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Calaveras open for the winter season
Sofia Williams
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
Just last week, the usually summer-only restaurant, Calaveras, opened for the Block Island winter season. Open Thursday through Monday, for lunch only, Julio Mendoza and his 18-year-old daughter, Julianne Mendoza, commute every morning from the mainland to the island by ferry to open at 11:30 a.m...
Smoke on the water
Renee Meyer
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
Smoke could be seen on the horizon for hours on Monday as the commercial fishing vessel
Mattie and Maren
burned two to three miles off the shore of Block Island. A call to the Coast Guard was made at about 11:45 a.m., just as the Block Island Ferry was about to complete its 11 a.m. run to...
Honoring our veterans
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
The Block Island School Junior Varsity Soccer Team, along with Officer Doug Borden placed flags at the cemetery for Veteran’s Day on Wednesday, November 3. (Photo: Charlie Weber)
Do fences make good neighbors?
Stephen Hester
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
The Zoning Board of Review has had an item floating on and off of its agenda all summer long regarding the construction of a chain link fence between two neighbors. There are two issues at play. One is the question of whether the fence is a “spite fence” or not. According to the Rhode Island...
Daylight savings time ends November 6
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
Chris Warfel sent in this picture of a beautiful November sunrise on the east side of Block Island. You’ll have to get up earlier to see it starting Sunday. Daylight saving Time ends Nov. 6.
Senior Advisory Committee looks to expand programs
Stephen Hester
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
The Senior Advisory Committee is excited about several ideas to improve the quality of life for the island’s senior residents. One of the “most needed” services is that of certified nursing assistants (CNA). Like most other essential services, however, finding qualified candidates can be tricky...
Define aging in place
Laurie Anderson, APRN-C, MSN, CDOE
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
The CDC defines aging in place as “the ability to live in one’s own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income, or ability level.” Aging in place increases seniors’ satisfaction with their quality of life and self-esteem, qualities that promote happiness...
Block Island to go back to diesel-generated power temporarily
Renee Meyer
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
Note: As of Friday afternoon, Nov. 6, the cable splice scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until further notice. Therefore, the Block Island Power Company will not be switching over to its diesel generators this weekend. Cable update: At this time, National Grid is planning to conduct its...
RIAC makes parking proposal
Stephen Hester
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation put in an appearance by Zoom at the New Shoreham Town Council meeting on Monday night to present its new parking plan. RIAC had sent a letter outlining the “Managed Parking Program” to the Town Council last week. The letter explained that the program would be...
Fatal accident Halloween night
Thu, Nov 4
Category:
News
A fatal motorcycle accident took the life of Owen Terrell, 32, of 541 Center Road, Block Island, in the early morning hours of November 1. At approximately 1:53 a.m., the New Shoreham Police Department was called to the scene of a single-vehicle motorcycle crash near the intersection of West Side...
Fishermen rescued by Coast Guard off Block Island Monday
By Renee Meyer
Wed, Nov 3
Category:
News
Smoke could be seen on the horizon for hours on Monday as the commercial fishing vessel
Mattie and
Maren
burned two to three miles off the shore of Block Island. A call to the Coast Guard was made at about 11:45 a.m., just as the Block Island Ferry was about to complete its 11 a.m...
Community Conversations with B.I. Medical Center
Fri, Oct 29
Category:
News
The Block Island Times
is pleased to announce a new column in conjunction with the Block Island Medical Center. This will be a regular community conversation to answer health and wellness questions and concerns. Each column will focus on different topics on health and wellness. The...
Drinks at the Empire?
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 29
Category:
News
The Empire Theatre has applied for a Class T liquor license with the town of New Shoreham with the hearing set for November 4. According to owner Gary Pollard, The Empire had a liquor license many years ago, when it hosted live shows. Pollard says low attendance numbers at the live events led to...
Scenes from the storm
Fri, Oct 29
Category:
News
It was the surf versus the Surf on Wednesday, October 27, as the first Nor’ Easter of the season pounded the island with rain, wind and waves.
Fall paving starts soon
Fri, Oct 29
Category:
News
Starting on Monday, Oct. 18, paving crews will begin re-paving Pilot Hill Road, High Street, and Payne Road, starting with Pilot Hill Road. Police officers and flaggers will be on site to assist with traffic. Please be patient and allow for more time to get to the Block Island School and the...
Hurricanes playing their way into the postseason
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 28
Category:
News
Block Island Varsity Volleyball extended its winning streak to six games on Sunday in front of a raucous and lively home crowd. The Hurricanes defeated the Juanita Sanchez Complex Cavaliers to bring their record on the year to 8-7, with a strong chance to make the playoffs. It was a sweet bit of...
Short but sweet season for Hurricanes soccer
Jamie Johnston
Thu, Oct 28
Category:
News
On Friday, Oct. 22, the Block Island Hurricanes co-ed varsity soccer team made their first and last debut of the 2021 season pulling out a 4 – 3 win over Oxford in what some would say was an “undefeated” season. The ‘Canes co-ed team started out a little sluggish. Nerves? Or could it have been the...
Harbors Committee looks at mooring waiting lists
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 28
Category:
News
The Harbors Committee had a long discussion on private moorings on October 21, and specifically, the long waiting list for those moorings. The topic was generated by a letter from Greg Demos, who recently bought a house on the island and subsequently signed up on the waiting list for a mooring. He...
Is Block Island too busy?
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 28
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Tourism Council wants to continue the conversation on sustainable tourism that was the subject of its annual meeting last month, and it appears they have the means to do so. All they need now is cooperation. The board has been very conservative in its budgeting for this and the...
Harbor Church’s Roll Call dinner a success
Sofia Williams
Thu, Oct 28
Category:
News
This past Tuesday warm meals were handed out to comfort the community on the chilly, windy evening at the Harbor Church Roll Call dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Roll Call has been a tradition ever since the start of the twentieth century. It has been, “a day of commitment and feasting to Block...
Storm update from BI Power and Interstate Navigation
Wed, Oct 27
Category:
News
As of 9 a.m. this morning the Block Island Power Company reports just two customers without power and those should be restored by 11 a.m. Workers are waiting for the winds to die down a bit to stay safe. BIPCo President Jeffery Wright reports that the mainland grid “is in tough shape and we are...
Spooky Season hits Block Island
Sofia Williams
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
As cold weather and fall leaves swoop into Block Island, so do lots of exciting Halloween events. Run by senior co-presidents, Whitney McGinnes, and Chloe Weber, the Student Council at the Block Island School is hosting two events. On October 30, starting at 3 p.m., and lasting until 5 p.m., the...
Halloran wraps up yearly visit to island
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
He first arrived on Block Island in 1958, hired to be a summer chef. He was not invited back. Everyone lost weight. But maybe, just maybe, they should have followed his diet, as at age 85, Monsignor John C. Halloran still looks like he’s 50, and appears as fit and full of energy as he was when he...
The Hurricanes prevail against the Shea Raiders 3-0
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Block Island Varsity Girl Volleyball won all three games last weekend. The Hurricanes defeated Central High School on Friday, Shea High School on Saturday and Woonsocket High School on Sunday. The team has away games this weekend on Friday and Saturday, and a home game on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
School agrees to Gay-Straight Alliance for students
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Block Island School has agreed to allow students to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). There has been confusion and miscommunication in the past about whether students could form the group or not, with health teacher Victoria Carson telling
The Times
last year that the student...
Library board reads between the budget lines
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Island Free Library Board of Trustees met on Tuesday and continued to explore options to complete the renovations despite a severe budget shortfall. Town Finance Director Amy Land had provided the trustees with an updated budget reflecting the estimate from Efficiency Inc., the construction...
Planning processes Overlook application
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Overlook property continues to slowly progress through the paperwork calisthenics involved in subdividing its lot. Brian Laplante, attorney for Overlook owner Steven Filippi, was back in front of the Planning Board on Wednesday, October 13, for the public hearing. There were no public comments...
Water capacity puts future growth in jeopardy
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Water Superintendent John Breunig has been trying to get the attention of the town and the broader community on an issue of utmost importance: the Water Department’s infrastructure can not support future growth within the district, much less outside its official boundaries. On Monday, Oct. 18,...
Town Council approves new Overlook price
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
“Happy is a funny word,” Second Warden Sven Risom told the Town Council on Monday night. First Warden Andre Boudreau had asked the councilors if they were happy with the newly renegotiated price for the Overlook property on West Side Road. Originally priced at $10.5 million, with the town footing $...
Shellfish Commission confronts reality
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The idea for getting an upweller to grow shellfish “seed” was the brainchild of the late Hermann “Bo” Gempp. Gempp was a longtime member of the Shellfish Commission and thought that the Great Salt Pond needed to become more sustainable. Instead of relying on purchasing harvestable-sized shellfish...
Weather doesn’t dampen spirits for half marathon
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
Neither wind, nor rain, nor stinging wind-swept beach sand could stop a hardy group of runners from taking on the Block Island Half Marathon course Sunday. But what did cut down on participants was a heaving ocean that cancelled most high-speed ferries and left many runners who opted for the day-of...
Middle school soccer kicks off on mainland
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The Middle School soccer team surprised the West Bay Christian Academy Eagles with a 4 to 2 win on a gorgeous fall day, Wednesday, Oct. 6. It was the first away game for the Hurricanes and they proved up to the task, leading the entire game with goalie Barrett Evans making several great saves...
Back to work on the island
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
More and more equipment is arriving every day at the beach parking lot to complete the cable reburial project. Work will begin on Monday, October 18 and continue through the fall. (Photo: R. Meyer)
Message from the Town Manager
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
With summer behind us, the Town of New Shoreham is looking to complete several water/sewer and road work/paving projects started last spring. Beginning the week of October 18, paving crews will be working on Pilot Hill Road from High Street to where the pavement ends; Payne Road from the school to...
New Shoreham Town Council Agenda
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
1. Public Comment 2. Report from Dr. Thomas Warcup, BI Medical Center Director, regarding COVID-19 and public health; and/or Discuss and act on an emergency Town ordinance to mitigate the spread of COVID- 19 to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of and visitors to the Town...
Oct. 15 last day for “Business Challenge”
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
A local business owner is challenging other businesses to invest in Block Island’s healthcare by donating up to $200,000 in matching funds for gifts made towards the capital campaign by October 15. Under this capital campaign “Business Challenge,” each gift, of any size, from a Block Island...
The “invisible burden of tourism”
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The Tourism Council had a featured presentation by Megan Epler Wood of EplerWood International, an international consulting company that focuses on sustainable tourism economies that invest in improved local well-being, as part of its annual meeting at the Spring House on Oct. 6. Executive Director...
Deer Task Force grapples with herd, each other
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
“I’ll erase it. I’m the chair.” Chair of the Deer Task Force, Susan Hagedorn, made no bones about her displeasure at one of the ideas thrown out by some of the DTF members during the marathon work session held on October 5. Member Terry Delaney was writing brainstorming ideas up on a big dry erase...
Paving West Beach Road
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
West Beach Road is finally getting paved, from Corn Neck down to the Transfer Station. Paving will start Monday, Oct. 18, and last all week. Highways Department Supervisor Mike Shea told the Town Council in 2016: “That road is the most traveled dirt road on the island,” Town Manager Maryanne...
Beach parking a sticking point for Town Council
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Town Council has granted the easement to National Grid to resume its cable work at Fred Benson Town Beach. But, it wasn’t quite a slam dunk for the big utility. National Grid had to suspend its work on the cable reburial project last spring after debris clogged the conduit that was to carry the...
Two new members elected to utility district board
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Utility District (doing business as the Block Island Power Company) will have a couple of new faces on its Board of Commissioners. There are five seats on the board, with staggered terms, and three of them came up for election this year: Chair Barbara MacMullan, Treasurer Bill Penn...
“Bound by Blue” to be featured at SENE Film Festival
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
“Bound by Blue: A Life on Block Island” with Edith Littlefield Blane will be the opening night documentary film screened at the Southeast New England Film Festival. The movie, directed by Katherine Reaves and produced by Susan Bush and Laura Parsons, documents Blane relating stories of growing up...
Comedy Night Oct. 10
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with the hilarious Usama Siddiquee on Sunday, Oct. 10. Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian-actor based in New York City. He was one of the New Faces at Just for Laughs in 2018 and made his stand-up television debut on BET’s “50 Central,” and...
Coast Guard unhappy with Block Islanders’ flare
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island residents Perry Phillips and Benjamin Foster entered into a settlement agreement on Monday to pay $10,000 for their antics at sea last summer, a prank that went horribly wrong and resulted in a cost of $103,948 to the U.S. Coast Guard. According to the complaint, filed in U.S. District...
BLOCK ISLAND YACHT CLUB
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Yacht Club is pleased to offer applications for the 2022 BIYC Maritime Scholarship Award starting November 30th. 2021 Students who have already graduated from the Block Island School, intend to pursue maritime careers, and are currently enrolled in a college undergraduate maritime...
Opening up the Coast Guard Station?
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Residents Association is exploring the possibility of the town opening up a public park at the Coast Guard Station. The town has owned the facility since the 1990s, with the Coast Guard discontinuing year round operations in the late 1980s. The Coast Guard still has a presence on...
Library trustees balk at cost of continuing renovations
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
After taking a brief pause for the busy summer months, the Island Free Library is ready to get back to its large renovation project. The board of trustees received a report via telephone from Lucas Silva, the contractor supervising the work. Silva told the board he was ready to finish up the...
Let’s talk about it – Covid-19
Dr. Thomas Warcup, Medical Director, Block Island Health Services
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
This is the first in a series whereby readers submit questions on a particular topic for Dr. Warcup to address. The first topic is Covid. The next topic will be aging in place.
Question: Are people with breakthrough cases less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people? Answer:...
Warcup updates Town Council on Covid
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup had some good news for the New Shoreham Town Council on Monday night: statewide, the Covid numbers were trending downward. In Rhode Island, new cases were down to 182 per 100,000, and the seven-day positivity rate was down to two percent...
Women’s March
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Photographer Malcom Greenaway documented the October 2 Women’s March for reproductive rights with the work - titled “Leading the March.” The march took off from the BI Historical Society and headed through town to the statue of Rebecca and then back to Bridge Gate Square. (Courtesy Images
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