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Featured Letter: Herm Mast responds to Councilor Chris Warfel

Mon, Oct 28

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Opinion

To the Editor: I hope that your readers gave Councilor Warfel’s Oct. 12, 2013 “Featured Letter” a close reading. It revealed qualities that have become hallmarks of his public discourse since taking office; namely, unsubstantiated, vaguely sinister condemnations by innuendo of the conduct of Town...
Letters to the Editor, October 24, 2013

Mon, Oct 28

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Letters

The following letter was sent to The Providence Journal and copied to The Block Island Times . To the Editor: I was surprised to see an open letter to Rhode Island United Healthcare Medicare Advantage members published Oct. 19. The letter stated that UnitedHealthcare...
Editorial: A hopeful start

Sun, Oct 20

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Editorials

On Tuesday night the Town Council, at its invitation, held a joint meeting with the Tourism Council and the Chamber of Commerce. The topic was a list of concerns identified by the latter two groups to improve the environment for tourism. The meeting was positive, productive and encouraging. It is...
Publisher's Note: Lost and found

Mon, Oct 14

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Opinion

In the process of trimming the brush that lines the road by the bridge just down from Town Hall, Mike Shea found the sundial that had been removed from the stone column on the grounds of the government center. It had been pitched unceremoniously into the bushes; but no matter, it’s been found. You...
Letters to the Editor, October 12, 2013

Mon, Oct 14

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Letters

The following letter was sent to the members of the Town Council, as well as Town Manager Nancy Dodge, the Block Island Tourism Council and the Block Island Chamber of Commerce. To the Editor: I am writing to inform you that I will not be withdrawing my application to the Public Utilities...
Editorial: Time to go to work

Sun, Oct 13

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Editorials

A startling, but quite true, statement was made to the paper last week. That statement was, in effect, that the headlines that filled the pages of The Block Island Times years ago — even decades ago — were still the topics of conversation on the island today. To wit: what to do about the...
Letters to the Editor, October 5, 2013

Mon, Oct 7

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Letters

To The Editor: One of our Block Island mythologies has left me feeling hollow and disgusted. The particular myth is that our community is wrapped in a close knit spirit of kinship, that when our world veers toward excess, the common sense of fair-minded islanders will reveal itself and help set us...
Publisher's Note: A senseless act of vandalism

Mon, Sep 30

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Opinion

On the grounds of Town Hall to the right side of the front of the building stands a stone column topped by a sundial. Incised on top of the granite pillar are the words “In Memory Of Eileen.” Two granite seats complete the semicircle. There are probably few people on island who even know who Eileen...
Letters to the Editor, September 28, 2013

Mon, Sep 30

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: The Democratic Town Committee of Block Island wishes to recognize and thank the individuals and organizations that made the Sept. 3 visit to the island of Sen. [Jack] Reed and Rep. [Jim] Langevin such a success, including members of the Chamber of Commerce, and the staffs of the...
Editorial: A missed opportunity for the BIHS Board

Fri, Sep 27

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Editorials

A perfectly reasonable proposal to the Block Island Health Services Board to recognize the years of service of former Executive Director Monty Stover — possibly through a fundraiser — quickly devolved into a discussion designed to put as much daylight between the Board of Directors and this idea as...
Letters to the Editor, September 21, 2013

Mon, Sep 23

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: I find it bothersome that our Block Island Tourism Council has unanimously supported a ferry from Quonset Point to Block Island. This will probably not increase tourism one iota. If someone can travel to Quonset Point they can travel a few more miles to Pt. Judith. Do not think I am...
Editorial: Two plans, two opportunities to help

Sun, Sep 22

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Editorials

There are two initiatives underway designed to improve the town’s infrastructure and the quality of life here and each in its own way is an important step toward institutionalizing some of the challenges we face. The Block Island Chamber of Commerce recently issued a survey asking business owners...
Editorial: The arts community is an important part of island life

Mon, Sep 16

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Editorials

We received a very nice letter from island artist Sharon Lehman thanking us for the spread we did on the recent art show that closed out the Spring Street Gallery season. (It’s in the letter section here .) It was not only a pleasure for us to do, but we believe the arts community is an important...
Publisher's Note: Housing shortage hits home

Thu, Sep 12

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Opinion

It’s no secret that we have a shortage of affordable housing on Block Island. It’s particularly acute for renters. This year, The Block Island Times is feeling the pain. We are one of the few year-round businesses here and have seven full time employees. Betty and I own a home, acquired...
Editorial: Summer wishes, summer dreams

Mon, Sep 9

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Editorials

Three things tell us that summer is coming to a close: Labor Day, the emptying streets and the return to school. One can argue that the season still has a couple of weeks to go, but if you’re sitting in a classroom looking at the nice weather through a window, you know that argument is never really...
Letters to the Editor, September 7, 2013

Mon, Sep 9

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Letters

To the Editor: The story in the Aug. 31 edition of The Block Island Times entitled “Island Mopeds Now Using Synthetic Oil” does not tell the whole story. For more than 20 years (until four years ago) the Town Council each year appointed a committee for moped and bicycle safety. The...
Editorial: What was that all about

Sun, Sep 1

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Editorials

The question that seemed to linger in the air after the Town Council voted unanimously to renew “a contract” for Town Manager Nancy Dodge was: What was that all about? We put “a contract” in quotes because that was the language used in the motion that passed this Wednesday night — meaning we don’t...
Editorial: It’s frustrating, yes, but progress is being made

Sun, Aug 25

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Editorials

It is understandable that a good portion of the audience that came to listen to representatives of the Department of Environmental Management on the deer situation would be frustrated by what they did — or didn’t — hear. This conversation has been ongoing for years, literally, and so the ...
Letters to the Editor, August 24, 2013

Sun, Aug 25

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: During the Department of Environmental Management presentation at the Block Island Residents Association Annual meeting last Saturday, a statement was made from the audience that the deer herd has been eliminated from Skidaway Island in Georgia. I have spoken to a person who is both...
Editorial: Planning Board combined patience and wisdom

Mon, Aug 19

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Editorials

Being a member of a Planning Board, as anyone who has served will tell you, is not the most glamorous job in the world. You look at plat maps. You listen to abutters. You hear the arguments from attorneys, who are often so eloquent and persuasive for their side of the debate that quite a...
Editorial: B.I. Conservancy education center a gem

Mon, Aug 12

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Editorials

The opening of the Block Island Conservancy’s Education Center is a significant event in the island’s ongoing efforts to preserve its open space. The center is located in a small, elegant little building — the Old Schoolhouse — on Weldon’s Way and is the result of considerable effort by a number of...
Letters to the Editor, August 10, 2013

Mon, Aug 12

Category:

Letters

Letters to the Editor, August 10, 2013 Aug 12, 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0 To the Editor: I am a property owner and a summer resident on Block Island. On Monday night, July 29, I attended the Town Meeting on the continued discussion...
Town Manager debate ill-conceived and troubling

Sun, Aug 4

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Editorials

Monday night’s meeting on Town Manager Nancy Dodge’s contract was not a high point in town governance — and there is no clear resolution in sight. First, councilor Sean McGarry — who was so critical of Dodge’s performance that he rated her no higher than one in any of the eight categories her...
Editorial: Action now on beach erosion

Mon, Jul 29

Category:

Editorials

The question is truly epic: How do we protect our shorelines from further damage from the storms that climate experts say are surely on the way? The other question is this: Do we even try? The question of climate change, to our minds, is mute. You’ll notice we said “climate change” and not “global...
Letters to the Editor, July 27, 2013

Mon, Jul 29

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: The Committee for the Great Salt Pond, along with other Block Island organizations, has for years been working to prevent Champlin’s marina from expanding in a way and to a degree considered detrimental to the Great Salt Pond. Today we are still at it. Although the Coastal Resources...
Letters to the Editor, July 19, 2013

Mon, Jul 22

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: This is Gabija Deksnyte, the girl who was hit by a car. On June 20, I was riding my bike from North Lighthouse to Old Harbor, when suddenly a car crossed yellow line and hit me. The woman didn’t stop and just kept going on the wrong side of the road. She told the police that she was...
Editorial: Take a moment to thank a tourist

Mon, Jul 15

Category:

Editorials

Those of us who live here are familiar with our love/hate relationship with the summer visitors. It’s bleak here in January and February, so we look forward to “the season” when more restaurants and businesses open and the island comes alive. But when it does arrive, we become impatient with the...
Editorial: We need a seat at the PUC table

Mon, Jul 1

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Editorials

During the special session that the Town Council scheduled this past week to discuss whether or not to appeal the recent Public Utilities Commission order that approved the annual revenue increase for Interstate Navigation, there was some palpable frustration with the PUC and the process that led...
Editorial: BIHS has new leadership and a new opportunity

Mon, Jun 24

Category:

Editorials

After a tumultuous and disruptive year, the Block Island Health Services (BIHS) Board of Directors has newly elected officers, one new board member (and two returning members) and some new opportunities. The new slate of officers is Bob Fallon, president; Cindy Baute, vice president (who was also...
Editorial: "Stop... talking to cops" is exactly the wrong message

Tue, Jun 18

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Editorials

Given the events of the past few weeks, we have to assume that whoever planted a sticker on the stop sign in Bridgegate Square so that it would read: “Stop… talking to cops,” was serious about making a point. Just as the community, long in denial about the issues of substance abuse, appears...
Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2013

Mon, Jun 17

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: I would like to thank the members of Block Island Health Services for their votes and kind words of support during the recent election. I pledge to continue my commitment to the Medical Center and the staff with the same honesty, integrity and professionalism that I have for the past...
Editorial: Beach Pavilion should be open by now

Sun, Jun 9

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Editorials

There were about 80 students, plus assorted teachers, visiting the island and having a bonfire on town beach the other night. It was a beautiful night, crisp and clear, and the kids were all camped out about 100 feet or so from the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion. They were taking pictures and throwing...
Letters to the Editor, June 1, 2013

Mon, Jun 3

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: Re: Police log The bucolic setting of this beautiful New England island has taken a few hits lately. It’s not quite fair, considering the attributes that the island does have. That is the reason many of us will stay here to the end, despite the BIPCo (Block Island Power Company)...
Editorial: A Taste of Block Island begins Friday

Fri, May 31

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Editorials

Do you have your button yet? That is, have you paid your five dollars for the button that will gain you access to all the events happening this weekend during A Taste of Block Island? The button can be purchased on the ferry or at the Block Island Chamber of Commerce, and along with it comes a...
Guest Opinion: Call someone if you feel depressed

Steve Hollaway

Wed, May 29

Category:

Opinion

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy,” said the philosopher Albert Camus. We ought not to dismiss anyone for facing the question or to treat despair...
Letters to the Editor, May 25, 2013

Mon, May 27

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: I hope now The Block Island Times will adopt a policy of considering the fragility of a person when they decide what to print in the Police Log column. Historically, The Block Island Times has been very selective about what and about whom it chooses to include in...
Editorial: A Memorial Day Remembrance

Mon, May 27

Category:

Editorials

On Thursday, Nov. 19, 1863, a group of dignitaries, including President Abraham Lincoln, gathered on a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to dedicate the opening of Soldiers’ National Cemetery. This was during the Civil War and just a little under five months after Union soldiers won a decisive...
Guest Opinion: Converting streetlights to LED technology

Chris Warfel

Mon, May 20

Category:

Opinion

One year ago, the Electric Utility Task Group (EUTG) was asked to investigate the conversion of the town’s street lights to LED either through conversion by the Block Island Power Co. (BIPCo), or by the town condemning the lights and converting them to LED. Condemnation of street lights, or having...
Editorial: Look into appealing the Interstate agreement

Sun, May 19

Category:

Editorials

One of the most prominent refrains among islanders after the R.I. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that it had approved the draft agreement with Interstate Navigation — which, among other things, increased freight rates by 34 percent — was that the PUC did not take into account the...
Publisher's Note: The ties that bind us

Wed, May 15

Category:

Opinion

Whether in sorrow or celebration it is our sense of place that sustains us all. And for that we are grateful. Where else but on Block Island? The Boston bombings set the tone a few weeks ago — a sense of unease and distress. After all, our island community is part of the larger New England...
Letters to the Editor, May 11, 2013

Mon, May 13

Category:

Letters

Dear Block Island Community: Thank you to all who came out to celebrate Peter’s life. He found a home when he stepped off the ferry 33 years ago. He would have so appreciated the beautiful day and the outpouring of love from so many on this little island. During the winter, so many people visited,...
Two important town meetings next week

Fri, May 3

Category:

Editorials

The annual Town Financial Meeting will be held this Monday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. The proposed municipal budget is $12,141,327. Voters will also be asked to act on, among other matters, a $1 million bond for the Sewer Department equipment upgrades and $1 million for the Block Island...
Letters to the Editor, May 4, 2013

Fri, May 3

Category:

Letters

To the Editor: The Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Peter Monje. Pete’s life was too short but, oh my, it was a life well lived! Pete was a multifaceted human being who did many things and did them very well...
Letters to the Editor, April 26, 2013

Mon, Apr 29

Category:

Letters

The following letter was sent to the Department of Environmental Management and copied to the B.I. Times . To the Editor: Thank you for coming to Block Island last week and making some sense of the nonsense portrayed by some members of our Town Council and especially the Block Island...
Editorial: BIHS Board needs to make member list accessible

Sun, Apr 28

Category:

Editorials

The scenario reminds us of the plot of some paranoid Cold War thriller: a member of a board asks other members of the same board if he can see a list of the people he represents. The answer, right now, is no. Candidates who are running for open seats on that same board ask if they can see the list...
Hey, DEM: Thanks for nothing

Tue, Apr 23

Category:

Editorials

Decades ago a very unwise decision was made to bring deer to Block Island. Perhaps no one could have anticipated then what we now know. With no natural predator the deer population would swell way beyond what just under 10 populated square miles could support. Furthermore, the introduction of Lyme...
Block Island Poetry Project is this weekend

Fri, Apr 12

Category:

Editorials

April is National Poetry Month, and Block Island celebrates this form of art with its own unique event, The Block Island Poetry Project, which began yesterday (Thursday) and continues through the weekend. There is no doubt that many see poetry as an outdated, even quaint, form of writing: we...
Letters to the Editor, April 5, 2013

Mon, Apr 8

Category:

Letters

Letter to Editor: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The Block Island Residents Association and the Conservation Commission want to thank all of you who participated in the Crescent Beach Dune Restoration Work Day on Saturday. There were about 100 of you and you accomplished a great deal. You dug 360...
Editorial: Town council correct in approving deer plan

Sat, Apr 6

Category:

Editorials

At long last the Town Council has voted to take meaningful action to deal with the deer problem. For decades the growing herd was tolerated and many island voices said that the only people bothered by the deer were the cottagers who liked to garden. But the deer also pose a serious health problem...
Editorial: Public hearing on Interstate proposal is Thursday at 12:15 p.m.

Wed, Apr 3

Category:

Editorials

If you have any concerns about the Interstate Navigation agreement for rate changes now pending before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), then we encourage you to attend the Thursday meeting at Town Hall. Members of the PUC will be at Town Hall at 12:15 p.m. for a public hearing. The commuter...

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