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Rec. Board on the go
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
From moving the location of the town’s Little League field, to installing an ATM machine at the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion for customer convenience, to possibly scheduling a walking tour for those residents and guests who might not be into biking, running or kayaking, the Recreation Department is...
Council exploring Coast Guard Station uses
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
“This is a big deal for the Island. So the question is: how do we move forward with this? What’s the best way for us to move forward?” That is what Councilor Sven Risom said regarding the potential reuse options for the Coast Guard Station at the Feb. 7 Town Council work session when a joint...
Conservation Commission expresses concerns
By
Renee Meyer
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
Garnering approval for the dinghy dock from the Conservation Commission wasn’t quite the same slam dunk as approval from other boards. On Tuesday evening, with both Harbormaster Steve Land and Town Manager Ed Roberge in attendance, the Conservation Commission had many questions, and some concerns...
Tourism Board wrestles with funding dilemma
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
As the Tourism Council continues to wrestle with the mystery of why its rooms and meals tax revenue was down so dramatically for the month of July, the money crunch has already caused Board members to be a little skimpier with funding than they’d like. Eben Horton, the creator of the Glass Float...
Planning Board supports dinghy dock proposal
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
The proposal to construct a town-owned dinghy dock on private property in New Harbor is gaining traction as it begins its journey through meetings with the town’s boards and commissions. One week after the New Shoreham Town Council voted unanimously to approve the concept proposal, the Planning...
Superintendent Lundsten to retire June 30
By
Pat Tengwall
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
Dr. Judith Lundsten will leave her post as the Block Island School's Superintendent, “officially retiring” from her education career effective June 30, 2018. She made the announcement at the School Committee’s Feb. 12 meeting. In her resignation letter, Lundsten said that she had “greatly enjoyed...
Broadband update
Fri, Feb 16
Category:
News
The Block Island Broadband Committee has been asking representatives from various business groups on the island the following question: “Does lack of reliable fast internet effect your business?’’ In this instance, the response came from Realtor Mary Stover:
I am Principal Broker and co-...
So this is 90 (and above)!
Thu, Feb 15
Category:
News
Philip K. Dick’s expositional dreams
By
Mark Hunnewell
Sat, Feb 10
Category:
News
It’s extremely rare for me to watch the entirety of a show that lacks any purpose; actually, I never watch pointless television shows all the way to the end. Philip K. Dick’s “Electric Dreams” — now streaming on Amazon Prime — should be congratulated on finally being a boring show that I watched...
Block Island is going green: So can you
By
Olena Kagui
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
With all of Block Island’s power coming from the first offshore windfarm in the Unites States, many Islanders may wonder how they can contribute to a greener lifestyle in their daily lives. Since only five percent of all plastic gets recycled, many of the items that you put into the blue recycle...
Dinghy dock proposal approved
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
A private-public partnership may be the solution to the town’s dinghy dock woes. At its meeting on Monday, the Town Council voted unanimously to approve a proposal for a floating dinghy dock that will be located on the Great Salt Pond between Dead Eye Dick’s and Payne’s Dock. The Wronowski family,...
State pulls promotional video featuring B.I. mopeds
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
Members of the Block Island Rescue Squad reached out to the state Tourism Division this past week stating their concerns about a new tourism campaign video that shows two people riding mopeds in an unsafe fashion down Corn Neck Road. The letter, which was dated Monday, Feb. 5, received an almost...
Governor stresses opposition to oil drilling
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
On a scale of one to 10 in terms of impact and concern, Gov. Gina Raimondo said that the prospect of oil and gas drilling off the coast of Rhode Island rated a “10.” Raimondo spoke to
The Block Island Times
this week to reiterate her objections to the proposal, which became the official...
CRMC keeping an eye on cable depth
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
There is concern about the shallow burial depth of National Grid’s sea2shore transmission cable about 200 feet off Block Island’s Town Beach. The utility’s 20-mile long sea2shore cable links Block Island to the mainland, and transmits the flow of electrons to and from the Island. The concern with...
BIPCo soil removal underway
By
Renée Meyer
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
It’s almost a wrap for a few of the many ongoing projects at the Block Island Power Company. Three of the five excavated underground fuel tanks have left the island, as has approximately one half of the contaminated soil that was dug up during their removal. BIPCo President and Interim BIPCo Board...
Lang retires from Champlin Foundation
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Champlin Foundation:
The Champlin Foundation announced today that its long-time executive director, Keith H. Lang, will retire on June 30, 2018, after 18 years with the organization. “It’s been a great honor and privilege for me to serve as Executive...
Church’s affordable housing project funded
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
“It’s an idea whose time has come.” That’s what Tony Pappas said about the four one-bedroom affordable rental apartments that will be built at the Harbor Church for a price tag of about $450,000 and be ready for occupancy in January of 2019. Pappas spoke with
The Block Island Times
about...
Town’s financial records in good shape
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
The annual audit of the town’s financial reports show no deficiencies or weaknesses in the way local government is keeping and reporting its financial records. The Town of New Shoreham received this clean opinion at a recent meeting regarding its financial statements for the fiscal year ending June...
Lucky family gets a home
Fri, Feb 9
Category:
News
It was designed to be a happy moment — it
was
a happy moment — but there was still a little tension in the air. Members of Block Island Economic Development were holding a lottery for one of the units at Old Harbor Meadow off Chapel Street. Linda Spak of BIED held a bowl with the names of...
Rescue Squad cites safety concerns about new video
By
Lars Trodson
Mon, Feb 5
Category:
News
Members of the Block Island Rescue Squad have reached out to the state Tourism Division stating its concerns regarding a new tourism campaign video that shows two people riding mopeds in an unsafe fashion down Corn Neck Road. The video is called “Mopeds on Block Island” and was created by the state...
Over a game of darts at Kittens, a romance begins
By
Ron McPhee
Sun, Feb 4
Category:
News
,
Engagements
My parents first took my sister and me to Block Island in 1977 to vacation with some family friends who were renting a house overlooking Old Harbor. Over the years, it became a tradition that they and two other families from our hometown in New York would plan rental trips that coincided every...
Remembering a pilot lost off the coast of Block Island
Sat, Feb 3
Category:
News
The Block Island Times
recently received an email asking if we had any information regarding a pilot by the name of Fred Gross, who was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Block Island during World War II. We didn’t have any information (we even asked our historian-in-residence Ben...
Sea2shore cable to be shut down
By
Cassius Shuman
Sat, Feb 3
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
The Block Island Power Company will be reverting to diesel generation, temporarily, to power Block Island. That will be due to National Grid shutting down its sea2shore transmission cable for about a 20- to 24-hour period in March to conduct work on its substation in Wakefield. National Grid’s...
The good works of young adults
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
These members of the Block Island School’s 10th grade class held a fundraising effort at the 1661 Inn for their Further Afield trip to St. Croix. The turkey dinners were sold out long before anyone expected. From left, the volunteers are Patrick McNerney, Mikhaela Brown-Padien, Moira O’Neill,...
Town’s effort to strip fast ferry license denied
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham has been thwarted in its latest efforts to strip the license issued by the State of Rhode Island to Rhode Island Fast Ferry for operating a seasonal high-speed passenger ferry service from Quonset Point to Block Island. On Jan. 25, the state’s Division of Public Utilities...
Fight to share substation costs not over
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
The Block Island Power Company is still hoping to socialize the $1.8 million cost of the substation with National Grid’s mainland ratepayers. “We are still very much in the fight for the substation costs,” said BIPCo President Jeffery Wright, noting that the Town Council recently voted to seek...
Utility Board takes steps to secure financing
By
Renée Meyer
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
Members of the Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners held an early Sunday morning meeting to finalize bylaws for the organization, including incorporating comments and corrections from its legal counsel, all of which will allow the Utility District to join such organizations as the...
Medical Center adds physical therapy program
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
In the formerly empty room where the meetings for the Block Island Health Services Board meetings are held, there is now an elliptical machine and a treadmill, among other pieces of equipment. They are the first symbols of a nascent, yet growing, physical therapy program at the Medical Center. Dr...
Signage ordinance amendments approved
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
The Historic District Commission has amended portions of section 504 of the New Shoreham zoning ordinance pertaining to signage. HDC Chair Bill Penn, who has made enforcement of signage a focus of his tenure as chairman, told
The Block Island Times
that, “The amendments will bring the...
Message from the Medical Center
Fri, Feb 2
Category:
News
The Block Island Medical Center has submitted the following message:
We at BIHS are continually striving to improve the quality, scope and efficiency of the healthcare services we provide for our Block Island Community and visitors. Among many other recent improvements such as addition of...
New art at the Airport
Thu, Feb 1
Category:
News
There is new art on display at the Block Island Airport. The Gallery will be hosting work by Carolina Arentsen through May 28, 2018. On display will be Arentsen’s Caribbean- and floral-themed mixed media works. A resident of Providence, Arentsen was born in Santiago, Chile, and came to the United...
House lottery winner to be chosen
Thu, Feb 1
Category:
News
There will be a lottery held for those interested and eligible buyers of an affordable housing unit at Old Harbor Meadow on Chapel Street. The drawing will be held on Friday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. at the Community Center. (The deadline to apply was Jan. 28.) Town Manager Ed Roberge will choose the...
Survey responses needed
Thu, Feb 1
Category:
News
The Block Island Water Company and Sewer District will soon be mailing out a confidential income survey for its service area in order to qualify for lower-rate municipal loan programs that will help fund system upgrades and improvements for the district — and to keep rates stable. The survey will...
It’s a snowy day on Block Island
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Jan 30
Category:
News
On a snowy, windy day with temperatures in the 20s
The Block Island Times
took a stroll into town. The journey begins on Dodge Street in front of the Island Free Library, and then transitions onto Water Street with a view of Old Harbor. By the way, the Block Island Ferry was on schedule...
Harbors Committee looks at pump-out solutions
By
Lars Trodson
Sat, Jan 27
Category:
News
The Harbors Committee is looking into ways to recover money the town expends on pump-out services provided to visitors who dock their boats at local marinas. The item came up at the most recent Harbors Committee meeting, when Chair Denny Heinz asked, “Where are we going to go with the fee on the...
Plan opens N.E. waters to oil drilling
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
A proposal by the federal government to open up North Atlantic waters to offshore oil drilling has local and state officials concerned about possible impacts to the state’s tourism industry and the environment. The Department of Interior Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy would open up...
Town hiring broadband consultant
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham is hiring a consultant to explore federal grant options that would help pay for the cost of installing a high-speed internet network for five of the town’s anchor institutions. The Town Council unanimously approved $7,650 to hire HealthConnect Networks, a Bangor, Maine-...
Balser opts out of lawsuit challenging BIPCo purchase
By
Renée Meyer
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
Block Island Board of Utility Commissioners member Mary Jane Balser has had her name removed from a lawsuit challenging the Financial Town Meeting vote in September of 2016 that paved the way for the Town of New Shoreham to acquire two-thirds of the shares of the Block Island Power Company. The...
School budget settled at $4.9 million
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
The members of the School Committee breezed through their third meeting on the proposed school budget and approved a proposed budget for next year at $4,913,571. This represents a 3.2 percent increase over this year’s appropriation. A public hearing on the budget will be held on Monday, Feb. 12 at...
Commuter ferry service debated
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
The potential need for a commuter ferry service to and from Block Island was raised during a discussion concerning the Island’s elderly population. Island Free Library Director Kristin Baumann broached the idea at a recent community meeting sponsored by the Senior Advisory Committee at the...
Survey says... $2 million in grant monies
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
Filling out a simple survey may be the key to more than $2 million in funding for a Water Company project. The Water Company will need at least a 69 percent response rate for a survey that will be mailed out to 188 Block Island households in the Water District on Friday, Feb. 2. (That’s 130...
A look at BIPCo’s assets
By
Renée Meyer
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
The main focus of the Block Island Power Company’s latest Board of Directors meeting was the review of the audited financial statements for the years ending May 31, 2017 and May 31, 2016. Financial statements can paint a picture of the condition and operations of a company, but sometimes they can...
Aging in place
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Jan 26
Category:
News
A gathering that was held to better understand what kind of support Block Island’s elder population may need to be able to keep them in their island homes started on an unexpectedly poignant note. The information session, sponsored by the Senior Advisory Council, began with a 12-minute film about...
Burst pipe spills 18,000 gallons
Thu, Jan 25
Category:
News
An outside water pipe located behind the Welcome Center in Old Harbor that was not turned off on Columbus Day Weekend finally froze and burst, spilling 18,000 gallons of water before the leak was discovered by the Water Company. Block Island Chamber of Commerce President Kathy Szabo said the leak...
Ferry Orthodontics
By
Michael Schroeder
Thu, Jan 25
Category:
News
With straight teeth and a confident smile, Dr. Michael Ferry has seen many people’s lives transformed. At Ferry Orthodontics, the doctor and his team help people change their lives every day. Leading-edge treatments, state-of-the-art technology and years of experience create beautiful new smiles...
Recommendations for Coast Guard Station
By
Lars Trodson
Sat, Jan 20
Category:
News
After what was described as “months of research and consideration of opinion and options,” the members of the Planning Board approved its recommendations for possible uses of the iconic Coast Guard Station, which will now be forwarded to the Town Council. The next step, according to two memos the...
Raising the “black curtain”
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 19
Category:
News
The right to know what goes on behind closed doors on matters that affect the public turned out to be one of the first topics the Town Council discussed with new Town Manager Ed Roberge. It came up during a discussion about the town’s goals and priorities, which turned into a dialogue about the...
Wind farm blamed for higher mainland power rates
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, Jan 19
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
The Newport City Council recently passed a strongly worded resolution asking the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission about a recent jump in mainland electric bills, which is being blamed, in part, on costs associated with the Block Island Wind Farm. At its Jan. 10 meeting, the Council...
Flu widespread in Rhode Island
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 19
Category:
News
“We’ve seen a small uptick in flu related activity, but not as significant as what is being reported on the mainland,” Dr. Mark Clark, Medical Director of the Block Island Medical Center, told
The Block Island Times.
Clark noted that it’s not too late to get a flu shot. “At the Medical...
Cab owners applaud EU court’s Uber ruling
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 19
Category:
News
Block Island’s taxicab owners are excited about the news that the European Union’s top court, the Court of Justice, ruled on Dec. 20 that Uber should be regulated as a transportation service. The island’s taxicab operators fear that Uber, and/or Lyft, drivers could operate on the island and...
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