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Thu, Jul 18
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Letters
A grateful father
To the Editor: I want to publicly thank all involved with the treatment and medivac of my daughter, Sandra, on July 4, 2019. The whole procedure was efficient and professional. (By the way, Sandy is fine.) Mike Tripp Barrington, R.I. and Payne’s Dock
Getting it right...
Unchecked vitriol
Thu, Jul 18
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Opinion
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Editorials
What happened this week was kind of crazy. Some guy from Long Island posts a picture of his hand holding a chunk of old, dried paint, and the social media universe went nuts. But let’s start at the beginning. Someone deliberately chipped off a piece of Painted Rock. That much we do know, and that...
Thank you!
Thu, Jul 11
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
When a small town suddenly balloons to more than 20,000 people almost overnight, and to have things go as smoothly as they did over the Fourth of July celebrations, is a testament to the network of volunteers and professionals alike who work tirelessly to keep this island train on track. The island...
Letters
Thu, Jul 11
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Thank you for your support
The following was sent to Mike Muessel and Susan Schuyler of Oldport Marine Services and copied to
The Block island Times:
To the Editor: Dear Mike and Susan, The Committee for the Great Salt Pond and the Double Ender Committee would like to thank you for...
Three little words
Thu, Jul 4
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
We have three words of advice to all of those visiting and living in our little community for the next few months: Stop. Look. Listen. In the context of the summer, these three little words have two distinct purposes. As for the first, Block Island is going to be a treat for all the sens-es. Enjoy...
Letters
Wed, Jul 3
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Our gratitude To the Editor:
Re: Harbors Patrol Response to Sunday’s storm
I find it hard to find words to describe the efforts of the Harbormaster team’s response to last Sunday’s afternoon squall line in Great Salt Pond. Between multiple boats breaking free, a man overboard, and a heart...
Letters
Thu, Jun 27
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
To the Editor: After two Town Council meetings and a Block Island Health Services Board meeting, where a majority and plethora of the masses attending couldn’t quite fathom the circumstances of the Liz Dyer firing, I have the sad conclusion. For those of us that supported Liz Dyer, the fight is...
A declaration of freedom
Thu, Jun 27
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
From an article written by Samuel W. Mendum titled
“Block Island” and published in New England Magazine in August 1897:
“Probably no body of Americans exhibited more admirable courage than the inhabitants of Block Island at the outbreak of the Revolution. When they unhesitatingly...
Letters
Thu, Jun 20
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
A great start
To the Editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank the residents of Block Island and The Block Island Film Festival. We showed our film, “Nothing To Do,” at this year’s inaugural festival and couldn’t have been more pleased. The local audience was engaged and appreciative. My...
Follow the rules
Thu, Jun 20
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The members of the Block Island Health Services Board should heed the advice of some of its constituents: follow the guidelines outlined in Robert’s Rules of Order and create some separation of duties between Dr. Mark Clark and the board. Some compartmentalizing is necessary. At the outset of the...
Letters
Thu, Jun 6
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
To the Editor: The island community is so lucky to have such a treasure among us in Kim Gaffett, and over the course of this winter and spring the library and the children of the island were incredibly fortunate to learn from her each week during our Healthy Kids Inside and Out program. The Island...
Letter of Appreciation
For Nurse Practitioner Liz Dyer
Thu, Jun 6
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
We will probably never know
why
Nurse Practitioner Liz Dyer was so abruptly terminated as a staff member of the Block Island Medical Center, but we do know that she will be missed by many as a caring, compassionate and capable member of the Medical Center team. Our sincere and profound...
Democracy at work
Thu, Jun 6
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The crowd that gathered for the Town Council’s meeting on Monday night to speak about the Medical Center’s termination of Nurse Practitioner Liz Dyer was encouraging to see. It means that our democracy is at work, with people being given the chance to voice their concerns. First Warden Ken Lacoste...
Letters
Thu, May 30
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
The Block Island Medical Center To the Editor: I am writing in to sing the praises of RNP Liz Dyer. In the years that she has worked on island as a medical provider, she has become a friend and an invaluable member of our community. Her patience, kindness, compassion and level of care is...
An inadequate response
Thu, May 30
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
After hearing the news that Nurse Practitioner Liz Dyer had been terminated without cause in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 28, Block Island Medical Director Mark Clark said he would issue a statement. The statement, which can be read in full in the story that begins on page one, was sent...
Letters
Thu, May 23
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
‘Shameful and wrong’ To the Editor: On Thursday, May 16, I was horrified and saddened to witness the treatment toward long-time school employee, Marsha Gutierrez by School Committee Chair, Bill Padien, and lawyer Denise Myers, as they tried to strip benefits from Mrs. Gutierrez’s retirement package...
Summer message from Chief Carlone
Thu, May 23
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
It's Memorial Day Weekend, the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year. This means that the ferries are almost at their full schedules, schools are ending their year, visitors are arriving, and we are ready to go. A few things to note: - Parking regulations are now in effect. To avoid a...
Letters
Thu, May 16
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Protecting the dunes
To the Editor: The Block Island Residents Association would like to offer an addendum to Rosemary Connelli’s informative column “Protecting the dunes.” Since the devastation of Sandy, BIRA has invested over $15,000 in snow fencing to restore the dunes and beach grass to...
Sign the petition
Thu, May 16
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
Block Island keeps wrestling with its affordable housing situation, and now it can use some help from the Rhode Island General Assembly. House Bill 5451 is designed to increase the income ceiling for families and individuals so that more people may become eligible for affordable housing on Block...
Celebrating family on Mother’s Day
Thu, May 9
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
This edition of
The Block Island Times
, while it was taking shape during the week, slowly emerged as a tribute to family, and children, young and old alike. It seemed fitting for Mother’s Day. The students of Mrs. Hart’s kindergarten class, as they do every year, penned their funny and...
If we don’t want more bans, we need to change
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
There is a crisis brewing in the recycling trade. In 2016, China imported 7 million tons of plastic products. The problem was that much of it was contaminated with other products, so it could not be recycled. As a result, in 2018, China stopped almost all of its plastic scrap imports, leaving it to...
Letters
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Blood Drive coming up To the Editor: Our next blood drive will be on Thursday, May 2 from 11:30 to 3:30 at the Block Island School gymnasium. We have given for so long we often forget who we help: - Women and newborns during complications with childbirth - People with heart disease and blood...
Letters
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Info, please
To the Editor: Hello, I am a fourth grade student in North Carolina. In fourth grade, we do state reports and I have chosen Rhode Island. I am very excited to learn more about your state as I work on my research. Most of the information I get will be from books and websites...
Taking care of beauty
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
It has been a long, dull winter. The snow that sometimes appears to create that lovely white-blanketed New England landscape never appeared (some would say thankfully), and there was a good deal of gray sky and rain. Consecutive warm days that mark the firm arrival of spring struggled to arrive...
Letters
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Medical Center records
The following was submitted to the Block Island Town Council and copied to
The Block Island Times: To the Editor: The Medical Center is growing. The number and complexity of patients, the scope and quality of care continue to increase yearly. Block Island...
The effort to make housing affordable
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
Although this week’s edition of the paper goes to the printer before we know the outcome of the vote, the effort to change the income requirements on Block Island so that more people may be eligible for affordable housing has been an excellent and well-timed one. State Rep. Blake Filippi, the House...
Letters
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
‘A good man’
To the Editor: Life on this Island Block is quite unique in many ways. Certainly not conventional, and even unusual if you live here other than just the summer season. Death, on the other hand, is essentially the same everywhere. Howie Rice died rather suddenly just a few weeks...
Time to move forward
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The air has been cleared, people have had their say, and now it is time to put some effort into how to best utilize the Visitor’s Center in Old Harbor so that it can, without conflict, serve the needs of the entire island. Block Island, like every other vacation destination, has to fight for every...
Letters
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
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Opinion
A letter from the Chief
To the Editor: Earlier this month on a Friday night, a few teenaged kids, good friends, left a gathering in South Kingstown and ended up in a serious car crash that resulted in a 17 year-old boy named Aiden Mulligan receiving a critical, life-threatening brain injury...
The future is here
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
Block Island has been exerting some of its old-fashioned independence during these opening months of 2019. The first municipally-owned high-speed internet service in the state amped up earlier this month, and just this week the Block Island Utility District acquired the assets of the once privately...
Town budget needs your input
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
“What goes up must come down” is a statement that may apply to the laws of physics but not to municipal budgets. Every year, town department heads submit their proposed budgets to the town. These requests reflect what each director feels is necessary to run their department. These requests are...
Letters
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
“His loss is not mine alone.”
To the Editor: So, it has been two difficult months since my loss of Donny, since
our
loss of Don. The night before last, I forewent my early morning walks throughout the house. I finally slept through the night. In the morning, I applied a touch of...
Dogged determination
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The saying “back to square one” almost always indicates that a lot of time has been wasted, with no tangible results. However, in the case of the Block Island State Airport, the statement applies in a positive way. After several months of dialogue, spearheaded by a very determined island resident,...
Letters
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Thank you, Mr. Kaufmann
To the Editor: I read with interest last week’s article “At 92, still making music,” about Carl Kaufmann’s guitar building. I, and my students, have many fond memories from when Carl mentored a guitar building class at the school. It was one of those projects where I...
Horns of a dilemma
Thu, Mar 7
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
First Warden Ken Lacoste’s ambivalence about raising dockage fees in Old Harbor is an example, writ small, of a larger dilemma Block Island faces. What kind of services and experience should the island provide to its residents and guests, and how will these services be paid for? When Councilor...
Letters
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Seize the reins
To the Editor: “The last day of deer hunting is Friday (Feb. 22),” noted the New Shoreham Town clerk. Why? It has long been established that the island herd remains many times over Department of Environmental Management’s acceptable number of animals per acre, and deer are...
Opportunities to serve
Thu, Feb 28
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The New Shoreham Charter Review Commission is appointed every 10 years to review New Shoreham’s Home Rule Charter and recommend changes to the Town Council. Changes to the Town Charter are decided by ballot questions in a general election or referendum. If you wish to serve on the Charter Commisson...
Letters
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Drone usage has rules
To the Editor: Amateur drone flyers need to be aware that a special Federal Aviation Administration Interim Final Rule will take effect on Feb. 25, 2019.
All
drones must be registered and externally marked with a registration number obtained at www.faadronezone...
Help from time to time
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
During World War II, Block Island residents proudly defied an order to evacuate the island, opting instead for some good old-fashioned New England independence. It was a fine moment, to be sure, striking that balance between pride and duty. Block Island has been guided by that kind of spirit since...
Nominations sought for Bayberry Wreath Award
Thu, Feb 21
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
This year marks the 36th anniversary of one of Block Island’s signature recognitions: the annual Bayberry Wreath Award recognizing outstanding contributions to the health of the island’s ecology.
If there is someone you would like to honor,
The
Block Island Times
is now...
Letters
Thu, Feb 14
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Congrats!
To The Editor The Block Island Yacht Club was formed in 2010, with a mission of promoting good fellowship and supporting Block Island maritime-related activities. BIYC Maritime Scholarships may be awarded each year by the BIYC to qualified Block Island High School graduates...
Letters
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
To the Editor: Wow. First and foremost, thank you to Mason for being an incredible inspiration of courage and class. In your 10 years of life, you have mastered the fine art of strength and kindness. You have an entire community behind you, cheering you through this. Next, thank you to every single...
A modest proposal
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
The New Shoreham Town Council, tasked with coming up with some ideas about how another round-trip schedule could be added to the ferry schedule in the winter, has come up with an elegant suggestion. The members didn’t make it complicated, didn’t try to be too clever, or make a political point;...
Count the deer
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
Hunting season will be over in less than a month, and it looks as though the number of deer taken will be more or less what the numbers have been in the past few years: about 150 or so. This will be, as members of the Deer Task Force point out in this week’s edition, about the same number of deer...
Letters
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
ConserFest rolls along
To the Editor: The 11th Anniversary of ConserFest was full of exciting new experiences. Despite the heat, we had a huge turnout at the Narragansett Inn for food, fun, and fantastic music! With your support, we raised almost $20,000 to support Island environmental...
The time is now
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
Block Island has taken some baby steps toward preparing against the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise. There has been a study done on the Corn Neck Road corridor, as an example, and there have been some very preliminary discussions on whether the locations for the Police...
Letters
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Many thanks from the Hall family
To the Editor: We would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to Pastor Peter Preiser, his wife Carrie Johnson, Tony Pappas, Carrie Todd, Megan Hennessy, and to all those who participated in a beautiful service honoring our beloved Gayanne Hall duPont on...
Letters
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Bright lights
To the Editor: The island shines a little less bright with the passing of Ginni Collins and Don Thimble within a few days of each other last week. Two pillars of island life; for decades each gave of themselves unto this special place. Who has not benefited from the generosity...
‘We’ve got to love’
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
Opinion
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Editorials
We must realize that we are grappling with the most weighty social problem of this nation, and in grappling with such a complex problem there is no place for misguided emotionalism. We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in...
Letters
Thu, Jan 10
Category:
Opinion
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Letters
Early Learning Center
thanks you
To the Editor: The Block Island Early Learning Center would like to extend a very grateful
thank you
to the members of the community who contributed goods to our Holiday Basket, and also to those who purchased raffle tickets. The overwhelming...
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