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Letters to the Editor, May 28

Wed, Jun 1

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— Do as I say, not as I do. A May 20 editorial in the Providence Journal suggested that heavy direct government support to start large-scale wind power is necessary regardless of near-term costs. Not coincidentally, that very argument was reported by this paper a week earlier...
Letters to the Editor, May 21

Mon, May 23

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Letters

To: the Editor— Our general assembly should cease trying to regulate electricity costs and stop encouraging non-cost-effective renewable energy. Their actions only benefit those getting federal and state subsidies or advantages from ill-advised state legislation. Other Rhode Island ratepayers end...
Letters to the Editor, May 14

Mon, May 16

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Letters

To: the Editor— As you know, the Block Island Medical Center has been conducting a search to identify a replacement for Dr. Paul Mann, who has resigned effective June 30. We need to report to the community that, in spite of a diligent effort, we have yet to make a hire. In January, a search...
Letters to the Editor, May 7

Sat, May 7

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Letters

To: the Editor— The Block Island Financial Town Meeting has come and gone. Basically it was a “same old, same old” story with arguments for more spending, resulting in more taxes and more benefits for the young population including the Board of Education, the Early Learning Center and more. The...
When the world looks in

By

Pippa Jack

Thu, May 5

Category:

Opinion

Ten years ago, on a brightly beautiful September day, I showed up to work at the Block Island Times office and heard, later than most, that a plane had hit Manhattan’s Twin Towers. It seemed so tangential at first. There was no TV in the office, then as now, so we trudged upstairs to a coworker’s...
Letters to the Editor, April 30

Wed, May 4

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Letters

To: the Editor— They say “Block Island is a great place to live!” Mostly because everyone is always willing to help one and other out. Well, I experienced this and not for the first time. On March 6, I returned from Haiti hoping and praying my friends would be available to help me move. (I was...
Letters to the Editor, April 23

Thu, Apr 28

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Letters

To: the Editor— I would like to thank the people who give of themselves unselfishly to help others Dr. Janice Miller, Gary Ryan. Kate McConville, Patty Murphy and officer Ed Harrison. On April 9 my husband needed assistance from the Rescue Squad. They arrived promptly, were professional and caring...
Island can't resist change forever

Thu, Apr 28

Category:

Opinion

The proposed new Ballard’s Inn would have been the largest development project on Block island in more than a century. It would have helped to expand the shoulder season by providing event and conference space. It would have added over 40 rooms to our high-end inventory of accommodations. The...
Clergy Corner, Easter 2011

Sun, Apr 24

Category:

Opinion

Dear Easter people and friends of Block Island: Across the earth, Christians and anyone listening hear the startling proclamation, HE IS RISEN AS HE SAID, RESURREXIT SICUT DIXIT! Once again in the long struggle with the incomprehensible, the human race meets the challenge of Faith without proof...
Letters to the Editor, April 16

Thu, Apr 21

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Letters

To: the Editor— Your coverage of the deliberations leading to the 2012 budget to be presented to the voters on May 2 was thorough, and the accompanying editorial congratulating the Town Council, finance director and town manager for their ability to hold the line was well deserved. And then you...
Parking can be fixed

Sun, Apr 17

Category:

Opinion

The New Shoreham Town Council records for April 1912 indicated that the council was considering taking some of the land across from the current National Hotel to provide for parking and widening the road. The purpose was for the “convenience and freedom from accident, freedom from downtown...
A job well done

Thu, Apr 14

Category:

Opinion

Kudos to all concerned for the great work on the proposed 2012 town budget. As newspaper headlines across the country tell tales of woe as towns and cities prepare their budgets, the town of New Shoreham has assembled a responsible plan and won cooperation from key stakeholders. Town employees and...
Letters to the Editor, April 9

Wed, Apr 13

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— I would like to thank Fran Migliaccio for putting the information (and picture) of the new baby goats at Beacon Hollow Farm in her column. I would also like to clarify the facts about the goats being born in the field. That the goats chose to give birth outside in the field is a...
Letters to the Editor, April 2

Fri, Apr 1

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Letters

Island identities Last week it happened that I was on the Friday night boat when I first saw the Block Island Times. As usual, I glanced at the headlines then started flipping through the newsprint back to front and found myself at the obituary on page 16 doing a double take worthy of a cartoon...
Letters to the Editor, March 26

Fri, Apr 1

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Letters

To: the Editor— A certain amount of additional information needs to be focused on Dan West’s article on the town budget hearing from Wednesday, March 16, specifically under the subtitle ‘Harbormaster vs. Harbormaster.’ Last year $46,000 was approved for a year-round harbormaster who was appointed...
Letters to the Editor, March 19

Mon, Mar 21

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Letters

03/19/11 - To: the Editor— We read Mr. Terry Mooney’s letter in the March 12 edition of the Block Island Times with interest and some concern for the accuracy of some of his statements about the Sewer Commission. Was the Sewer Commission really handling its business well? Its surplus monies were...
Everyone into the Pool -

Mon, Mar 14

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Editorial Cartoon

03/12/11-
This one's for Pete -

Mon, Mar 14

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Editorial Cartoon

03/05/11 -
Economic Upturn

Mon, Mar 14

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Editorial Cartoon

03/05/11 -
Featured Letter

Mon, Mar 14

Category:

Opinion

03/12/11 - To: the Editor– The time has long since passed to win the “hearts and minds” of one side or the other, or those neutral on the Deepwater Wind “demonstration project.” The time to inform debate for practical purposes is over. But that doesn’t suggest that dialogue shouldn’t continue,...
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Mar 14

Category:

Letters

03/12/11 - This letter was sent to the Block Island Health Services Board and copied to the Block Island Times: Your letter outlining the difficulties that the Medical Center is facing in fulfilling its mission of providing care for the Block Island community year-round, on a 24-hour, seven-day a...
Editorial: It’s all about community

Mon, Mar 7

Category:

Opinion

03/06/11 - Five years ago this month we became co-publishers of the Block Island Times. It continues to be a wonderful experience and we are deeply grateful to our loyal readers and supportive advertisers. As year round residents, we have come to appreciate this community and the people who live...
Letters: 2/26/11

Mon, Feb 28

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor – I am writing to comment on a very specific element regarding the dialogue on year-round employment for Block Island. The last letter on the topic imagined a list of potential industries for the island. Amongst the list, treated as no different from the other suggestions, was...
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Feb 21

Category:

Letters

02/19/11 To: the Editor— I have a question that I would like anyone to answer. I’m quoting the Block Island Times of about two years ago; an article entitled “BIRA studies cable, solar and wind options.” “BIPCo does, however, pay ‘avoidable’ costs back to renewable energy customers who are tied...
Letters: 2/12/11

Mon, Feb 14

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— We would like to thank everyone who pitched in to help with the community skating rink. We would like to acknowledge the Block Island Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary and the Block Island Lions Club for their generous financial support of the rink, as well as countless other...
Guest Opinion: Job creation as a justice issue

By

Steve Hollaway

Mon, Feb 14

Category:

Opinion

2/12/11 — Last week’s story by Robert Downie on the wireless station of 1903 evokes a wistfulness for a bygone day when Block Island was a place for cutting edge technology and business innovation. It’s hard to imagine in today’s frozen-in-time ethos where the only values are preservation and...
Block Island needs your attention and assistance

By

First Warden Kim Gaffett

Sat, Feb 12

Category:

Opinion

02/05/11 - Accomplishing the work of the town requires the help of all of its citizens. One important way to help is by selecting an area of island life that interests you and then serve on one of the town’s boards, committees or commissions that deals with that area of interest. Just as helpful as...
Featured Letter: Town Council seeks input

Mon, Feb 7

Category:

Opinion

The New Shoreham Town Council would like to formally ask for your help in coming up with ideas for the town property adjacent to the Surf Hotel corner in Old Harbor. It is our belief that our two lots in front of the National Hotel should be kept relatively natural but at the same time some sort of...
Wondering Winter: #9

Mon, Feb 7

Category:

Editorial Cartoon

02/05/11
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Feb 7

Category:

Letters

02/05/11 - To: the Editor— I always enjoy reading “our” Block Island Times. I say “our” because to me it personifies our sense of community. The Times always does a great job of covering our shared interests and concerns as well as our differences and it does it with respect for various viewpoints...
Guest Opinion: Wind-power jobs crowd horizon as vendor rises

By

Wendy Williams

Mon, Jan 31

Category:

Opinion

1/29/11 — For the past 10 years, proponents and opponents of the Cape Wind project have battled over unproved assertions. Nantucket Sound whales would be harmed, complained the antis. Global warming must be prevented, said the pros. But as few actual facts existed, the debate has been mostly...
Letters: 1/29/11

Mon, Jan 31

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— Regarding your article on the current state of wind energy production on the island: I’d like to weigh in with my opinions on small WECS, which will no doubt delight and infuriate people on both sides of the issue. As everyone knows, I’m an ardent supporter of most forms of what we...
Old Block Island Saying: No. 15 -

Mon, Jan 24

Category:

Editorial Cartoon

01/22/11 -
Guest Opinion: Do the Education Commissioner and the RI Board of Regents have it all wrong?

By

Renée Meyer

Mon, Jan 24

Category:

Opinion

01/22/11 - About a year and a half ago, someone surreptitiously slipped my daughter a book. It was a book about education. It looked interesting and had a catchy title: “Weapons of Mass Instruction,” by John Taylor Gatto. I read it. I found out it was considered “subversive,” and should not be...
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Jan 24

Category:

Letters

01/22/11 - To: the Editor— The Block Island Times inadvertently left out of its report of the last School Committee Meeting an agenda item where Entech Engineering provided a copy of the cogeneration study and bid documents it had prepared for the school before the most recent expansion. I...
Editorial: Finally the right questions and the right result

Mon, Jan 17

Category:

Opinion

1/15/11 — Block Island is a natural wonder. Being an island, it is finite and every square inch is of value. In the last four decades extraordinary effort, emanating primarily from the grass roots, has been undertaken to preserve the island’s beauty. Now nearly half the island is conserved and...
Letters: 1/15/11

Mon, Jan 17

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— On the heels of the CRMC decision against expansion of Champlin’s Marina, a lot of people deserve the thanks of the Block Island community for helping to protect the Great Salt Pond. Among those to be praised are the CRMC’s paid, professional staffers (they opposed the expansion...
Opportunity Missed

Mon, Jan 10

Category:

Editorial Cartoon

01/08/11 -
Featured Letter

Mon, Jan 10

Category:

Opinion

01/08/11 - This letter was sent to the Deer Task Force and copied to the Block Island Times: There continues to be discussion within the community and by the Deer Task Force about the decisions recently made by all three conservation groups (the Block Island Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and...
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Jan 10

Category:

Letters

01/08/11 - To: the Editor— Champlin’s Marina alert: In May, it will be a full eight years since Champlin’s filed its application with the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for a large expansion of the marina into the Great Salt Pond. The town and public that own the pond and all the...
Editorial: “Old Man Can’t Is Dead”

Mon, Jan 3

Category:

Opinion

1/1/11 — A few weeks ago this newspaper reported on a meeting of the planning board during which Town Planner Jane Weidman suggested that the board tackle a comprehensive parking plan as a task for the coming year. “Several board members expressed skepticism that the parking problem could be solved...
Editorial: “Old Man Can’t Is Dead”

Mon, Jan 3

Category:

Opinion

1/1/11 — A few weeks ago this newspaper reported on a meeting of the planning board during which Town Planner Jane Weidman suggested that the board tackle a comprehensive parking plan as a task for the coming year. “Several board members expressed skepticism that the parking problem could be solved...
Letters: 1/1/11

Mon, Jan 3

Category:

Letters

This letter was sent to the Town Council and copied to the Block Island Times: At the Town Council meeting December 15, the council endorsed a request by Town Manager Nancy Dodge to proceed with an application to the Coastal Resources Management Council for a permit for beach access improvement and...
Letters: 12/25/20

Mon, Dec 27

Category:

Letters

To: the Editor— I’m not sure how much has been done regarding the proposed “booklet” for island visitors regarding bicycle and moped safety rules, but I would offer the following: 1. Advise both cyclists and moped riders not to slow down and try to wave cars on to pass them on blind curves and...
Letters to the Editor

Mon, Dec 20

Category:

Letters

12/18/10 - This letter was sent to Jane Musky and Tony Goldwyn and copied to the Block Island Times: The Deer Task Force (DTF) would like to clarify some of the issues that you raised in your recent letter to us (Block Island Times, December 11, 2010): The DTF is committed to using safe and legal...
Another Block Island Invention: The Cata-log!

Mon, Dec 13

Category:

Editorial Cartoon

12/11/10 -
Mental health realities

Mon, Dec 13

Category:

Opinion

12/11/10 - During the past several weeks the Block Island community has been engaged in a discussion about the availability of mental health and addiction services for its residents. This is a worthwhile effort and we applaud the establishment of a task force to evaluate the community needs and...
Letters to the Editor -

Mon, Dec 13

Category:

Letters

12/11/10 - To: the Editor— I’ve been reading with interest the various letters to the editor both for and against the Deer Task Force (DTF) and its efforts to reduce the Block Island deer herd. I am an avid deer hunter, although since I only own an acre and a half of Block Island, I do not hunt on...
Editorial: Expanding library hours — overdue

Mon, Dec 6

Category:

Opinion

12/4/10 — Thanksgiving has passed and the island is officially entering the wintry “off season.” It’s dark before 5 p.m. It’s been said that it perhaps takes a certain type of person to live on the island year-round — those who don’t mind solitude and who don’t require a mall or movie theater...
Featured Letter: 12/4/10

Mon, Dec 6

Category:

Opinion

To: the Editor— The New Shoreham Police Department has recently received several complaints from citizens regarding discarded deer entrails, carcasses and spent shotgun shells located on private property where hunting has not been lawfully permitted. I viewed and documented some of this material...

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