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Moynihan appointed Police Chief and DPW Director
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Tue, Apr 13
Category:
News
At last night’s Town Council meeting, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford announced the appointment of Matthew Moynihan as the new chief of police, as well as the director of public works for the Town of New Shoreham. Moynihan, who has been serving as interim chief of police since March 1, will be sworn...
Featured trail – Clay Head
Zoe Sanford
Fri, Apr 9
Category:
News
There is a long, bumpy dirt road off of Corn Neck Road that will lead you to a small parking lot that is usually overflowing with cars and bikes in the summer. This is the entrance to the Clay Head Nature Preserve, or, more commonly known as “The Maze.” This scenic trail system spans about 190...
Housing Board gathers inspiration for next affordable housing
Rosemary Connelli
Fri, Apr 9
Category:
News
Seeking ideas for the design of their next project, members of the Block Island Housing Board toured the Martin House development on Ocean Avenue during a special hybrid meeting on Tuesday, April 6. The part Zoom, part live meeting allowed the members to get a sense of the scope and scale of the...
Broadband gearing up – register now
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Apr 9
Category:
News
So far, it’s the quiet project. It doesn’t have a large boat offshore, as does the cable reburial project, or even quite the splash of the water main replacement, but in many ways the broadband project is the most significant construction project of the year for Block Island. Island property owners...
Planning Board to send zoning ordinance amendments to council
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Apr 9
Category:
News
The Planning Board is taking both a near-term and long-term approach to rein in the size of new homes being built on Block Island with the realization that some changes may be easily achieved while others will require much more discussion. It’s a subject they’ve been discussing for a while, and on...
CGSP appeals to R.I. Attorney General in second court case with CRMC and Champlin’s
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Apr 8
Category:
News
Perhaps in appreciation and recognition of the power that his office can yield, the Committee for the Great Salt Pond is appealing to R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha for help in bringing to light just what happened, and whether it was legal when the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council...
Passover 2021
Thu, Apr 1
Category:
News
Passover 2021 The Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover) is a spring festival that celebrates the freedom of the Jewish people from being slaves in Egypt (Mitzraim – Narrow Places). The holiday has come to be celebrated with a hope for freedom for all people. The Passover Seder (celebration ceremony)...
Town budget moves on to public hearing phase
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Apr 1
Category:
News
Between Town Council work sessions on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget, the Finance Department found some savings, which the Council took advantage of by increasing funding for two organizations in the Community Support category: Block Island Health Services, which operates the Medical Center, and the...
Community support budgets reviewed by Council
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Apr 1
Category:
News
The Town Council’s review of proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budgets for the library, the Block Island School and other groups funded under the Community Support category stretched over two work sessions. At the Wednesday, March 24 virtual meeting, representatives explained their requests for the new...
Reactions to Supreme Court denial of Champlin’s and CRMC’s mediation
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Apr 1
Category:
News
Islanders and local environmental groups were excited to hear the news that broke on Friday evening, March 26, that the R.I. Supreme Court issued an order denying the motion to “incorporate and merge” the Memo of Understanding crafted by Champlin’s Realty Associates and the Rhode Island Coastal...
Supreme Court denies Champlin’s expansion deal with CRMC
Renee Meyer
Sat, Mar 27
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued an order late Friday, March 26, denying the motion to “incorporate and merge” the Memo of Understanding crafted by Champlin’s Realty Associates and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council that would have granted the right of the marina to expand...
Champlin’s returns to HDC with landscape plans
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
Representatives of the new owners of Champlin’s Marina (Great Salt Pond Marina Property, LLC) came before the Historic District Commission on Monday, March 22 with their second application before the board. The first application was to replace windows, trim and siding. This application is for...
New exhibit at Block Island Airport Gallery features contemporary artist Kate Aitchison
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
The gallery at the Block Island Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced the opening of its spring exhibit featuring works by contemporary artist Kate Aitchison. Aitchison’s art focuses on print...
Tourism Council explores a new funding model
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Tourism Council is funded by a portion of the hotel taxes collected on Block Island, but the exact percentage can vary according to the whims of those who make the state budgets each year. The uncertainty makes it hard to plan a budget on the local level, and Tourism Director...
Off-season ferry ride
Steven McDonald
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
Leaning over the rail
Watching the wake in awe
Familiar voice calls my name
An old friend that I saw
The randomness of who’s onboard
Is always pretty fun
Spot a dog that I know
His owner is my chum
Catching up on...
Views of the Global Symphony
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
The MV
Global Symphony
, built in 2011, is an offshore support vessel complete with a crane and a helicopter landing-pad on its deck. Here to assist in the cable replacement for the Block Island Wind Farm, it will most likely be gone within the next two weeks. Its presence wowed islanders...
Shuttle service takes shape for summer
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
Members of the Commission on Motor Vehicles for Hire and town taxi license holders continued their discussions with the Town Council on Wednesday, March 17 on a new shuttle program for the coming summer season. The MVFH met earlier in the morning to prepare for the council’s discussion, and...
Town Council mulls 5.9 percent tax increase
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 25
Category:
News
Town Manager Maryanne Crawford presented a hopeful and positive attitude when presenting the proposed fiscal year 2022 municipal budget for the Town of New Shoreham to the Town Council at its meeting on March 17. It was the first budget work session and focused on department-level budgets and the...
Update on Town Council meeting
Wed, Mar 24
Category:
News
Tonight’s Town Council meeting will not be live streamed on the Town of New Shoreham’s YouTube channel due to technical difficulties. The meeting will be live streamed on The Block Island Times’s Facebook page.
Update on cable project
Mon, Mar 22
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
The following message was posted by Facilities Manager Sam Bird:
Certainly everyone has noticed the Global Symphony has arrived and is off Crescent Beach to perform cable pulling, splicing and removal operations. As part of the work involved there will be substantial excavation on the...
Public hearing continued for staircase application
Rosemary Connelli
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
Two items on the Planning Board’s March 10 agenda were deferred until the board’s next meeting in April, but not before strong statements were put on the record in each case. The public hearing on Michelle Marino’s plan to construct a staircase over the bluff at her Southeast Road property (Plat 8...
Window renovation project approved at Champlin’s
Rosemary Connelli
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
The Historic District Commission held a special meeting on Thursday, March 11 to consider an application by the new owners of Champlin’s Marina and Resort off West Side Road (Plat 19, Lot 5 and 6) to replace windows and portions of siding on several structures on the property. At their February...
Council begins discussion on capital projects and process
Budget season begins
Rosemary Connelli
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
As the annual budget season begins on the island, the Town Council met on March 10 with Town Finance Director Amy Land for an update on the town’s current and future debt, and to discuss capital needs, priorities, and expenditures for fiscal year 2022. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford explained: “The...
Zoning Board hears plans for two dwellings
Rosemary Connelli
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
The Zoning Board held public hearings, but made no decisions, on variance requests for two homes at its virtual meeting on March 3. The Board also approved the town’s requests relating to a new walkway at Andy’s Way, and one other application. In the first hearing, Pam Piper and Anna Pearce...
Housing Board makes progress with O’Brien plans
Rosemary Connelli
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
The Block Island Housing Board continued preliminary planning for its next affordable housing project, on an undeveloped lot across West Side Road from Ball O’Brien Park, at its March 9 virtual meeting. Member John Spier reported he had completed “most of the information for the application” for a...
Double Ender Committee plans a parade
Renee Meyer
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
You can always cancel an event, but if you don’t plan for it first, you can’t have it at all. That seems to be the approach various organizations and town boards are taking when it comes to planning spring and summer events on the island. The Double Ender Committee, an independent not-for-profit...
Ahoy mates!
Thu, Mar 18
Category:
News
The Global Symphony
will be arriving any day now to conduct cable installation, repair and survey work for Orsted Offshore North America. The vessel arrived at the Port of Providence on Wed. March 17 after a transatlantic voyage and will appear off the shore of Fred Benson Town Beach...
BIHS presents plans for Medical Center
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 11
Category:
News
Members of the Block Island Health Services board were invited to present plans to the Town Council for future renovation and expansion of the B.I. Medical Center. The board met with the council on Wednesday, March 3 to begin the discussions. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford stated she had been...
High Street construction alert
Thu, Mar 11
Category:
News
Starting on March 15, traffic on High Street will be one way only – southbound (from town towards the school) until past the construction site. Mondays through Thursdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The construction site will start at the school and move slowly...
Chase named treatment plant operator of the year
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 11
Category:
News
Behind the scenes of the pristine environment that gave Block Island the designation of one of the Western Hemisphere’s “last great places” by The Nature Conservancy in 1991 are the people and infrastructure that protect it while providing vital services to the people who live and visit here. Those...
Middle School sports wrap-up
Coach Chris Crawford
Thu, Mar 11
Category:
News
History shows there are years that come marked with big asterisks. Years that one wants to simply file away in a “fahgetaboutit” trash can. Three quarters of 2020 and the start of 2021 are likely secure in both vaults. This year’s middle school boy’s Hurricanes basketball season was a season to...
Council approves moped ordinance changes
Rosemary Connelli with additional reporting by Pat Tengwall
Thu, Mar 11
Category:
News
The Town Council held two meetings on rental mopeds on March 4. At 7:00 p.m., the council unanimously approved license renewals for the five current moped rental businesses in less than 10 minutes. At the noon public hearing on proposed amendments to the moped ordinance, however, the attorney for...
Senior Day for Block Island Hurricanes
Assistant Coach Chris Crawford
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
High School basketball “senior day” was missing the usual loud, Block Island house-crowd that the Hurricanes have come to relish, but it did not effect their “game” one iota in the island’s re-match with prep power Rocky Hill School, winning by nearly 20 points. Captured live on TV for the entire...
OHTF begins discussions for Weldon’s Way
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
Old Harbor Task Force Chair Margie Comings invited Town Manager Maryanne Crawford, along with Block Island Power Company President Jeff Wright, to their meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 24. to discuss long-term planning for parts of the downtown area. “One of the things that has concerned us is the lack...
New windows at library
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
The Island Free Library’s Board of Trustees was updated on building maintenance projects, chief amongst them the two phases of the window replacement work, at a meeting on Feb. 23. New windows for phase one, the upper level of the rear wall, have been installed. In phase two, the rest of the...
Construction alert from the Water Department
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
Construction for the High Street/ Payne Road water main replacement project will start on Monday, March 8, and continue through early May. On March 8th, a crew will be mobilizing, staging for construction, and digging test pits. On Monday, March 15, road work and water main laying will begin. The...
Champlin’s update: some stand by, some get to work
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
After all the drama around Champlin’s Marina that occupied much of the past two months, things have settled down for the time being, as the new owners prepare for summer. First was the news in November that Champlin’s then-owner Joe Grillo had appealed the February 2020 decision denying the dock...
Solar siting changes pass Public Hearing
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
Two years after request was submitted to the Planning Board by Entech Engineering owner Chris Warfel seeking to change the rules against placing solar arrays in front yards, revised Zoning Ordinances on solar siting finally went to a Public Hearing before the Town Council on March 1. The amendments...
Town Council chooses island proposal over RIPTA’s
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Mar 4
Category:
News
The Town Council decided to stick with a local solution at its meeting on Monday, March 1 instead of accepting the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s offer of two trolley-style buses to provide public transportation on the island this summer. “As you remember a few weeks ago, we met with the...
Harbors Committee gets update on Management Plan
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 25
Category:
News
Kevin Cute of the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council attended the Harbors Committee meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18 to provide an update on the Harbor Management Plan. The committee last spoke with Cute in December 2020. Since that time, Cute has been reviewing and cross-referencing the plan to...
Town Council appoints interim police chief
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 25
Category:
News
The Town Council appointed R.I. State Police Captain Matthew Moynihan as the interim chief of the New Shoreham Police Department at its Feb. 17 virtual meeting. Moynihan will start on March 1, succeeding Chief Vincent Carlone, who announced his retirement in December 2020. “In recent weeks I have...
A bright moment for the community
Renee Meyer,
at
rmeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 25
Category:
News
If you receive a phone call from Bill McCombe asking your age without first dispensing with the usual niceties, just answer the question. McCombe is co-director of the Emergency Management Task Group, and has taken charge of organizing Covid-19 vaccination events for full-time residents of Block...
HDC approves proposed fencing for livestock
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 25
Category:
News
Windows were a common feature among applications the Historic District Commission considered at its Feb. 22 virtual meeting. New fencing for open areas at the Manisses Hotel was a separate concern. Paul Filippi, co-owner of the hotel, presented preliminary plans to rebuild an existing split-rail...
The Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
The following was submitted to
The Block Island Times
by the Block Island Conservancy:
The yellow-rumped, or Myrtle, warbler is a migratory and wintertime songbird on Block Island. It is the only warbler that regularly spends its winter on Block Island, due to the fact that it is...
Senior services continue despite pandemic
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
During the Senior Advisory Committee’s meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Senior Coordinator Gloria Redlich updated the committee on the current programs and services available for the senior population on the island. Similar to many other organizations and groups that have had to adjust their programs...
Library celebrates Black History Month
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
In honor of Black History Month, the Island Free Library is celebrating the work of Black writers. “Our main focus is two things – the daily post to our Facebook page that celebrates a Black poet, which Bethany [Petrik] is working on. She curates and researches the daily posts,” said Library...
Block Island boys fight the good fight
Chris Crawford (Assistant Coach)
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
A vacation-depleted Hurricanes varsity boys basketball team traveled off-island again Saturday, Feb. 13, in yet again, bitter 8:00 a.m. frigid temps and matched up against the Rocky Hill Prep School Mariners in a barn-burner of a game that came down to the last few seconds. The Hurricanes led...
Planning Board closes hearing on Gelsomini project
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
Nick and Pam Gelsomini went before the Planning Board for a third time on Feb. 10 with their plans to demolish an existing house off Corn Neck Road (Plat 4, Lot 63) and replace it with a new home and add other structures. The board closed the public hearing on the application after pointed comments...
School welcomes students back with a test
Renee Meyer,
at
remeyer@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Feb 18
Category:
News
Just as the Feb. 8 School Committee meeting was about to adjourn, Superintendent Mike Convery threw out an idea for the committee to consider. “I’m blindsiding you,” he said, apologizing for the lack of notice. His idea? To test students for Covid-19 before in-person classes resume after the...
Send us your photos for the 2021 Block Island Tourism magazine!
Fri, Feb 12
Category:
News
Send us your Block Island photos! We are putting together the 2021 Block Island Tourism magazine, and are looking for high resolution (not cell phone) photos of Block Island in the summer — beaches, landscape, pets, sunsets, sunrise, boating, fishing, landmarks, lighthouses — show us what you've...
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