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Spooky Season hits Block Island
Sofia Williams
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
As cold weather and fall leaves swoop into Block Island, so do lots of exciting Halloween events. Run by senior co-presidents, Whitney McGinnes, and Chloe Weber, the Student Council at the Block Island School is hosting two events. On October 30, starting at 3 p.m., and lasting until 5 p.m., the...
Halloran wraps up yearly visit to island
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
He first arrived on Block Island in 1958, hired to be a summer chef. He was not invited back. Everyone lost weight. But maybe, just maybe, they should have followed his diet, as at age 85, Monsignor John C. Halloran still looks like he’s 50, and appears as fit and full of energy as he was when he...
Public Notice
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
All personal equipment must be removed from the entirety of the Great Salt Pond shoreline from November 15, 2021 through May 1, 2022, per the order of the Town of New Shoreham Harbormaster. Any equipment remaining after November 15 will be removed by the Town of New Shoreham Harbors Department and...
The Hurricanes prevail against the Shea Raiders 3-0
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Block Island Varsity Girl Volleyball won all three games last weekend. The Hurricanes defeated Central High School on Friday, Shea High School on Saturday and Woonsocket High School on Sunday. The team has away games this weekend on Friday and Saturday, and a home game on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
School agrees to Gay-Straight Alliance for students
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Block Island School has agreed to allow students to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). There has been confusion and miscommunication in the past about whether students could form the group or not, with health teacher Victoria Carson telling
The Times
last year that the student...
Free ESL classes at library
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Free English as a second language classes will be held at the Island Free Library starting Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. Format may be tailored to individual student’s needs. Classes will be taught by Marie Henehan, who has a Masters in ESL. For more information email mthenehan@yahoo.com , or call (401...
Library board reads between the budget lines
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Island Free Library Board of Trustees met on Tuesday and continued to explore options to complete the renovations despite a severe budget shortfall. Town Finance Director Amy Land had provided the trustees with an updated budget reflecting the estimate from Efficiency Inc., the construction...
Vaccine news
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Vaccines will be available to Block Island’s children the week of November 12. Rhode Island’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), which has been assisting the Medical Center and Rescue Squad with Covid testing and vaccinations throughout the pandemic, has announced that Pfizer vaccines will...
Planning processes Overlook application
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Overlook property continues to slowly progress through the paperwork calisthenics involved in subdividing its lot. Brian Laplante, attorney for Overlook owner Steven Filippi, was back in front of the Planning Board on Wednesday, October 13, for the public hearing. There were no public comments...
Community Conversations with B.I. Medical Center
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Block Island Times
is pleased to announce a new column in conjunction with the Block Island Medical Center. This will be a regular community conversation to answer health and wellness questions and concerns. Each column will focus on different topics on health and wellness. The...
Water capacity puts future growth in jeopardy
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Water Superintendent John Breunig has been trying to get the attention of the town and the broader community on an issue of utmost importance: the Water Department’s infrastructure can not support future growth within the district, much less outside its official boundaries. On Monday, Oct. 18,...
Hunting Season Dates
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
October: Archery allowed on all weekdays, Monday through Friday, no weekends 10/12-10/15; 10/18-10/22; 10/25-10/29 November : Archery, muzzle loader, and shotgun allowed on all weekdays, Monday through Friday, no holidays, no weekends. 11/1-11/5; 11/8-11/10; 11/12; 11/15-11/16; 11/18-11/19; 11/22-...
Watch out for deer!
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Please be advised that deer “rut” season is upon us. The rut is the time of year when deer mate, also known as mating season. The rut runs, generally, from mid-October until early December. According to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the rut peaks in the first two...
Town Council approves new Overlook price
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
“Happy is a funny word,” Second Warden Sven Risom told the Town Council on Monday night. First Warden Andre Boudreau had asked the councilors if they were happy with the newly renegotiated price for the Overlook property on West Side Road. Originally priced at $10.5 million, with the town footing $...
Stop & Shop increases access for SNAP customers
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Stop & Shop announced this week that those in Rhode Island using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits now have the option to pay with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card when placing online orders for Stop & Shop Pickup and Delivery. SNAP benefits had to be used...
Fall paving starts soon
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
Starting on Monday, Oct. 18, paving crews will begin re-paving Pilot Hill Road, High Street, and Payne Road, starting with Pilot Hill Road. Police officers and flaggers will be on site to assist with traffic. Please be patient and allow for more time to get to the Block Island School and the...
Covid-19 testing
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks: Free asymptomatic COVID-19 testing will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Rescue Station from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. If you have symptoms, please call Block Island Health Services, (401) 466-2974 or Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks at (...
Annual Flu Shot Clinics
Thu, Oct 21
Category:
News
The Block Island Medical Center will be holding its annual flu shot clinic on Tuesdays for ages 65 and up and on Thursdays for ages 64 and under. Both clinics will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The shots are free to Rhode Island residents. No appointment is necessary. Clinics will be held until...
Shellfish Commission confronts reality
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The idea for getting an upweller to grow shellfish “seed” was the brainchild of the late Hermann “Bo” Gempp. Gempp was a longtime member of the Shellfish Commission and thought that the Great Salt Pond needed to become more sustainable. Instead of relying on purchasing harvestable-sized shellfish...
Weather doesn’t dampen spirits for half marathon
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
Neither wind, nor rain, nor stinging wind-swept beach sand could stop a hardy group of runners from taking on the Block Island Half Marathon course Sunday. But what did cut down on participants was a heaving ocean that cancelled most high-speed ferries and left many runners who opted for the day-of...
Middle school soccer kicks off on mainland
Chris Crawford
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The Middle School soccer team surprised the West Bay Christian Academy Eagles with a 4 to 2 win on a gorgeous fall day, Wednesday, Oct. 6. It was the first away game for the Hurricanes and they proved up to the task, leading the entire game with goalie Barrett Evans making several great saves...
Back to work on the island
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
More and more equipment is arriving every day at the beach parking lot to complete the cable reburial project. Work will begin on Monday, October 18 and continue through the fall. (Photo: R. Meyer)
Message from the Town Manager
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
With summer behind us, the Town of New Shoreham is looking to complete several water/sewer and road work/paving projects started last spring. Beginning the week of October 18, paving crews will be working on Pilot Hill Road from High Street to where the pavement ends; Payne Road from the school to...
New Shoreham Town Council Agenda
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
1. Public Comment 2. Report from Dr. Thomas Warcup, BI Medical Center Director, regarding COVID-19 and public health; and/or Discuss and act on an emergency Town ordinance to mitigate the spread of COVID- 19 to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of and visitors to the Town...
Oct. 15 last day for “Business Challenge”
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
A local business owner is challenging other businesses to invest in Block Island’s healthcare by donating up to $200,000 in matching funds for gifts made towards the capital campaign by October 15. Under this capital campaign “Business Challenge,” each gift, of any size, from a Block Island...
The “invisible burden of tourism”
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
The Tourism Council had a featured presentation by Megan Epler Wood of EplerWood International, an international consulting company that focuses on sustainable tourism economies that invest in improved local well-being, as part of its annual meeting at the Spring House on Oct. 6. Executive Director...
Deer Task Force grapples with herd, each other
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
“I’ll erase it. I’m the chair.” Chair of the Deer Task Force, Susan Hagedorn, made no bones about her displeasure at one of the ideas thrown out by some of the DTF members during the marathon work session held on October 5. Member Terry Delaney was writing brainstorming ideas up on a big dry erase...
Paving West Beach Road
Stephen Hester
Thu, Oct 14
Category:
News
West Beach Road is finally getting paved, from Corn Neck down to the Transfer Station. Paving will start Monday, Oct. 18, and last all week. Highways Department Supervisor Mike Shea told the Town Council in 2016: “That road is the most traveled dirt road on the island,” Town Manager Maryanne...
Beach parking a sticking point for Town Council
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Town Council has granted the easement to National Grid to resume its cable work at Fred Benson Town Beach. But, it wasn’t quite a slam dunk for the big utility. National Grid had to suspend its work on the cable reburial project last spring after debris clogged the conduit that was to carry the...
Two new members elected to utility district board
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Utility District (doing business as the Block Island Power Company) will have a couple of new faces on its Board of Commissioners. There are five seats on the board, with staggered terms, and three of them came up for election this year: Chair Barbara MacMullan, Treasurer Bill Penn...
“Bound by Blue” to be featured at SENE Film Festival
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
“Bound by Blue: A Life on Block Island” with Edith Littlefield Blane will be the opening night documentary film screened at the Southeast New England Film Festival. The movie, directed by Katherine Reaves and produced by Susan Bush and Laura Parsons, documents Blane relating stories of growing up...
Comedy Night Oct. 10
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with the hilarious Usama Siddiquee on Sunday, Oct. 10. Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian-actor based in New York City. He was one of the New Faces at Just for Laughs in 2018 and made his stand-up television debut on BET’s “50 Central,” and...
Coast Guard unhappy with Block Islanders’ flare
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island residents Perry Phillips and Benjamin Foster entered into a settlement agreement on Monday to pay $10,000 for their antics at sea last summer, a prank that went horribly wrong and resulted in a cost of $103,948 to the U.S. Coast Guard. According to the complaint, filed in U.S. District...
BLOCK ISLAND YACHT CLUB
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Yacht Club is pleased to offer applications for the 2022 BIYC Maritime Scholarship Award starting November 30th. 2021 Students who have already graduated from the Block Island School, intend to pursue maritime careers, and are currently enrolled in a college undergraduate maritime...
Opening up the Coast Guard Station?
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Residents Association is exploring the possibility of the town opening up a public park at the Coast Guard Station. The town has owned the facility since the 1990s, with the Coast Guard discontinuing year round operations in the late 1980s. The Coast Guard still has a presence on...
Library trustees balk at cost of continuing renovations
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
After taking a brief pause for the busy summer months, the Island Free Library is ready to get back to its large renovation project. The board of trustees received a report via telephone from Lucas Silva, the contractor supervising the work. Silva told the board he was ready to finish up the...
Let’s talk about it – Covid-19
Dr. Thomas Warcup, Medical Director, Block Island Health Services
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
This is the first in a series whereby readers submit questions on a particular topic for Dr. Warcup to address. The first topic is Covid. The next topic will be aging in place.
Question: Are people with breakthrough cases less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people? Answer:...
Warcup updates Town Council on Covid
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup had some good news for the New Shoreham Town Council on Monday night: statewide, the Covid numbers were trending downward. In Rhode Island, new cases were down to 182 per 100,000, and the seven-day positivity rate was down to two percent...
Women’s March
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
Photographer Malcom Greenaway documented the October 2 Women’s March for reproductive rights with the work - titled “Leading the March.” The march took off from the BI Historical Society and headed through town to the statue of Rebecca and then back to Bridge Gate Square. (Courtesy Images
Despite strong play, Hurricanes fall to Tigers
Stephen Hester
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
The Block Island Hurricanes girls volleyball team played a tough match in front of their home crowd on Saturday, ultimately losing to the Tolman High School Tigers three games to one. The Hurricanes got off to a slow start, losing the first game 25 to 16 in pretty short order. The second game...
Neal Murphy starts youth running group
Sofia Williams
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
A few weeks ago, Neal Murphy posted on the Block Island Bulletin Board inviting kids on the Island to join his new running group. “It’s to help kids have exposure to other sports opportunities, individual sports, and something they can do for a lifetime, fast or slow!” Murphy said. Practices are...
Fall sailing for island kids
Chris Crawford
Fri, Oct 8
Category:
News
They are a little young for TIkToK. But not Tack Jibe. In fact, if you are in grades two through five, it’s the perfect time to learn the “ropes” and jargon of sailing, and get outside on the water in what looks to be a wicked-fun addition to the fall sports scene being run out of the Block Island...
Overlook negotiations coming to a close
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 7
Category:
News
Final negotiations can now take place for the purchase of a portion of Steve Filippi’s Overlook property. The cost of the property is to be shared by the Block Island Land Trust, the Town of New Shoreham, The Nature Conservancy, and the Block Island Conservancy. The property has been touted as “the...
The Medical Center needs you!
Thu, Oct 7
Category:
News
A local business owner is challenging other businesses to invest in Block Island’s healthcare by donating up to $200,000 in matching funds for gifts made towards the capital campaign by October 15. Under this capital campaign “Business Challenge,” each gift, of any size, from a Block Island...
Community Conversations with the B.I. Medical Center
Thu, Oct 7
Category:
News
The Block Island Times
is pleased to announce a new column in conjunction with the Block Island Medical Center. This will be a regular community conversation to answer health and wellness questions and concerns. Each column will focus on different topics on health and wellness. The...
Lady Hurricanes win home opener
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Block Island School hosted Scituate High School in the Hurricanes’ first home volleyball match on Saturday, and it came right down to the wire. The Lady Hurricanes won the first game handily, 25 to 18 and looked on their way to a quick victory. With powerful jump serves by Amira Wilson, several...
Block Island School’s game schedule
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Friday, October 1: Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Woonsocket, at home. 4:30 p.m. Saturday, October 2: Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Tolman Highschool, at home. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 5: Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Central Highschool, location and time TBD. Saturday, October 9: Girls Varsity...
Covid-19 testing
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks:
Free symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 testing will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Rescue Station from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. If you have symptoms, please call Block Island Health Services, (401) 466-2974 or...
Numbers don’t add up for Hayes application
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Richard Hayes and his Connecticut company, B.I. Harborview Partners II, LLC., are still working through the zoning application process to build an addition onto his property on Corn Neck Road (Plat 4, Lot 2a). The application had made it to the decision stage on September 22, and things looked...
New Shoreham Town Council Agenda
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
New Shoreham Town Council meeting will occur in person. To see supporting documents for this agenda, go to: Clerkbase https://clerkshq.com/NewShoreham-RI The meeting can be watched on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvoSBIQ0bsFRg1kxPgNVCA 1. Public Comment 2. Report from Dr. Thomas...
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