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Council: No new restrictions to emergency ordinance
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 12
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
Although anxiety and concern in the community have recently risen after news broke that three new confirmed cases of Covid19 were reported on the island, the Town Council did not enact any new amendments to the existing Emergency Ordinance that was approved in March. However, it was learned on...
Housing Board eyes next development project
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 12
Category:
News
With the Cherry Hill Lane subdivision project completed and occupied, the Housing Board is wasting no time in its efforts to identify the next phase of the island’s affordable housing needs. To that end, the Board is putting the finishing touches on a new island-wide survey that will help guide the...
Summer vehicle reservations to open mid March, 2021
Thu, Nov 12
Category:
News
The following announcement was posted by the Block Island Ferry on Wednesday, Nov. 11:
To our valued year-round and seasonal customers, We would like to inform you of our plans to open for summer vehicle reservations for the 2021 season. We have decided to move the opening date back to...
Medical Center Director tests positive for Covid-19
Wed, Nov 11
Category:
News
The following Covid-19 announcement was shared by the Block Island Medical Center on Wednesday, Nov. 11:
Dear Block Island Community: Earlier this afternoon, Dr. Warcup tested positive for COVID-19 via the Abbott rapid test. We are putting our COVID-19 action plan into place. We will be...
Shellfishing message from Harbormaster
Wed, Nov 11
Category:
News
The following message was provided by Harbormaster Kate McConville on Wednesday, Nov. 11:
Many have been out and about enjoying the wonderful weather and the opening of scallop season. PLEASE be safe and use a dive flag and/or colored float if you are out and about snorkeling. There is...
Covid-10 update from Dr. Warcup
Sun, Nov 8
Category:
News
The following Covid-19 update was provided by Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup on Sunday, Nov. 8:
Please click on the link below to view a video update from Dr. Warcup: https://youtu.be/bvm6MqSBego Key points from the video include: -3 new positive COVID-19 cases...
Covid-19 message from Town Manager
Sat, Nov 7
Category:
News
The following message was shared to
The Block Island Times
from New Shoreham Town Manager Maryanne Crawford on Saturday, Nov. 7:
As of this morning, Saturday, Nov. 7, the island has three new confirmed COVID-19 cases. To echo the words of Gov. Gina Raimondo, the next few weeks...
Two students test positive for Covid-19, prompting school closures
Sat, Nov 7
Category:
News
Two elementary school siblings have tested positive for Covid-19, prompting a closure of The Block Island School until the end of the month, according to Supt. Mike Convery. Starting Tuesday, all students will start distance learning, Convery said. The two students were in school on Thursday and...
The Block Island Yacht Club 2021 Maritime Scholarship Available
Fri, Nov 6
Category:
News
The Block Island Yacht Club is pleased to offer applications for the 2021 BIYC Maritime Scholarship Award starting November 30th .2020 Students who have already graduated from the Block Island School, intend to pursue maritime careers, and are currently enrolled in a college undergraduate maritime...
Notice for broadband project
Fri, Nov 6
Category:
News
The following announcement was posted to the Town of New Shoreham’s website on Friday, Nov. 6:
On island work related to the Island Wide Broadband Project is underway with Pike Telecom physically reviewing fiber routes and existing infrastructure. The crews will be carrying proper...
A local facemask does double duty
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
A small cloth facemask can be a powerful tool. This has been proved during the past six months or so when the mask was found to be effective in slowing the spread of Covid-19. But island resident Chris Willi found another use. He designed a mask with a small profile of the island on the left hand...
Lot subdivision proposed at Overlook property
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
The owners of a six-acre parcel of land in New Harbor have filed an application with the Planning Board to subdivide the property into two parcels: one 4.5 acres in size and one 1.5 acres in size. The application was submitted by Overlook Realty LLC owner Steve Filippi, and was the subject of a...
Nicholas Ball Park: All shiny and new
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
Cordoned off with some old-fashioned thick marine rope, adorned with bike racks designed by a world class artist, a chess or checkers board, a water-bottle filling station, and a nice, new pathway — upgrades to the Nicholas Ball Park are complete, according to Old Harbor Task Force Chair Margie...
Covid-19 update from Dr. Warcup
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
,
Community
The following update was shared by Block Island Medical Director Dr. Tom Warcup on Thursday, Nov. 5:
Dear Block Island Community: Click this link to watch Dr. Warcup's latest video update: https://youtu.be/3DqZqv6C8Iw Here is a written summary of Dr. Warcup's video: BIHS has an Abbott...
Remembering Steve
Donna Corey
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
,
Features
Isobel Norton said it so well:
“Those we hold most dear
Never truly leave us...
They live on
In the kindnesses they showed
The comfort they shared
And the love they brought
into our lives...”
The legacy of those who have gone...
Message from the Town Manager
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
The following was submitted to The Block Island Times by Town Manager Maryanne Crawford:
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the Block Island community. I am your new Town Manager, Maryanne Crawford. Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome to the island, which,...
New Town Councilors look forward to getting to work
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
The Block Island Times reached out to First Warden-elect Andre Boudreau, Second Warden-elect Sven Risom, and councilors-at-large Martha Ball, Mark Emmanuelle, and Keith Stover for their reactions to the election and what’s next for the Town Of New Shoreham.
First Warden-elect André...
Town urges firearms hunting be delayed a month
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
Due to the numbers of visitors Block Island continues to see during the 2020 shoulder season, as well as a rise in Covid-19 cases not only in Rhode Island but in states where hunters may travel from, the Block Island Town Council and the Town Manager want to put the brakes on the firearms hunting...
Elected officials weigh in on issues
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the seven candidates running for Town Council were among those who participated in a virtual Candidates’ Night. They faced a multitude of questions from the public, ranging from the broadband project, to climate change, the environment, mopeds, and traffic issues. On...
360 Video
Walk Crescent Beach
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
,
Video
(360 VIDEO) Walk along Crescent Beach, courtesy of
The Block Island Times.
Take a break from the ongoing U.S. election and relax with the sound of the crashing waves! Video captured on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Note: Turn up the volume to fully immerse yourself in the environment, and pause, and...
Covid-19 testing update
Thu, Nov 5
Category:
News
,
Community
The following was shared by the Block Island Medical Center on Thursday, Nov. 5:
Dear Block Island Community: The DMAT team has informed the medical center that they will be accepting walk-up appointments today until 12 p.m. at the fire barn. Please let us know if you are having any...
New Block Island case of Covid-19 announced
Wed, Nov 4
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the owner and manager of Odd Fellows Café on Wednesday, Nov. 4:
Odd Fellows Café will be closed until further notice due to one of our staff members testing positive for Covid-19. Odd Fellows Café is following all town and state protocol. The café has...
Covid-19 testing announcement
Wed, Nov 4
Category:
News
,
Community
The following message was provided by the Block Island Medical Center on Wednesday, Nov. 4:
Dear Block Island Community: We apologize for the late notice but we were just notified that the DOH is increasing their testing capacity for tomorrow. If you are interested in getting a COVID test...
Elections results for Town of New Shoreham
Wed, Nov 4
Category:
News
Here are today’s election results, Wednesday, Nov. 4, for the Town of New Shoreham, which can be found on the State of Rhode Island Board of Elections: https://www.ri.gov/election/results/2020/general_election/new_shoreham/?fbclid=IwAR2bZ79EkZe1ty_GG1rvc--r4U0pgzevwWKmWtQF33aNVCYdd8_Ered7v60
Results for early voting cast at Town Hall
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
These votes reflect those cast early in-person at Town Hall from Oct. 14 to Nov. 2. Mail-in ballot vote results will be issued at 11 p.m. Here are today’s results.
Presidential Electors
Donald Trump: 79 Joe Biden: 401 Roque De La Fuente: 0 Brian Carroll: 0 Gloria La Riva: 0 Jo Jorgensen: 1...
Results for votes cast today at BI school
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
These votes reflect those cast in-person at the Block Island School between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. today. Early voting results will be issued at 10 p.m. Mail-in ballot vote results will be issued at 11 p.m. Here are today’s results.
Presidential Electors
Donald Trump: 75 Joe Biden: 99...
Election Day results to be announced tonight
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
,
Community
The following update for the Election Day results was provided by Deputy Town Clerk Millie McGinnes on Tuesday, Nov. 3:
The results for in-person voting at the Block Island School will be announced at the BIS at 8 p.m. tonight. The results for the early in-person voting at Town Hall will...
Town Manager, Council discouraging firearms hunting for the next month
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
Due to the numbers of visitors Block Island continues to see during the 2020 shoulder season, as well as a rise in Covid-19 cases not only in Rhode Island, but in states where hunters may travel from, the Block Island Town Council and the Town Manager wants to put the brakes on the firearms hunting...
Flu Clinic available today and Thursday
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
,
Community
The following was shared by the Block Island Medical Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3:
Dear Block Island Community: Flu shots are free to RI residents! No appointment needed - just show up! Available on Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. Thank you, The Block Island Medical Center
Covid-19 update from BIHS
Tue, Nov 3
Category:
News
,
Community
The following message was provided by Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup on Tuesday, Nov. 3:
Please click the following link to Dr. Warcup’s update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBN5wltErY&feature=youtu.be
Message from Postmaster on ballots
Mon, Nov 2
Category:
News
,
Community
The following was provided by Postmaster Becky Brown on Monday, Nov. 2:
There will be no mail coming to or leaving the island today. I urge anyone that still has a RI election ballot to put it in the box at Town Hall and not in a mailbox. If you have a ballot for another state, please...
Direct support to tourism and hospitality businesses
Raimondo announces $20M hotel, arts, and tourism relief program
Fri, Oct 30
Category:
News
Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Thursday, Oct. 29 a new $20 million relief program targeted specifically to the hotel, arts and tourism industries (“HArT”). The two-part program will provide direct support grants, as well as placemaking activity grants to eligible businesses. The competitive grant...
Chris Blane receives award
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
The following was written by Diane Johnson of the USDA Atlantic States Rural Water and Wastewater Association and submitted by New Shoreham Sewer Company Supt. Dylan Chase:
Congratulations to Chris Blane for being awarded the 2019 Atlantic States Rural Water and Wastewater A s s o c i a t...
Thoughts about America in October 2020, my 90th year
P.S. Wood
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
,
Features
Looking back, I see three national convulsions that have changed the world I’ve lived in: the Wall Street crash of 1929; Pearl Harbor; and the fiery destruction of the trade towers on 9/11. And now a fourth: the Covid-19 epidemic. The Great Depression shaped my early years without my being aware of...
HDC seeks more plans for Manisses addition
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
The members of the Historic District Commission have asked the owners of the Hotel Manisses, who are proposing a three-story addition onto an existing basement at the hotel, to come back before the panel with additional perspective plans that will show elevations of the existing and proposed...
Fall sailing program a bonus for local kids
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
With after-school activities and programs reduced to a minimum this year due to safety measures for Covid-19, the Block Island Club decided to open up an after-school sailing program. The program began in late September, and the BIC invited students in grades two through five to learn how to sail...
Meet the 2020 candidates running for election
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
Election Day is almost here. Candidates running for various offices in the Town of New Shoreham have been quite busy preparing for this moment. Reporter Rosemary Connelli spoke to each local candidate about the issues facing the town and why they chose to run for office. The following questions...
Same-day registration offers opportunity to vote
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
There will be two polling stations open at the Block Island School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Registered voters will be directed to one station, but another polling station will be open for those island residents who are at least 18 years old and unregistered or who may have registered after the...
How and where you can vote
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
Last day for early voting at the New Shoreham Town Hall is Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. More than 250 people have voted at Town Hall. Bring your driver’s license or government-issued ID and wear a mask. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, polls will be open in the Block Island School gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wear...
Due to unusually high visitation, hunting delayed at B.I. National Wildlife Refuge
Thu, Oct 29
Category:
News
The following was submitted by The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Oct. 29:
will delay firearms hunting at Block Island National Wildlife Refuge until Dec. 1, 2020 in the Sandy Point and Beane Point Units. Currently, archery white-tailed deer hunting opportunities are...
Raimondo announces RI to pursue additional offshore wind energy
Tue, Oct 27
Category:
News
Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that Rhode Island will pursue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to 600 MW of new offshore wind energy. The state is home to North America’s first operational offshore wind farm (Block Island) and, in 2019, received a critical state...
Candidates’ Night to be held Wednesday, Oct. 28
Mon, Oct 26
Category:
News
The Block Island Times and the Block Island Residents Association will be hosting a Candidates’ Night on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium at the Block Island School. The following candidates have been invited to participate: School Committee candidates Jessica Willi, Annie Hall, and...
Home Energy Assessments now available for BIPCo customers
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Block Island Utility District President Jeffery Wright:
Energy New England (ENE) has announced that it is offering home energy assessments to both residential and small business customers of Block Island Utility District (BIUD). The Rhode Island Office of...
New reading challenge at library
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Youth Services Librarian Morgan Walsh of the Island Free Library:
The Island Free Library is excited to announce the launch of a new reading challenge on our virtual reading platform, Beanstack, which we used this summer for our “Imagine Your Story” Summer...
Candidates for Block Island Health Services Board
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
Block Island Health Services (BIHS) is holding an election for two seats on the Board of Directors. The terms are for 4 years and the electors are the voters and taxpayers of New Shoreham. Two community members applied to be candidates; both have been approved for the slate. They are Robert...
Pat Doyle is a write-in candidate for School Committee
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
Ed. note: Given that early voting has already begun on Block Island, the paper felt that potential voters should know that there is a third candidate running for School Committee, aside from announced candidates Annie Hall and Jessica Willi. Anyone who wishes to write in Doyle’s name on the...
Housing Board has an open seat
Rosemary Connelli,
at
rconnelli@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
With less than two weeks left before election day, the Housing Board announced that it currently has a vacancy. Member Millie McGinnes provided the board with some background during a telecommunications meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 13. “We have two publicly elected seats this election, and [member...
2020 Thursday Night Sailing series concludes
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
The following story was submitted by Block Island Community Sailing:
The 2020 Thursday Night Sailing Series, a 10-week long sail racing event, in which the island’s most accomplished sailors face off against each other, in around-the-buoys racing, every Thursday evening, has been...
Block Island Harbors had a busy summer
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
Just as numbers from the Water and Sewer Departments and the Block Island Power Company tell a story about tourism-directed economic activity, so do the statistics from the Harbors Department. And the numbers are in. In a report provided to the Harbors Committee for its meeting on October 15,...
How much water does one town need?
Lars Trodson,
at
ltrodson@blockislandtimes.com
Fri, Oct 23
Category:
News
Block Island has seen its share of milestones in the past several years: the construction of the Wind Farm, the purchase of the power company, and the installation of the Community Anchor Institution high-speed broadband network. Another game-changing moment came this summer when the Lark Hotels...
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