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Relighting the Light
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation:
After restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse tower, the lens at the lighthouse will be relit during the day on Thursday, Oct. 17. Later that same day, the community is invited to gather at 5 p.m. to celebrate the newly...
Weather video
Storm batters Old Harbor
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
(WEATHER VIDEO) Gale force, gusting winds and high surf conditions battered Old Harbor on Thursday, October 10.
The Block Island Times
found it challenging holding the camera steady while capturing this video. Temperatures were in the mid 50s with a steady 30 mile-per-hour wind and gusts...
Weather video
Incoming storm impacting Block Island
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Oct 9
Category:
News
(WEATHER VIDEO) The wind was gusting up to 25 miles-per-hour out of the north-northeast and temperatures were in the mid 50s on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as
The Block Island Times
captured this video taken from Corn Neck Road. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the...
Chef tasting and wine dinner
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
Atlantic Inn executive chef Denny Gomes is ending the 2019 season with a Chef’s Tasting and Wine Pairing event on Friday, Oct. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. Chef Gomes will be featuring a multi-course menu, starting with a soup course, pumpkin bisque, a warm squash salad, followed by a choice of two...
New Shoreham police officers file suit against town
Lars Trodson
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
UPDATE: The law office of Indeglia & Associates informed
The Block Island Times on Tuesday, Oct. 8
that the motion to issue a temporary restraining order against the defendants has been continued until Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Washington County Superior Court. See details...
Block Island tests negative for EEE again
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island has tested negative for the deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE once again. Town Manager Ed Roberge informed the Town Council at its meeting Monday night that testing conducted during the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 came back negative. He also noted that officials were hoping for a “killing...
Ratepayers say yes to “peak shaving”
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
In “resounding” fashion, the Block Island Utility District’s account holders approved the concept of “peak shaving,” whereby the utility could operate its diesel generators for up to 53 hours per year as a cost-saving measure. The referendum is nonbinding, but the Utility District’s commissioners...
Land Trust seeking participation in poll
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Every five years the Block Island Land Trust conducts a comprehensive poll of Block Island’s residents regarding a variety of topics related to the island. As Land Trust Chair Barbara MacMullan explains it, the poll is a combination of land or environmental questions, as well as topical questions...
Lyme research targeting mice and birds
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Researchers from Columbia University have been catching mice and birds on Block Island to inform a research study focused on the impact of ecology on Lyme disease. The researchers have taken blood samples from the animals to study the strains of the bacteria. The hope, as it has been for many years...
Marketing the island as a year-round destination
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Th e goal of both the state and local marketing efforts on behalf of Block Island is not to increase the number of visitors to the island, but rather to get them to stay here longer. “Heads in beds,” is how Block Island Tourism Director Jessica Willi put it. In other words, people who stay over for...
BIPCo files its rate case
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
O n Sept. 30 the Block Island Utility District submitted its new rate case to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. If accepted, it will be the first time since 2008 that Block Island ratepayers will see a change in the overall rate structure. The RIPUC will have up to nine months to...
Board member becomes climate change advocate
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
“ I’m arguing that the impact is happening now. That time is of the essence. And, although I feel it is almost insurmountable to reverse its impact, I choose not to focus on that. I choose to focus on how I can affect change.” Island resident Socha Cohen made those remarks during an interview with...
First phase of lighthouse restoration complete
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
K eith Lescarbeau was literally pointing to the tiniest of details that made the restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse so satisfying to his team, which has been working on the project for the past year. Lescarbeau, who owns Abcore Restoration out of Narragansett, was describing the difference...
Go see a game
Girls volleyball rocks
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Motorist precautions for deer activity
Wed, Oct 2
Category:
News
The following information was sent to
The Block Island Times
by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management regarding motorist precautions for deer activity:
Motorists should be alert for deer crossing roadways, particularly at dawn and dusk. With shorter daylight...
Great White Sharks detected in R.I. waters
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Oct 2
Category:
News
The Atlantic Shark Institute is reporting that its newly deployed audio equipment detected the presence of two great white sharks in Rhode Island Waters this summer. The sharks were detected in two different locations near Block Island in July. The Wakefield-based organization, in partnership with...
Recreation Dept. seeks coaches for teams
By Lars Trodson
Fri, Sep 27
Category:
News
Near the end of the most recent Recreation Board meeting, member Colleen Ernst told the story of how a personal friend, who had also been her coach and mentor, had died just the day before. Her reason for telling the story was to make a plea for island residents to volunteer as coaches for the many...
Conservation groups wrestle with subdivision regulations
By Renée Meyer
Fri, Sep 27
Category:
News
Proposed changes by the Planning Board to the definition of developable land has caused the three major conservation groups on Block Island to have something akin to an existential crisis. Those three groups are the Block Island Land Trust, the Block Island Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy...
Remedy for school oil spill is expensive and necessary
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
There was both good news and bad news about the Block Island School building at the New Shoreham School Committee’s Sept. 16 meeting. The good news: The committee unanimously awarded the contract for the long-planned façade renovation to Pariseault Builders, the low bidder. No asbestos was found in...
During the summer only
Citing costs, Sewer Dept. looks into a return to generator use
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
Sewer Company Supt. Dylan Chase informed the members of the Sewer Commission that he is thinking of undertaking a study to see how much it would cost the department to get off the power grid during July and August and return to using its two diesel generators for those two peak-use months. The...
Islanders walk to end Alzheimer’s
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
With their colorful pinwheels held aloft, more than 70 Block Island residents took part in the first-ever Block Island Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease, a fundraising event they hope will lead to medical breakthroughs that will cure the illness. Each pinwheel represented what is called a “promise...
Communicating the old fashioned way
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
A boy on Block Island has become friends with a boy living on the mainland in an unusual way: by finding a message in a bottle. Resident Shannon Cotter-Marsella said her son, Eli, found a message in a bottle sent by Gavin McGreevy, who lives with his family in Mattituck, New York. The boys, who are...
American Legion exploring building expansion
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
Block Island’s American Legion members, part of Post number 36, are exploring expansion of their single-story wood frame building to include a second-story caretaker apartment. The group is also seeking to construct a restaurant, and bar within the building’s first floor footprint to serve food and...
Town voting in favor of “peak shaving” referendum
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council voted (3-1) to instruct town Facilities Manager Sam Bird to cast the town’s vote in favor of the Block Island Utility District’s ballot referendum. By casting the vote, Bird is acting as the official designated voter to represent the town. The Town Council also voted...
Block Island tests negative for EEE in latest round
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
The following information was released by New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m.:
- Spraying on mainland scheduled to resume on Wednesday, 9/25 - No Block Island spraying scheduled to date - No new cases of EEE in RI - No new positive test results from...
Cherry Hill Lane project attracts interest
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There was excitement in the air as 30 people signed in at Town Hall on Tuesday evening with the hope of becoming applicants for one of five single-family homes being sold by the Block Island Housing Board. The modular homes, two with two-bedrooms priced at $250,000, and three three-bedroom homes...
Two boards, two definitions of developable land
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Because the Town Council and the Planning Board have two conflicting opinions on what constitutes developable land on Block Island, a public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. at Town Hall. Due to a vote by the Town Council last January, conservation easements...
Ryans honored as Island Treasures
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Longtime island residents Bonny and Gary Ryan were honored as Island Treasures this year at the Block Island Residents Association annual meeting on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Ryans were clearly moved as they accepted the plaque from BIRA Treasurer Donna Corey, who made the announcement of the honor...
Land Trust conserves another parcel
Renée Meyer
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There was no big announcement, just the statement at the monthly meeting of the Block Island Land Trust by Treasurer Wendy Crawford, that among the expenses for the month of August was $820,000 for the acquisition of Plat 16, Lot 61 from Joseph Sprague. The purchase took place on August 28, and as...
Shellfish Commission considers fall GSP reseeding
Renée Meyer
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Seeding the Great Salt Pond with hard shell clams is normally a spring event, but the Shellfish Commission is considering making it a fall event as well. The clams used to seed the pond in the spring are of harvestable size, but obtaining them can sometimes be a challenge. There are several...
Highways Dept. now included in high speed network
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There is now another town anchor institution included in the high speed broadband network: the town Highways Department located on Ocean Avenue. And like some of the other facilities in the network, the new internet speeds are proving that the old equipment the department is using is inadequate to...
A moment in time
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Text and photos by Lars Trodson
It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining, bouncing brightly off the calm waters of the Great Salt Pond. Just a little way off-shore, three Colgate 26s are sitting idly in the sun. It’s before noon on a Sunday, and the Block Island Club is empty. A...
Artist’s collaborative seeking home
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
A group of art enthusiasts are seeking an island property to serve as their home base for an artist collaborative organization they are developing. The endeavor, called the “On-Island Collaborative,” is being spearheaded by Ben Martin, John Warfel, and Sue Black, along with members of the local...
The Parish Center turns 40
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
“It’s a good story,” said Father Robert Randall, and indeed it is. This is the story of how the St. Andrew Parish Center, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 22, came to life. “The first thing you should know is that no one thought it could be done and no reasonable man...
EEE reported on Block Island
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Sep 13
Category:
News
A positive test for eastern equine encephalitis has been reported on Block Island. The deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE has been reported in various locales around the State of Rhode Island and in neighboring Massachusetts A 50-year old West Warwick man died from the virus on Sunday. Bill McCombe,...
Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows
Fri, Sep 13
Category:
News
Town of New Shoreham PO BOX 220, Block Island RI 02807 Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows The Town of New Shoreham is seeking bids to furnish and install replacement windows at the Island Free Library. The scope of work includes the following: Removal of eight (8) fixed light windows...
Blood Drives honored
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Pastor Peter Preiser, at left, along with Pat Tengwall, second from right, and Peter Greenman, Director of the Block Island Blood Drive, accept a proclamation signed by Gov. Gina Raimondo from Rennie Maurice-Simmons of the R.I. Blood Center for 40 years of Blood Drives on Block Island. Courtesy...
Langevin: Key to election stability is education
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
During a recent visit to Block Island, Congressman Jim Langevin said that a better educated population will be the true savior of the republic and its election processes. After the attempts to meddle in the 2016 elections by various nations, primarily Russia, Langevin said the country was “better...
Mass. residents using B.I. Wind Farm as model
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
The Block Island Wind Farm seems to have piqued the curiosity of other communities, which are eager to learn how the wind turbines were installed, and how the island made the conversion to offshore wind energy. One of those communities is Hull, Massachusetts, a small seaside town situated on a...
One family’s story of the Japanese internment camps during WWII
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Ken Nomiyama does not remember living in a Japanese internment camp during the 1940s. He was born in one in 1942, and his family left the camp in Tule Lake, California in 1946. He and his parents returned to their home in Alameda, California, where they were living before the war. Nomiyama’s father...
Filippi brothers’ appeal denied
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Local businessmen Blake and Paul Filippi were denied in their appeal of a notice of violation issued by the New Shoreham Building Official for erecting a makeshift parking lot on their property in Old Harbor. The Zoning Board voted unanimously (5-0) to uphold the notice of violation issued by...
Around the Island Race results
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Block Island Yacht Club:
The Block Island Yacht Club held the Sixth annual Around the Island Pursuit Race on Sunday, Sept. 1. A Pursuit Race is different to a typical yacht race because each yacht’s handicap is applied, at the beginning, with the...
Local artist brings together art, poetry and love of Block Island
Gloria S. Redlich
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Ted Merritt believes in human possibility. And every page of his new book, “My Art, My Love and Block Island” attests to that outlook. Indeed, the slim volume that looks much like an artist’s workbook teems with reproductions of Merritt’s paintings, which themselves reflect his deep love of the sea...
Tourism Council assesses the summer
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
The presence of cars on Block Island is either an ongoing nuisance or a symbol of the kind of family that comes to the island and is a powerful contributor to the seasonal economy. Those two viewpoints were expressed by members of the Block Island Tourism Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10 as...
Lots of life on, and in, the Great Salt Pond
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Harbormaster Steve Land had some spectacular views of the Great Salt Pond taken during a drone flight over the island. He was showing the images to members of the Committee for the Great Salt Pond and other assorted guests at the CGSP’s annual meeting on Sunday, Sept. 8. The theme of the meeting...
360 VIDEO
Hike the Greenway Trail to Fresh Pond
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Sep 11
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Hike the Greenway Trail, courtesy of
The Block Island Times
, past an apple tree and over a bridge to Fresh Pond on a sunny, perfect day. Temps were in the mid 70s with a gentle breeze. Note: turn up the volume, take your time, look around, and enjoy the journey. (Pause or...
Remembering those lost on 911
Wed, Sep 11
Category:
News
Flags are flying at half staff on Block Island in memory of the victims lost during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The attacks, which killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 and caused at least $10 billion in damage, occurred in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. There are...
Interstate update
Fri, Sep 6
Category:
News
Posted on the Block Island Ferry website: UPDATED SERVICE ALERT FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING AND WE HAVE UNEXPECTEDLY CANCELLED THE 11 AM TRADITIONAL FERRY FROM PT. JUDITH AND THE 1 PM FROM BLOCK ISLAND. THE 9 AM FROM PT. JUDITH AND THE 11 AM FROM BI ARE RUNNING...
How to live with hearing loss
Thu, Sep 5
Category:
News
A workshop for the hard of hearing, “Family and Friends: Life Skills for the Hard of Hearing,” will be held at the Island Free Library at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13. Dr. Rachel-Ann Smith from the University of Rhode Island will be hosting the workshop. “I worked with Dr. Smith and one of her...
Town employee housing project underway
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 5
Category:
News
Construction of a single-family residence for a senior town employee on the Thomas Property is underway, and could be completed this fall. The cost for installing the modular construction home, as it’s described on the building permit application, is $559,285. The house is expected to become the...
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