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Anawan Rock
Keith Lang
Sat, Jan 28
Category:
News
Despite being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the entrance to Anawan Rock is so nondescript I wonder how many of the thousands of people who drive by every day even know what happened there. Situated near busy Route 44 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the large and imposing...
Tourism Council plagued by ransomware
Renee Meyer
Sat, Jan 28
Category:
News
Those who have looked at the Block Island Tourism Council’s website lately may have noticed something odd – slightly dated content and inaccurate business listings. Those trying to reach the office of council Director Jessica Willi by email also have encountered difficulties. That’s because the...
A Lifetime of Delight: The Multiform Legacy of Miss Elizabeth Dickens
y Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Sat, Jan 28
Category:
News
In 1962, a reporter from the
Providence Journal
named Neil Oldham visited Block Island to interview an 80-year-old sage of the birding world named Miss Elizabeth Dickens. His journey commenced in the declining city of Providence, R.I. The capital of the Ocean State, like most major cities...
Planning Board considers two projects
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 27
Category:
News
Block Island Health Services has embarked on a new Planning and Zoning journey with a changed design for additions to the medical center on Payne Road. The Planning Board approved the Medical Center’s initial design at a meeting in September, 2021 that included a “proposed two-story addition to the...
Objections to Ballard’s CRMC application
Renee Meyer
Sat, Jan 21
Category:
News
Responses are rolling in to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council regarding Ballard’s Inn Realty’s application for an outdoor stage and four tiki bars, which the applicant deems are “temporary mobile structures.” The application also asks to establish a perimeter on the beach...
RIAC plans for major tree cutting
Renee Meyer
Sat, Jan 21
Category:
News
Changes may be coming to how pilots land at the Block Island State Airport. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation has just closed its 30-day comment period on a “Final Draft Environmental Assessment” for the removal of obstructions on and around the island airport. In this case, obstructions means...
Senior Advisory wants to build on momentum
Renee Meyer
Sat, Jan 21
Category:
News
The members of the Senior Advisory Committee want to continue building up services for seniors living on Block Island, and the key to doing that is through the budget. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the committee hashed through a budget they are proposing for the next fiscal year. One of the items they would...
It’s a mighty pretty sight: Block Island Ushers Rhode Island into the “Air Age”
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Sat, Jan 21
Category:
News
Buzzing sounds from aircraft engines and locals speculating over cups of coffee were heard well before the official dedication of the Block Island State Airport. The “Air Age” arrived in the Ocean State when Rhode Island Governor John O. Pastore landed at the new state-funded airport on July 15,...
Town Council appoints new police chief
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 20
Category:
News
Late Thursday afternoon, January 19, the New Shoreham Town Council, by a unanimous vote, appointed John Lynch as the new police chief of Block Island pending his Rhode Island certification as a police officer. The New Shoreham town charter requires that the town manager makes a recommendation to...
Housing Board seeks funding for new project
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
Members of the Block Island Housing Board have their fingers crossed that their application to the Rhode Island Office of Housing and Community Development will make the deadline. They are hoping to tap into government funds available for housing in order to assist their development of the property...
Mandatory summer water restrictions passed
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
After what Block Island Water Company Superintendent John Breunig described as “clerical and quorum issues,” the Joint Water and Sewer Commissions finally mustered a minimum quorum to hold a public hearing and pass water usage restrictions for the summer season on January 9. With just three...
Sen. DiMario to chair R.I. Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
Sen. Alana M. DiMario will serve as chairwoman of the Rhode Island Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture for the 2023-2024 legislative session, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio has announced. Sen. DiMario, a Democrat who represents District 36 in North Kingstown, Narragansett, and...
Varsity boys delight the home crowd
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
The Block Island School Varsity Boys Basketball team had a stunner of a season opener on Saturday, January 7 against the visiting team from Middlebridge School. To the home crowd’s delight, the B.I. Hurricanes pulled out to an early lead with a 16-point advantage by the end of the first half. With...
The smallest town in the smallest state pays tribute to the bloodiest war in human history
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
On a two-lane highway crossing the wheat fields of northeast Kansas is a brown rectangular sign. In large, white block letters, it reads “Frankfort Boys, World War II, Memorial Highway,” which I saw for the first time this past spring. Intrigued, I reached for my cellphone and did the obligatory...
Man overboard
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 13
Category:
News
It didn’t take long for the news to spread on Block Island that a man jumped off of the ferry on Tuesday, Jan. 10 as the boat was heading from the island to Point Judith. “I just got a text,” was the utterance of one person whose spouse was on the boat. The boat left the island at 2:30 p.m., with...
Report from OHTF sparks broader conversation
Renee Meyer
Sun, Jan 8
Category:
News
The Old Harbor Task Force’s annual memo to the Town Council led to some meaty conversations at the council’s meeting on December 21, in turn leading to what might be called a road map for 2023. The task force’s mission is to bring improvements to the downtown area. One may think of them as limited...
Town Council renews moped licenses
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 6
Category:
News
The Town Council attacked a laundry list of topics at its last meeting of 2022, quickly moving through some topics and giving a thorough airing to others. On the quick list: The council approved commercial shellfishing licenses for 2023 based on the recommendation of the Shellfish Commission. In...
Price increases at “the dump”
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jan 6
Category:
News
Block Island Recycling Management has requested and received permission to raise trash disposal and commercial recycling rates from the New Shoreham Town Council. But that permission did not come without an involved discussion. BIRM sent a letter to the council dated Nov. 30, and signed by owner...
No long winter’s nap for these folks
Chris Crawford
Fri, Jan 6
Category:
News
Thwack. The word best describes the rat-a-tat ping-ponging noise rebounding around the walls of the school gym on pickleball nights. A gathering of well, all sorts of islanders dressed in well, all variety of garb. All suffering from the same addiction. And the only apparent cure is more pickleball...
B.I. Sports this week
Fri, Jan 6
Category:
News
School Sports at Home Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Middlebridge, Saturday, Jan. 7 at 12:30 p.m. (School gym) Note: The Girls Varsity home game scheduled for Jan. 14 has been postponed. Recreation Department Weekly Schedule Tuesdays: • 8-10 p.m., Pickleball (School Gym) Fridays: • 6:30 - 8 p.m.,...
A look back at 2022 and forward to 2023
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
As 2022 comes to a close, some of Block Island’s biggest news stories will also go the way of the calendar and some will stick around well into the new year, and perhaps, beyond. This year, islanders closed the books on the Champlin’s Marina expansion as after almost 20 years the Rhode Island...
Pre-Christmas storm causes flooding but no major damage
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
As if to prove a point, Mother Nature unleashed a whopper of a storm just a few days after the New Shoreham Sea Level Rise Committee’s December meeting. The storm that started late Thursday night did most of its damage locally during the high tide Friday morning, December 23, as waves washed over...
Utility District to formulate emergency procedures
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
Mainland grid power worries had the commissioners of the Block Island Utility District mulling the need for disaster planning at their latest meeting on December 20. After attending a meeting on the mainland, Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright said that ISO New England, the...
Utility District to formulate emergency procedures
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
Mainland grid power worries had the commissioners of the Block Island Utility District mulling the need for disaster planning at their latest meeting on December 20. After attending a meeting on the mainland, Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright said that ISO New England, the...
Tai Chi may be just what the doctor ordered
Ken Owens
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
Tai chi is a simple, gentle, holistic exercise system performed slowly, but its benefits can have major positive health benefits for those who do it, according to Block Island physical therapist and Tai chi instructor, Tom Hobin. Hobin conducts a class weekly on Wednesdays from 4 to 4:50 p.m. at...
“A far-way place close to Connecticut:” What Block Island was and remains
Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Dec 30
Category:
News
In 1967, a travel writer visited Block Island. The writer worked for The Providence Journal, and like all reporters in the United States at the time, saw his nation divided on many social and cultural fronts. Newspaper reporters had their hands full in the summer of 1967 as civil unrest exploded...
Ballard’s applies for CRMC assents
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 23
Category:
News
Ballard’s Inn Realty LLC has applied to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council for permission to have temporary “mobile” structures on the beach at the facility during the summer season and is requesting that a beach perimeter be established for their location. The CRMC cited the...
Shellfish Commission reviews grand experiment
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 23
Category:
News
“This has been kind of cool,” said George Davis, vice-chair of the Shellfish Commission at its meeting on Tuesday. Davis was speaking of the grand experiment he and others on the Shellfish Commission conducted over the course of the past year. The goal was to see if soft-shell clams could be...
‘Stuff the Cruiser’ a huge success
Chris Crawford
Fri, Dec 23
Category:
News
Officer Doug Borden had a crazy idea, and he has many, always delivered with a mischievous smile. Whether it’s greeting the ferry passengers as they disembark with song, dog biscuits for furry friends, or dancing ‘a welcome’ to the island. This idea was different and was spawned from his years with...
THOUGHTS FOR THE SEASON
Fri, Dec 23
Category:
News
Joy to the World
By Pastor Peter Preiser Harbor Church
“So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine.”- 1
Peter 1:6
When you think of the word joy, what is...
An aperture capturing Block Island over decades: The true gift of the Elizabeth Ann Evans Collection
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Dec 23
Category:
News
In the recently digitized Elizabeth Ann Evans collection is a small newspaper clipping. It reads in part, “The recent misfortune of the
Nelseco II
, which broke her crank shaft when entering Newport harbor on Sunday, resulted in the most modern transportation of mail, delivery by air. It...
Overall, summer of 2022 not so bad
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 16
Category:
News
“I love drought,” was the utterance of more than one department head at the Town Council’s meeting on Dec. 7 when the annual review of the summer on Block Island was the main topic. Overall the feeling was that it was a successful summer on the island. Library Library Director Kristin Baumann was...
Lessons in governance
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 16
Category:
News
The Town Council sat down for a round-table discussion with department heads at a meeting on Wednesday that included a few lessons on what to do, and what not to do, as members of a governing body. “For folks’ background, when I was elected,” said new First Warden Keith Stover, “the preparation was...
New electric rates go into effect January 1
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 16
Category:
News
The Block Island Power Company hopes its new rates will be going into effect on January 1. They are the result of the required annual reconciliation that converts predictions into reality. Predictions because the rates are set based on how much energy you think you are going to sell in advance of a...
“Gentleman of the highest order with talent beyond compare:” Update on the John Hapgood Collection
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Dec 16
Category:
News
Earlier this fall we ran an article on the life of artist and soldier John Hapgood (1905-1995), whose remains are buried in the Island Cemetery. Hapgood was a successful graphic artist based in Manhattan and who specialized in advertising. During World War II, Hapgood used his artistic skills in...
Our cover this week
Fri, Dec 16
Category:
News
The smell of vanilla frosting was in the air at Island Free Library on Saturday, December 10 as island kids made “gingerbread” houses out of candy and crackers for the holidays. (Photo: R. Meyer)
Sewer Department planning for rising seas and storms
Renee Meyer
Sun, Dec 11
Category:
News
Since its inception, the Sea Level Rise Committee has been educating itself on the challenges to the island that will inevitably come as the oceans rise. While at first the group made its own assessments of vulnerable areas on the island, they quickly determined that educating themselves on various...
Council renews mobile food establishment permits
Renee Meyer
Sun, Dec 11
Category:
News
After tabling the matter a few weeks ago, the Town Council renewed mobile food establishment permits, approved their locations and set a cap on the number of licenses on Monday, December 5. The reason for the delay was to allow Bethany Campbell Coviello more time to formulate her plans for a small...
Friendship, love and truth: On the trail of the Odd Fellows
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Dec 9
Category:
News
My first summer with the Historical Society, nearly some 20 years ago, I was researching an exhibition on a secret society named the Odd Fellows. I had never heard of this organization before, however, I learned later that throughout my life I had seen this organization’s symbol, namely three...
New face-lifts for old buildings
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 2
Category:
News
When T.J. Martucci first came in front of the Historic District Commission, the requests were relatively simple – rearrange some exhaust hoods and outdoor stairways used for egress that were interfering with each other, and replace the top floor windows with new ones, also for egress, and replace...
Ballard’s and town reach agreement
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 2
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham and Ballard’s have reached a settlement agreement in the matter of the liquor and outdoor entertainment license suspensions imposed by the town on August 22, 2022 at a show cause hearing attended by over 100 members of the public and went on for about eight hours. The...
Seniors making strides
Renee Meyer
Fri, Dec 2
Category:
News
How do you walk three miles within a very small space? Walking class at the Community Center with the Senior Advisory Group. Like many things, it’s a resumption of a pre-Covid activity, and with the onset of cold weather and sometimes icy ground, a good way to get some exercise and have fun at the...
Fifty years of stewardship:
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator, Block Island Historical Society
Thu, Dec 1
Category:
News
I would like to congratulate the Block Island Conservancy for 50 years of stewardship on Block Island. Since the founding of your grassroots organization in the fall of 1972, your membership has fought the good fight. In October I was honored by being asked by Dorrie Napoleone, President of the...
No more music festivals at Ballard’s on Block Island
Renee Meyer
Wed, Nov 30
Category:
News
After months of discussions behind closed doors, the Town of New Shoreham and Ballard’s have reached a settlement agreement in the matter of the liquor and outdoor entertainment license suspensions imposed by the town on August 22, 2022. The suspensions came as a result of problems that occurred...
In the spirit of sharing
Renee Meyer
Fri, Nov 25
Category:
News
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, members of the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department were treated to a, not firehouse franks and beans, but a gourmet feast of expertly prepared venison with all the fixings on Thursday, November 17. All the fixings included roasted asparagus, potatoes, home-made...
No decision yet on Ballard’s
Renee Meyer
Fri, Nov 25
Category:
News
The Town Council, acting as the Board of License Commissioners, once again, declined to rule on the renewal of Shoreham Inc., doing business as Ballard’s Inn, liquor and outdoor entertainment licenses on Tuesday. All of the other liquor and entertainment licenses in town (except for the minor delay...
Our cover this week
Fri, Nov 25
Category:
News
Self-proclaimed elves Jamie Johnston, Jordan Ryan, and Patrick Evans constructed the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree on Saturday, despite warnings that the tree might not go up until the day after Thanksgiving. And they got it up in record time! This will be the 12th year of the creation that has become...
B. I. Community Sailing has a season of growth
Henry duPont
Fri, Nov 25
Category:
News
Block Island Community Sailing, Block Island’s nonprofit adult and family sailing organization, has had a season of growth with increased membership, additional sailing staff, and accreditation as a U.S. Sailing advanced sailing school. This distinction is the result of our instructors passing the...
“Try bringing the old swimming hole up to date:”
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Nov 25
Category:
News
Earlier this month I visited the campus of Harvard University to see archival file folders located in the basement of the Frances Loeb Library at the renowned Harvard Graduate School of Design. For nearly 70 years modernistic architectural design plans for high-rise hotels and casinos have been...
Where to Eat
Renee Meyer
Wed, Nov 23
Category:
News
Whether you’re just off the boat or simply want to take a break from strolling, there’s plenty of food available when you visit Block Island for the Annual Holiday Shopping Stroll. It’s not easy to just open up a restaurant for three days a month or so after having closed for the season, but these...
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