul 2

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To the Editor, Our town officials need to start taking RIAC plans to raise airport user fees and to turn our airport into an industrial park seriously. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation has targeted the five outlying airports like Block Island and Westerly for non-aviation related commercial...
Blood Drive July 1

Fri, Jun 25

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To the Editor: Our next blood drive will be Thursday, July 1st at the Block Island School gymnasium from 10 am til 3:45 pm. There are two very good reasons for donating. The first is obvious--you will save lives. The second is you will receive a handsome, patriotic T-shirt naming you as a blood...
Medical Center Fundraiser

Fri, Jun 25

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To the Editor, The Block Island Medical Center is hosting its Second Annual Virtual Fundraiser and Silent Auction from July 10 to July 17, 2021. Winners of the Silent Auction will be named on July 17 at 12:00 a.m. You may register on the website starting June 26 at https://BIMC2021.givesmart.com to...
Sharing expertise

Thu, Jun 17

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It takes a village to raise a child and on Block Island we are fortunate to be able to provide our students with internships and hands-on experience. Individuals have allowed students to explore career goals, develop professional working relationships, all while getting an in-depth perspective on...
Show of snow-white flowers

Thu, Jun 17

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To the Editor, I recently saw an article in The Times that indicated that Councilman Risom had witnessed a singular event, that he had apparently never witnessed on Block Island. He stated something about witnessing the police chief directing traffic at the ferry for the first time ever...
Show of snow-white flowers

Thu, Jun 17

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To the Editor, Perhaps most “islanders” and visitors noticed the outstanding display of the white flowering Japanese Rose – better known as the multiflora rose. Back in the 1940s and the early 50s this was touted and advertised as a “living hedge,” recommended by the United States Conservation...
What’s next?

Thu, Jun 17

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The following was copied to The Block Island Times Dear Town Council Members: We are co-owners and longtime residents of 561 Center Road, just down the hill from the airport, and one of our neighbors recently brought to our attention the Rhode Island Airport Corporation’s plans...
Lasting implications for growth

Thu, Jun 17

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To the Editor, From “Silas Marner,” written in 1861 by George Eliot: “The sense of security more frequently springs from habit than from conviction, and for this reason it often subsists after such change in the conditions as might have been expected to suggest alarm. The lapse of time during which...
Tide Clock appreciated

Thu, Jun 17

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To the Editor, We want to thank The Committee for the Great Salt Pond, and others, for installing the tide clock within the information kiosk at the Andy’s Way beach entrance. What a novel idea! And...a big thanks to those brave souls who cut back the ‘embracing arms’ of the poison ivy along the...
No answers

Thu, Jun 10

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To the Editor, Thank you for your article about RIAC in the June 5, 2021 edition. RIAC has a net operating income of over $20,000,000 and a net worth of over $350,000,000. They are a public agency charged with operating all Rhode Island airports – and they do quite well financially despite the...
Block Island Yacht Club Creative Writing Contest

William Young

Fri, Jun 4

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To the Editor, The Block Island Yacht Club Creative Writing Contest had another great year despite the circumstances, and I want to thank everyone who helped make it a success. First I want to thank the BIYC members for supporting the contest with their financial contributions; we did not have a...
Take down the fence

Steve McQueeny

Fri, Jun 4

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Letters

To the Editor, Your story on the continuing restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse was enlightening. (The Block Island Summer Times, June 2021.) By the time the project is completed millions of dollars and more than twenty-five years will have been spent. Unfortunately it almost impossible for...
Next blood drive

Peter Greenman

Fri, Jun 4

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To the Editor, The results of our last blood drive are very encouraging. The manager from the Rhode Island Blood Center says: “The efforts of the Block Island community are greatly appreciated and their support of the community blood program will go a long way toward replenishing blood supplies...
Balancing interests

Lisa Sprague

Fri, May 28

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To the Editor, I feel compelled to respond to “Bill Billings” (a pseudonym) letter in the May 15, 2021 issue of The Times. About RespectBI... RespectBI is a grassroots organization formed in the summer of 2020 in response to a way of life that went way out of control with increased traffic,...
Some thoughts from a Covid survivor

Ann Tickner

Fri, May 21

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Each of us has many identities. Three of mine are retired professor of world politics, feminist scholar, and COVID survivor. This is a story about putting all three together. When feminists want to talk about a big picture, in this case world politics, they usually start with a little picture,...
More on Financial Town Meeting

PS Wood

Fri, May 21

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To the Editor, There is much to applaud in Melanie Blane Wilk’s letter (and now Everett’s) concerning the vote at the recent Financial Town Meeting. In it, she examined at considerable length the controversial purchase of the “Overlook” property, paid for in part with local taxes on top of...
Preserving historic buildings

Scenic Block Island

Fri, May 21

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To the Editor Last week’s Block Island Times ran a front page story about the Captain Willis House (circa 1877). The Captain Willis House will be torn down and replaced with a larger home. Block Island is certainly well known for its pristine beaches, boating, and preserved land. However, we would...
Honoring Block Island

Kay and Keith Lewis

Fri, May 21

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To the Editor, With the approach of Memorial Day, thoughts turn to Legion Park, a place that commemorates so much Block Island history. It also played a key role in 2021 as our front line workers—the medical center, the rescue squad, fire department, police, and the American Legion—all did a superb...
More than mopeds...

Fri, May 14

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To the Editor: About RespectBI... Years ago the land from the Seaside expansion up to the Ernst property and down to Chapel Street was owned by Maria and Aldo Leone. Said land was donated to town by them to create Weldon’s Way and then their son Leo Leone and his beloved wife Lori Leone donated the...
RIAC has Block Island in its sights, once again

Fri, May 14

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To the Editor, The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is planning to impose a costly airport parking program at the Block Island and Westerly State Airports with no notice to the flying public as is required by RI State law. The parking program will include signage that will instruct anyone driving...
Re: Melanie Wilk’s letter in last weeks paper

Fri, May 14

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To the Editor Dear Sir, It was with great consternation that I read that letter from Melanie Wilk! She stated clearly, and with heartfelt feeling, just exactly how I have felt for many years after I came back to the island after spending twenty years away in the USN. I also come from a long line of...
Uncovering history

Fri, May 7

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To the Editor, In my opinion, Block Island’s greatest all-time gifts are the 350 miles of stone walls and its gorgeous topography. Unhappily, most of the walls are totally hidden from view. In 1982 when we bought our house, the home inspector outside, with deed in hand, said: “You’re supposed to...
Too many poles

Fri, May 7

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To the Editor, As I drove around the island recently, delighted by the colorful arrival of spring, the contrarian in me found fault with what took my eye: telephone poles. No longer just the single gray sticks that used to serve, but a new breed, some shoulder to shoulder with the sawed off stumps...
What was the thought process?

Fri, May 7

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To the Editor, My name is Melanie Blane Wilk. For those who don’t really know me, my roots run very deep here as both my maternal and paternal heritage goes back for many, many generations on the island. I have lived on Block Island all my life (so far) and have been witness to the many changes...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fri, Apr 30

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Blood Drive May 6 To the Editor, Our next blood drive, the third this year, will be held at the Harbor Church on Thursday, May 6 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. With warmer weather on our side, we look forward to topping our January and March drives. All you need do is make an appointment and then there...

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