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Lighthouse lens relighting rescheduled
Wed, Oct 16
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Southeast Lighthouse Foundation Director Lisa Nolan:
Due to adverse weather conditions expected for tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 17, the US Coast Guard Aids-to Navigation Team from Bristol, R.I. has rescheduled the relight of Southeast Light's historic Fresnel...
Storm heading toward the island
Wed, Oct 16
Category:
News
The following message was issued by Block Island Power Co. President Jeffery Wright:
We are in for a wild evening tonight and we expect some scattered power outages will occur. This storm is a mix of a nor'easter and a summer thunderstorm so we can expect the following... Winds: East...
Fast ferry dockage application called deficient
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Oct 15
Category:
News
The application for creating dockage for Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s proposed seasonal high-speed ferry service from Quonset Pt. to Block Island has been sent back “deficient.” That’s according to Laura Dwyer, spokesperson for the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, who said, “ The...
Police officers file suit against the town
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
Five members of the New Shoreham Police Department have filed suit against a wide variety of town officials and board members claiming that the will of the late Violette Connolly that stipulated property she left to the town be used to “provide year-round rental housing to Block Island police...
Cables at beach being surveyed, again
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
National Grid and Deepwater Wind/Ørsted continue to collect information that will be used to design the reinstallation of sections of the electric transmission cables that became exposed in the surf zone at the Fred Benson Town Beach. As part of that effort, simultaneous benthic surveys of both...
Council receives updates on a variety of island issues
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council received reports and requests from some of its advisory boards, commissions and committees at its work session on Oct. 2. Some topics discussed during the two-hour discussion were fortifying a section of Crescent Beach, the restoration of Nicholas Ball Park, affordable...
Charter Review Commission goes to work
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The Charter Review Commission has rolled up its sleeves and begun work on advising the New Shoreham Town Council regarding potential amendments to the town’s Home Rule Charter. The Charter is the governing document for the Town of New Shoreham, and includes articles and provisions for the town’s...
Comedy Night at Yellow Kittens
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens on Sunday, Oct. 13. Hosted by former year-round resident Ben Smith, this show is headlined by the hilarious Brendan Eyre. Eyre has been featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Adam Devine's House Party on Comedy Central, and named one of the new faces of...
Personal Essay: Seeking partnerships to protect the environment
By
André Boudreau
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
On Friday, Oct. 4, Ed Roberge and I attended the R.I. Energy, Environment & Oceans Leaders Day at the R.I. Convention Center. The event is an opportunity to gather together Rhode Island’s leading experts from the scientific community, environmental advocacy groups, state and local leaders, and...
BIHS by-laws: A Review
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The activities of the Block Island Health Services Board of Directors and questions of its transparency have been the subject of public debate and in letters to the editor at
The Block Island Time
for some time. A recent letter asked the newspaper to review the by-laws that govern the...
BIMI: Bringing marine life to shore
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
This past August, the members of the Block Island Maritime Institute installed a 1,000 gallon aquarium with a huge window that allows visitors to see the marine life that is usually hidden beneath the surf. The tank is stocked with scup, mature bluefish, black sea bass, fluke, a striper, adult...
Duck season opens on Block Island
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has announced the start of duck hunting season. The season opens on Columbus Day weekend, Friday, Oct. 11 through Oct. 14, and also open on the weekends of Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, 2019, and then open again on Dec. 7, 2019 through Jan. 26, 2020. According...
Relighting the Light
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation:
After restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse tower, the lens at the lighthouse will be relit during the day on Thursday, Oct. 17. Later that same day, the community is invited to gather at 5 p.m. to celebrate the newly...
Weather video
Storm batters Old Harbor
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 10
Category:
News
(WEATHER VIDEO) Gale force, gusting winds and high surf conditions battered Old Harbor on Thursday, October 10.
The Block Island Times
found it challenging holding the camera steady while capturing this video. Temperatures were in the mid 50s with a steady 30 mile-per-hour wind and gusts...
Weather video
Incoming storm impacting Block Island
By
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Oct 9
Category:
News
(WEATHER VIDEO) The wind was gusting up to 25 miles-per-hour out of the north-northeast and temperatures were in the mid 50s on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as
The Block Island Times
captured this video taken from Corn Neck Road. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the...
Chef tasting and wine dinner
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
Atlantic Inn executive chef Denny Gomes is ending the 2019 season with a Chef’s Tasting and Wine Pairing event on Friday, Oct. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. Chef Gomes will be featuring a multi-course menu, starting with a soup course, pumpkin bisque, a warm squash salad, followed by a choice of two...
New Shoreham police officers file suit against town
By
Lars Trodson
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
UPDATE: The law office of Indeglia & Associates informed
The Block Island Times on Tuesday, Oct. 8
that the motion to issue a temporary restraining order against the defendants has been continued until Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Washington County Superior Court. See details...
Block Island tests negative for EEE again
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Oct 8
Category:
News
Block Island has tested negative for the deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE once again. Town Manager Ed Roberge informed the Town Council at its meeting Monday night that testing conducted during the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 came back negative. He also noted that officials were hoping for a “killing...
Ratepayers say yes to “peak shaving”
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
In “resounding” fashion, the Block Island Utility District’s account holders approved the concept of “peak shaving,” whereby the utility could operate its diesel generators for up to 53 hours per year as a cost-saving measure. The referendum is nonbinding, but the Utility District’s commissioners...
Land Trust seeking participation in poll
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Every five years the Block Island Land Trust conducts a comprehensive poll of Block Island’s residents regarding a variety of topics related to the island. As Land Trust Chair Barbara MacMullan explains it, the poll is a combination of land or environmental questions, as well as topical questions...
Lyme research targeting mice and birds
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Researchers from Columbia University have been catching mice and birds on Block Island to inform a research study focused on the impact of ecology on Lyme disease. The researchers have taken blood samples from the animals to study the strains of the bacteria. The hope, as it has been for many years...
Marketing the island as a year-round destination
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Th e goal of both the state and local marketing efforts on behalf of Block Island is not to increase the number of visitors to the island, but rather to get them to stay here longer. “Heads in beds,” is how Block Island Tourism Director Jessica Willi put it. In other words, people who stay over for...
BIPCo files its rate case
By
Renee Meyer
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
O n Sept. 30 the Block Island Utility District submitted its new rate case to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. If accepted, it will be the first time since 2008 that Block Island ratepayers will see a change in the overall rate structure. The RIPUC will have up to nine months to...
Board member becomes climate change advocate
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
“ I’m arguing that the impact is happening now. That time is of the essence. And, although I feel it is almost insurmountable to reverse its impact, I choose not to focus on that. I choose to focus on how I can affect change.” Island resident Socha Cohen made those remarks during an interview with...
First phase of lighthouse restoration complete
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
K eith Lescarbeau was literally pointing to the tiniest of details that made the restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse so satisfying to his team, which has been working on the project for the past year. Lescarbeau, who owns Abcore Restoration out of Narragansett, was describing the difference...
Go see a game
Girls volleyball rocks
Thu, Oct 3
Category:
News
Motorist precautions for deer activity
Wed, Oct 2
Category:
News
The following information was sent to
The Block Island Times
by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management regarding motorist precautions for deer activity:
Motorists should be alert for deer crossing roadways, particularly at dawn and dusk. With shorter daylight...
Great White Sharks detected in R.I. waters
By
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Oct 2
Category:
News
The Atlantic Shark Institute is reporting that its newly deployed audio equipment detected the presence of two great white sharks in Rhode Island Waters this summer. The sharks were detected in two different locations near Block Island in July. The Wakefield-based organization, in partnership with...
Recreation Dept. seeks coaches for teams
By
By Lars Trodson
Fri, Sep 27
Category:
News
Near the end of the most recent Recreation Board meeting, member Colleen Ernst told the story of how a personal friend, who had also been her coach and mentor, had died just the day before. Her reason for telling the story was to make a plea for island residents to volunteer as coaches for the many...
Conservation groups wrestle with subdivision regulations
By
By Renée Meyer
Fri, Sep 27
Category:
News
Proposed changes by the Planning Board to the definition of developable land has caused the three major conservation groups on Block Island to have something akin to an existential crisis. Those three groups are the Block Island Land Trust, the Block Island Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy...
Remedy for school oil spill is expensive and necessary
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
There was both good news and bad news about the Block Island School building at the New Shoreham School Committee’s Sept. 16 meeting. The good news: The committee unanimously awarded the contract for the long-planned façade renovation to Pariseault Builders, the low bidder. No asbestos was found in...
During the summer only
Citing costs, Sewer Dept. looks into a return to generator use
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
Sewer Company Supt. Dylan Chase informed the members of the Sewer Commission that he is thinking of undertaking a study to see how much it would cost the department to get off the power grid during July and August and return to using its two diesel generators for those two peak-use months. The...
Islanders walk to end Alzheimer’s
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
With their colorful pinwheels held aloft, more than 70 Block Island residents took part in the first-ever Block Island Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease, a fundraising event they hope will lead to medical breakthroughs that will cure the illness. Each pinwheel represented what is called a “promise...
Communicating the old fashioned way
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
A boy on Block Island has become friends with a boy living on the mainland in an unusual way: by finding a message in a bottle. Resident Shannon Cotter-Marsella said her son, Eli, found a message in a bottle sent by Gavin McGreevy, who lives with his family in Mattituck, New York. The boys, who are...
American Legion exploring building expansion
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 26
Category:
News
Block Island’s American Legion members, part of Post number 36, are exploring expansion of their single-story wood frame building to include a second-story caretaker apartment. The group is also seeking to construct a restaurant, and bar within the building’s first floor footprint to serve food and...
Town voting in favor of “peak shaving” referendum
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council voted (3-1) to instruct town Facilities Manager Sam Bird to cast the town’s vote in favor of the Block Island Utility District’s ballot referendum. By casting the vote, Bird is acting as the official designated voter to represent the town. The Town Council also voted...
Block Island tests negative for EEE in latest round
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
The following information was released by New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m.:
- Spraying on mainland scheduled to resume on Wednesday, 9/25 - No Block Island spraying scheduled to date - No new cases of EEE in RI - No new positive test results from...
Cherry Hill Lane project attracts interest
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There was excitement in the air as 30 people signed in at Town Hall on Tuesday evening with the hope of becoming applicants for one of five single-family homes being sold by the Block Island Housing Board. The modular homes, two with two-bedrooms priced at $250,000, and three three-bedroom homes...
Two boards, two definitions of developable land
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Because the Town Council and the Planning Board have two conflicting opinions on what constitutes developable land on Block Island, a public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. at Town Hall. Due to a vote by the Town Council last January, conservation easements...
Ryans honored as Island Treasures
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Longtime island residents Bonny and Gary Ryan were honored as Island Treasures this year at the Block Island Residents Association annual meeting on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Ryans were clearly moved as they accepted the plaque from BIRA Treasurer Donna Corey, who made the announcement of the honor...
Land Trust conserves another parcel
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There was no big announcement, just the statement at the monthly meeting of the Block Island Land Trust by Treasurer Wendy Crawford, that among the expenses for the month of August was $820,000 for the acquisition of Plat 16, Lot 61 from Joseph Sprague. The purchase took place on August 28, and as...
Shellfish Commission considers fall GSP reseeding
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Seeding the Great Salt Pond with hard shell clams is normally a spring event, but the Shellfish Commission is considering making it a fall event as well. The clams used to seed the pond in the spring are of harvestable size, but obtaining them can sometimes be a challenge. There are several...
Highways Dept. now included in high speed network
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
There is now another town anchor institution included in the high speed broadband network: the town Highways Department located on Ocean Avenue. And like some of the other facilities in the network, the new internet speeds are proving that the old equipment the department is using is inadequate to...
A moment in time
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
Text and photos by Lars Trodson
It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining, bouncing brightly off the calm waters of the Great Salt Pond. Just a little way off-shore, three Colgate 26s are sitting idly in the sun. It’s before noon on a Sunday, and the Block Island Club is empty. A...
Artist’s collaborative seeking home
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
A group of art enthusiasts are seeking an island property to serve as their home base for an artist collaborative organization they are developing. The endeavor, called the “On-Island Collaborative,” is being spearheaded by Ben Martin, John Warfel, and Sue Black, along with members of the local...
The Parish Center turns 40
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 19
Category:
News
“It’s a good story,” said Father Robert Randall, and indeed it is. This is the story of how the St. Andrew Parish Center, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 22, came to life. “The first thing you should know is that no one thought it could be done and no reasonable man...
EEE reported on Block Island
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Sep 13
Category:
News
A positive test for eastern equine encephalitis has been reported on Block Island. The deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE has been reported in various locales around the State of Rhode Island and in neighboring Massachusetts A 50-year old West Warwick man died from the virus on Sunday. Bill McCombe,...
Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows
Fri, Sep 13
Category:
News
Town of New Shoreham PO BOX 220, Block Island RI 02807 Invitation to Bid for Library Replacement Windows The Town of New Shoreham is seeking bids to furnish and install replacement windows at the Island Free Library. The scope of work includes the following: Removal of eight (8) fixed light windows...
Blood Drives honored
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
Pastor Peter Preiser, at left, along with Pat Tengwall, second from right, and Peter Greenman, Director of the Block Island Blood Drive, accept a proclamation signed by Gov. Gina Raimondo from Rennie Maurice-Simmons of the R.I. Blood Center for 40 years of Blood Drives on Block Island. Courtesy...
Langevin: Key to election stability is education
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Sep 12
Category:
News
During a recent visit to Block Island, Congressman Jim Langevin said that a better educated population will be the true savior of the republic and its election processes. After the attempts to meddle in the 2016 elections by various nations, primarily Russia, Langevin said the country was “better...
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