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DEM conducting major survey on recreation
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Department of Environmental Management:
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning are conducting an online survey this month to gather public input on outdoor recreation opportunities...
A declaration of love
By
The Rev. Eletha Buote-Greig
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following is a sermon delivered by Rev. Buote-Grieg on Sunday, March 17, following the mass shooting in New Zealand. This declaration can be signed by island residents at St. Ann’s by-the-Sea. the Island Free Library, and
The Block Island Times.
The Rev. Eletha Buote-Greig is the...
Ocean View Foundation gifts two homes
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Ocean View Foundation:
The Ocean View Foundation has announced that it has recently completed a gift of two houses to the Block Island Housing Board. The Foundation’s gift of the two houses, known as “Muffin” and “Shortcake,” facilitated the sale of these...
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Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
Do you know you can get breaking news as it’s reported on Block Island?
The Block Island Times
features breaking news notifications, as well as a weekly news and features newsletter, which is sent via email to readers. To sign up for this complimentary service go to www.blockislandtimes...
Sisters organize climate change march
Fri, Mar 15
Category:
News
A global protest designed to highlight the challenges posed by climate change reached the shores of Block Island on Friday, March 15. The march, in which about 20 students and four teachers participated, was held at the Statue of Rebbeca. The march was inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg,...
Fixed base operator to return to B.I. Airport
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Sen. Susan Sosnowski has announced that, after meeting with representatives of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, they have agreed to start providing aviation services at the Block Island Airport on April 1 from the same vendor currently providing such services at Rhode Island’s four other...
DPUC investigating Interstate
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers is investigating Interstate Navigation due to the timing, intent, and contradictory nature of its testimony concerning its application to borrow $8.5 million to build a bigger, 500-passenger high-speed vessel to service Block Island. The...
Proposals sought for Cherry Hill Lane project
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The Block Island Housing Board said requests for proposals for its Cherry Hill Lane project became available on Friday, March 8, and the project is already generating interest from contractors. Proposals for the $1.4 million project are due back at Town Hall on April 26 by 3 p.m. The RFP package is...
Chamber, Visitor’s Center mission an uneasy fit
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The members of the Block Island Tourism Council and the President of the local Chamber of Commerce began what almost certainly will be a lengthy discussion about how to best manage the Visitor’s Center that is located in Old Harbor. The issue has been a thorny one. The staff of the Chamber works...
A jitney, cruise ships and the hotel tax
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Three items received close attention from the Town Council at its March 6 work session: exploring operation of a hop-on, hop-off jitney service on the island, charging a landing fee for passengers arriving
via
cruise ship, and the local impact of an increase in the hotel tax. The council...
Statement by Town Manager Ed Roberge
Another first for Block Island
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
After years of planning and developing a high-speed broadband fiber network, the Town’s Community Anchor Institution (CAI) Broadband Fiber Optic Network is here. Over the past several weeks, project activities have been highly visible on Block Island as line crews from Sertex, LLC could be seen by...
Finding the right caregiver
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The growing demand for caregivers on Block Island led Senior Coordinator Gloria Redlich to call for a better system of matching needs with available resources. She told the Senior Advisory Committee at its February meeting that Human Services Coordinator Maryann Seebeck agrees with her, and may be...
Powerful little fundraisers
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The pupils of Mrs. Hart’s kindergarten class, for the past 13 years, have rolled pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, only to turn those little stacks of coins into a powerful fundraising tool. Since 2006, Hart’s Block Island School students have raised more than $22,000 for the Pennies for...
Poetry by and about women
By
Hailey Wilson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
I was a little nervous going to my first poetry reading, even though I wasn’t reciting. The event was called “Women in Poetry” — I had to try it. Being new to the community, I was timid at first, but within minutes the environment settled me down. Everyone was there to absorb and feel the words...
Lyme vaccine advances to phase two
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Testing on a new, groundbreaking Lyme disease vaccine is advancing through phase two of a three-phase clinical trial testing process. Valneva SE, a France-based biotechnology company, began mid-stage testing of its vaccine VLA15 in December 2018. The vaccine operates by stimulating the human immune...
Kindergarten screening and registration
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The Block Island School will be conducting kindergarten screening for potential 2019/20 students on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Please bring the following information to the office on the day of the screening to register your child: Birth certificate and current immunization records. State law requires...
Sen. Sosnowski announces
FlightLevel to return to B.I. Airport
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski has announced that, after meeting with representatives of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, they have agreed to provide aviation services at the Block Island Airport on April 1, 2019 from the same vendor currently providing such services at Rhode Island’s four other...
DPUC opens investigation of Interstate Navigation
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Mar 8
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has opened an investigation into Interstate Navigation for its “need and appropriateness” of plans to replace its 250-seat high-speed vessel the
Athena
with a larger, 500-passenger fast ferry. The proposal was put before the...
The Surf to keep its name — sort of
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
The historic Surf Hotel is keeping its name and its iconic sign on the building. The hotel, built in 1876, whose name is featured on its Dodge Street-facing façade is in the hands of new ownership that is renovating the property. Rob Blood, CEO of Lark Hotels in emails responding to questions from...
Pesticides to treat invasive insect are safe
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
The State of Rhode Island’s plans for combatting an invasive foreign insect that destroys ash trees should be safe, according to officials, and could involve bio-control agents. The emerald ash borer, an insect native to Asia, has infested the eastern United States, including Rhode Island, and was...
Council ponders fee hike at Old Harbor
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
A New Shoreham Town Councilor’s proposal to raise the transient dockage fee from $3 to $4.50 per foot per vessel at Old Harbor was debated by the council but met with disapproval by Harbormaster Steve Land. Councilor Chris Willi proposed that a rate increase would equate to $55,395 seasonally for...
Marina pump-out fees being explored
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council and the Harbors Committee are trying to determine the best way to have the island’s marinas pay for their share of pump-out costs, which is about $20,000 a year. The town has been providing complimentary pump-out service at marinas in Old and New Harbor since 1993 as...
Cause of loud boom still a mystery
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Just Googling the words “unexplained boom” will lead an amateur sleuth toward a dozen different websites and articles, on sites primarily dealing with unexplained phenomena, that detail the many instances in which residents in communities across the globe report loud noises waking them or startling...
Winfield’s proposed ramp will be ADA compliant
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Yellow Kittens and Winfield’s restaurant will be getting a newly redesigned front, street-side landscape, including a patio, staircase, and winding, ADA compliant ramp with handrails. The Historic District Commission spent 10 minutes reviewing the proposal, and then voted unanimously (4-0) to...
R.I. Fast Ferry wins another round in court
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Rhode Island Fast Ferry has won another round in its ongoing legal battle with the town of New Shoreham. RIFF would like to start a new seasonal fast ferry service from Quonset Point to Block Island, but the town is against the plan. According to the court transcript from a Feb. 21 hearing,...
New art at the airport
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has announced that new art exhibitions are on display at Rhode Island’s airports. At the Block Island Airport Gallery, works by Dan Lake of East Greenwich are on display through May 30, 2019. The Block Island Airport Gallery is a partnership...
B.I. School senior headed to poetry finals
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Block Island School senior Mary Conant is headed to the state finals in the Poetry Out Loud contest, marking another in a long line of Block Island students who have participated in the state finals in the past few years. To make it to the finals, Conant passed the first hurdle in English teacher...
Division champs
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
The Block Island Hurricanes Varsity Basketball team won their division when they beat Oxford Academy on Wednesday, March 6 by a score of 44 to 30.
Honor Roll
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Block Island School Second Quarter Honor Roll
Highest Honors
Luke Brown - Grade 12 Mary Conant - Grade 12 Fiona Crawford - Grade 12 Julia Gasner - Grade 12 Laura Johnson - Grade 12 Mikhaela Brown-Padien - Grade 11 Ruby Crawford - Grade 11 Charlotte Hall - Grade 11 Mathias Heinz - Grade 11...
Where in the World
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
Where in the World takes us to Ireland, where Cindy McDonald-Houlihan and daughter Tonya Keegan snapped this photo holding a copy of
The Block Island Times
at the Cliffs of Mohr.
(360 VIDEO) Ocean View Pavilion
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) On a partly sunny and clear day with temps in the 20s, take a journey with
The Block Island Times
to and through the Ocean View Pavilion for a scenic, panoramic view of the surrounding grounds, the ocean and a glimpse of Old Harbor. (Click or pause and drag the video for...
Loud boom shakes Block Island
Fri, Mar 1
Category:
News
A loud boom that startled islanders at about 4:20 a.m., Friday, March 1, did not cause any damage or injuries, according to the New Shoreham Police Department. Police dispatch said the boom was heard as far away as Charlestown.
The Block Island Times
will update as soon as more...
H.P. Lovecraft and Block Island
By
Edward Guimont
Fri, Mar 1
Category:
News
Stephen King holds the position of New England’s pre-eminent horror writer. But King’s literary canon would not exist without the inspiration of the author who was King’s predecessor: H. P. Lovecraft, who blended sci-fi and horror in ways that continue to shape both genres. And while Portland...
National Grid to install new section of its cable
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
National Grid will be installing a brand new section of its sea2shore cable to address a depth issue at the Town Beach. National Grid has called the issue “complex,” and said that installation of the new section of cable will require drilling and splicing and occur some time after the summer season...
Council nixes extra hunting days
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
There will be no deer hunting on Saturdays on Block Island. The New Shoreham Town Council rejected that request by the Deer Task Force, after careful consideration, with the public weighing in, at its Feb. 27 meeting. Councilor Chris Willi was absent from the meeting. The Deer Task Force serves as...
Abutter objects to housing initiative
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
The Planning Board gave its approval to the first phase of the town employees’ housing initiative at its most recent meeting, making its decision after hearing objections that the town’s plans conflict with court-ordered restrictions on the use of the Thomas Property. Attorney Thomas Tarro III,...
RIAC to staff airport this summer
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
A senior representative of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation has notified stakeholders of the Block Island State Airport that the island business that had received preliminary approval to provide airport services has withdrawn its proposal. Alan Andrade, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating...
Lacoste voices concern over food truck legislation
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
First Warden Ken Lacoste voiced his concerns to members of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation regarding the local impact of proposed changes to the state’s food truck statutes, saying that the changes would adversely impact food truck and food carts on the island. Lacoste attended a...
Wanted: Firefighter recruits
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
“As the years go on, this job gets more and more difficult,” said Fire Chief Mike Ernst to a room full of veteran firefighters and a handful of teenagers at the monthly membership meeting of the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department on Feb. 11. “There’s a big gap between the younger...
DEM taking action to combat invasive insect
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, along with state and federal collaborators, has devised an action plan to combat the destructive impact caused by an insect that destroys ash trees. According to New Shoreham Tree Warden Ned Phillips, there are ash trees on Block Island that...
Council gives Roberge high marks
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
After just more than a year on the job, the current Town Council has given the person it hired as Town Manager, Ed Roberge, high marks. Given that the performance review was held in closed session, First Warden Ken Lacoste provided a summary
via
email of the review to
The Block Island...
Concert at the Highview
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
Adam Ezra from the Adam Ezra Group is coming to Block Island for an intimate solo concert on his "Get Folked" house concert tour. Ezra, who hails from Boston, just completed a tour with songwriting partner John Oates and is currently on tour with Graham Parker and Southside Johnny and the Asbury...
Telecomm building arrives
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
One of the most visible symbols of the high-speed broadband network that is about to connect five town facilities arrived on the island on Saturday, Feb. 23: the telecomm building that will encase the technology that will make the fiber optic connections work. The town’s IT specialist, Michelle...
BIPCo: Beware of scam calls
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
News
Scammers are keeping at it. According to Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright, one person has reported receiving a scam telephone call stating that if payment isn’t made to National Grid, their power will be shut off. The problem is, “none of our customers on Block Island have any...
Sewer Commission seeks ban on sale of wet wipes
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
Disposable wet wipes have become such a problem that members of the Sewer Commission approved a measure to send a letter to the Town Council recommending that the sale of wet wipes be banned on the island. Sewer Company Supt. Chris Blane has persistently warned of the dangers the popular cleaning...
Governor calls for stricter gun laws
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
Gov. Gina Raimondo marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, by unveiling a legislative package of gun safety reforms for Rhode Island. The proposed legislation, introduced at the State House on Feb. 14...
Broadband breaking ground
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
There was an air of excitement among the members of the Block Island Broadband Committee when they met on Thursday, Feb. 14, as one item after another that will make this long-standing effort to bring high-speed internet to the island finally were checked off as completed or about to be. The months...
Keeping Block Island waters healthy
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
Snow and sleet didn’t stop the members of the Shellfish Commission from gathering for their monthly meeting on a recent Tuesday night, and as wind whipped the windows at Town Hall, the members held a lively discussion on several topics. The first order of business was electing new officers. Joe...
Town meets with RIAC
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
Town Manager Ed Roberge said he expressed his frustration about the situation at the Block Island Airport to Rhode Island Airport Corporation representatives at a meeting on the mainland on Thursday, Feb. 14, but added he is hopeful that some long-term, out-of-the box thinking can resolve the issue...
At 92, still making music
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
News
Block Island resident Carl Kaufmann started making guitars when an instructor told him 30 years ago that he needed a better instrument if he wanted to learn how to play. “I had at that time an old Gibson guitar my wife had bought in bad condition from a pawn shop,” said Kaufmann, who splits his...
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