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Land Trust and partners go outside
Renee Meyer
Sat, Oct 15
Category:
News
Once a year there is an outdoor meeting at the Hodge Preserve on Corn Neck Road. Actually, there are two meetings – the first one is for the Hodge Committee, and the second one is for the Block Island Land Trust. This year, just as last year, it was a beautiful, warm October day and the attendees...
R.I. Supreme Court denies an expansion for Champlin’s Marina
Renee Meyer
Fri, Oct 14
Category:
News
What may have been the longest-running saga in Block Island’s history, the challenge to Champlin’s Realty Associates’ attempt to expand its marina into the Great Salt Pond, has finally, after almost two decades, come to a final conclusion. The Rhode Island Supreme Court’s October 14 decision...
Candidates Forum set for October 30, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Sun, Oct 9
Category:
News
The Block Island Residents Association and
The Block Island Times
will be hosting another “Candidates Forum” on Sunday, October 30 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. (Location still to be determined.) This will be an important opportunity for candidates (those on the ballot, as well as write-in...
Enabling more year-round housing
Sun, Oct 9
Category:
News
The Town Council will hold a public hearing on October 19 on changes proposed by the Planning Board to sections of the Zoning Ordinances governing accessory apartments. Included are sections 202 of Article 2 (definitions), section 405 of Article 4 on affordable housing, and section 513 of Article 5...
“We’re off and running”
Renee Meyer
Sun, Oct 9
Category:
News
“A good thing about a rainy day is one has time to read things like this,” said Town Council member Keith Stover. He was speaking about a 58-page contract with Crocker Communications, the Internet Service Provider for Block Island’s municipal broadband project. The document is an important and...
Comedy Night at Yellow Kittens
Sun, Oct 9
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with headliner Ahmed Bharoocha on Sunday, October 9. Originally from Rhode Island and a University of Rhode Island graduate, Ahmed Bharoocha is a stand-up comedian and actor based in Los Angeles. Bharoocha has been featured on “Conan,” Comedy Central, and “The...
Book talk at BIMI October 12 “The Old Man: A Block Island Sea Captain and the Woman He Loved”
Sun, Oct 9
Category:
News
The Block Island Maritime Institute is hosting a book talk by Keith A. Lewis on Wednesday, October 12, at 5 p.m. on “The Old Man: A Block Island Sea Captain and the Woman He Loved,” (Volume One). This is the first in a series about Rob Lewis and his wife Alyce - a young couple living within the...
The end of an era
Bethany’s Airport Diner closes after almost 30 years
Chris Crawford
Fri, Oct 7
Category:
News
What came first on Block Island, the chicken or the egg? Or did Bethany’s Airport Diner spawn them both? At an average of over three dozen eggs per busy weekend day, after 29 years in operation, Bethany’s Airport Diner has fried, scrambled, boiled, mixed with pancake mix and French toast batter,...
John Hapgood and America’s ‘Ghost Army’
Dr. Benjamin Hruska Collections Administrator of the Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Oct 7
Category:
News
How does one sum up the core contributions of someone’s limited time on this small planet? While the answers are as diverse as those who seek to give the response, as a historian, my mind centers on the tool of the biography. A biography could come in many forms, including the notion of thousands...
Long-term projects and planning at the library
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 30
Category:
News
Construction has resumed at the Island Free Library on the multi-part window and shingle replacement project that started last year. The project is largely funded by a grant from the Champlin Foundation. Library Director Kristin Baumann told the Library Board of Trustees that lots of work had been...
Town Council faces housing dilemma
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 30
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council reviewed but took no action on a lease agreement with former town employee Marc Tillson for the manager’s apartment at the Coast Guard Station. Tillson, who retired a couple of years ago as building official, as well as zoning official, among other positions, has...
Before “Farm to fork:”
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska Collections Administrator Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Sep 30
Category:
News
The farms and ranches of the United States experienced nothing short of a revolution during the decade of the 1950s. Mechanization, stemming from advances developed in World War II, including mass production, yielded a range of machinery including advanced tractors, combines and hay bailers. This...
“Flickering (((light”
Fri, Sep 30
Category:
News
Multimedia artist Joshua Maldonado works with oil paint, wax medium, and spliced audio and video recordings in his latest work that will be on display at the Spring Street Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on October 1. Equal parts abstract and impressionistic, “flickering (((light” is focused on the...
Rhode Island CRMC issues violations notice to Ballard’s
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 29
Category:
News
Following on the heels of the incidents that fell on Victory Day in August, with the throngs of concertgoers packed onto Ballard’s Beach and the ensuing fights at Ballard’s and on the Block Island Ferry in the evening, residents and officials on Block Island started asking questions about just how...
Crossing a line
Renee Meyer
Mon, Sep 26
Category:
News
Christopher Warfel, of Entech Engineering, a solar installation firm, is a regular presence at Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners meetings. And he is usually critical of the board, mainly because he doesn’t like their policies concerning customer-generated power, especially the...
Historic Commission green lights five new projects
Renee Meyer
Mon, Sep 26
Category:
News
It wasn’t quite a slam dunk for Keisha and Dwayne Brown at their first appearance before the Historic District Commission on Monday, Sept. 19, but by the end, they got what they needed. The Browns wish to build an accessory structure in the back of their property behind the main house on Chapel...
Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire
Mon, Sep 26
Category:
News
American women won the vote in 1920, following a 72-year battle against - not just male - but female Anti-Suffragists. After a struggle nearly as epic - with-Covid - the Friends of the Island Free Library can finally announce a live presentation of “Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage...
Block Island’s Walk for Alzheimer’s raises almost $85,000 to fight the disease
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 23
Category:
News
The fourth annual Walk for Alzheimer’s on Block Island was held on Sunday, September 18 in honor of long-time Block Island resident Peter Greenman. Greenman, who passed away last year, was the initial organizer for the Block Island walks, which held special meaning for him as his beloved wife Sandy...
Birth of the Block Island Soundtrack: 1950 and the Opening of the Block Island State Airport
Dr. Benjamin Hruska Collections Administrator of the B.I. Historical Society
Fri, Sep 23
Category:
News
I was seven when I first saw the ocean. It was 1982, and growing up in western Iowa, the smell at Point Judith surprised me more than the vista of the open ocean. This was to be a day of firsts and other surprises. My first ferry ride ever, on the Quonset, I learned that an orange soda and a hot...
Scout completes Eagle Scout project on Block Island for TNC
Fri, Sep 23
Category:
News
On August 27, 2022, Barrington Life Scout Jacob Dickstein, 15, led the Scouts of Troop 55 Riverside by car, ferry, and bike to complete his Eagle Scout Service Project, building three pedestrian bridges for The Nature Conservancy at Clay Head Trail on Block Island. Jacob, who is the Senior Patrol...
Catch some soccer or volleyball home games this weekend
Chris Crawford
Fri, Sep 23
Category:
News
After a years-long drought brought on by the Covid pandemic, the Block Island Hurricanes have “re-fielded” a high school soccer team under new head coach and B.I. School graduate Danii Pineda. After an initial loss at Providence Country Day, which had some 25 players on a hot summer afternoon...
Megan Epler Wood on sustainable tourism
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 23
Category:
News
There were no great reveals on Friday during a presentation by Megan Epler Wood on the recent study “Block Island and the Invisible Burden of Tourism.” If anyone was expecting to be told something they didn’t already know, they might have been disappointed. So, it’s important to bear in mind that...
Policing the pond
Renee Meyer
Sat, Sep 17
Category:
News
The Harbors Department may have moved its office from New Harbor back to Town Hall, but they’re still keeping their eyes on the pond and shellfish wardens will continue to patrol the shores. One warden, Bill Johnson, attended the Shellfish Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13 and delivered,...
Too many cars and nowhere to put them
Renee Meyer
Sat, Sep 17
Category:
News
At one point an exasperated Martha Ball said, “This is just a feel-good venting thing,” of the Town Council’s work session on September 7. The subject was parking and congestion, particularly in the downtown area and despite Councilor Ball’s frustration, the meeting generated a few useful and novel...
Presentation on Tourism Improvement Districts for annual Tourism Council meeting
Renee Meyer
Sat, Sep 17
Category:
News
The Tourism Council spent some time on Tuesday planning for its annual meeting and members very much hope that the business community shows up. The event is being planned for October 5, with a brief business meeting at 4:30 p.m. and a speaker starting at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the...
Anybody know?
Peter Voskamp
Sat, Sep 17
Category:
News
A few weeks ago,
The Block Island Times
asked its readers for help identifying a thick, rusty metal cable that, over the decades, occasionally re-emerges from the sand near the entrance to the beach at Dorry’s Cove. (See accompanying photo.) We ended up hearing from a number of readers...
A summer’s day in 1966: The death of Block Island’s Queen
Dr. Benjamin J. Hruska, Collections Administrator, Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Sep 16
Category:
News
As Great Britain pays tribute to the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, I thought it would be fitting to mark the death of Block Island’s Queen in 1966, the Ocean View Hotel. She was located above the cliffs overlooking Old Harbor. In her prime she entertained guests that included U.S...
45th Annual Run Around the Block
Fri, Sep 16
Category:
News
The Block Island Lions Club held its 45th Annual Run Around the Block 15k Road Race last Saturday after a two-year break due to Covid. This year’s race followed a slightly different course, leaving from Isaac’s Corner at the junction of Center and Cooneymus Roads before going around the west side...
International Coastal Cleanup Block Island style
Kim Gaffett
Fri, Sep 16
Category:
News
After a two-year hiatus, Barbara MacMullan, chair of the Block Island Land Trust and Kim Gaffett of The Nature Conservancy are coordinating a beach cleanup for September 18 as part of Save The Bay’s annual statewide participation in the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC)...
And we have a winner!
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 16
Category:
News
It all started around noon on Tuesday when The Block Island Times received an alert from the Rhode Island Lottery Commission. Someone had purchased a winning ticket - $50,000, not the whole jackpot - at the Block Island Grocery for the Powerball drawing on Saturday, September 10, but the ticket...
The Essence of Block Island in Oil Paint
Fri, Sep 16
Category:
News
The historic Spring Street Gallery will showcase scenes of Block Island and other work by guest artist Joel Mitnick. The exhibit, on display from Sept. 17 to Sept. 30, will feature landscape, still life, and portraiture, all oil on canvas. Meet the artist at the opening reception, Saturday, Sept 17...
Check your pockets - $50,000 Powerball® ticket sold on Block Island
Tue, Sep 13
Category:
News
A Rhode Island Lottery Powerball® ticket won $50,000 in this past Saturday’s draw, September 10, 2022. Block Island Grocery at 242 Ocean Ave., New Shoreham, sold the winning ticket. It matched four numbers and the Powerball® number. Had the winner purchased the Power Play® feature, the prize would...
Back to business for the Town Council
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
There’s no resting when it comes to governing the Town of New Shoreham. The Town Council got right back to work after the holiday weekend with meetings on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday’s meeting, stretching for three hours, saw the councilors attacking a lengthy agenda that included a myriad...
Back to school – in Jamaica
Chris Crawford
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
If you are an islander, you have no doubt come in direct contact with Janice Jackson, cashier at the Block Island Grocery. But the chances are you didn’t know she just finished her last year at the University of Technology in Jamaica, an 11,000-student mecca for college students from throughout the...
Housing Board gets help from upstate
Renee Meyer
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
As the town struggles with a need for more affordable and “attainable” housing, the Block Island Housing Board got a much-needed boost from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank last month. New Shoreham is one of four Rhode Island towns to receive Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program funds. Block...
CGSP Annual meeting to be held this Saturday
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
Committee for the Great Salt Pond Annual Meeting, Saturday, September 10, 2022 at The Narragansett Inn, 4 p.m. Please join us at our annual meeting Saturday at the Narragansett Inn at 4 p.m. We will have a very short business meeting followed by a presentation on sea level rise by the New Shoreham...
Save The Bay introduces new aquarium to Block Island audience
Katy Dorchies Nutini
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
During an August 30 presentation hosted by and at the Block Island Maritime Institute, Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone unveiled the latest details regarding Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium in Newport to a Block Island audience. The new aquarium, which will build upon the...
Weldon H. Dodge and the island’s first bulldozer
Ben Hruska, Collections Administrator at the Block Island Historical Society
Fri, Sep 9
Category:
News
Edith Blane in a recent interview for the podcast “Two Guys on Block Island,” recalled the sense of wonder and excitement on Block Island when the first bulldozer arrived. This event took place in the wake of World War II. It was owned by Weldon Dodge, who along with his brother Jack, operated a...
Finn’s gets go ahead from HDC on minor renovations
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
The Historical District Commission’s meeting on Monday, August 29 gave a hint about some of the building projects that will be happening over the winter on Block Island. The commission stopped just short of giving a final go-ahead to 54 Dodge Street Op. Co. LLC for its planned renovations and an...
B.I. Utility District celebrates a successful year
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
Perhaps not the swankiest thing to do on a hot summer Saturday afternoon but with the enticement of ice cream, swag, and a talk by Nobel Prize winner Michael Oppenheimer, the Block Island Utility District’s Annual meeting on Saturday was well attended, with every seat under the tent occupied. The...
2022 Block Island Film Festival
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
The 2022 Block Island Film Festival is being held from Sept. 7 to 10 at the Block Island Maritime Institute in tribute to legendary “Island Nurse” Mary Donnelly. Donnelly, who was a stalwart at Block Island’s Medical Center and philanthropist with her Mary D Fund, recently passed away. Her daughter...
Paul Laurence Dunbar “Beyond The Mask” at IFL Sept. 10
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
On Saturday, September 10, at 1 p.m., the Island Free Library will present “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask,” a feature-length documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American poet and writer to gain international fame. The filmmaker, Frederick Lewis, a professor at Ohio...
Spreading joy – a young man’s journey
Chris Crawford
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
Did you ever meet someone that you wish you had known for a long time? Just one of those giant personalities that resonates warmth, a deep, rich belly laugh with a smile that CREST would be proud to feature in any advertisement. And a life story that defies the odds. Tyrone Augustus works at the...
And that’s a wrap
Chris Crawford
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
The Recreation Department’s co-ed soccer and softball seasons, under the direction of Dave Sniffen, came to a close on equally-perfect evenings at Heinz Field with large contingents of engaged fans lining all the fields. It would be hard to find a summer that delivered more perfect nights for...
Beth Rowe to exhibit at Spring Street Gallery
Fri, Sep 2
Category:
News
Beth Rowe, longtime resident of Southwest Point, will return to Block Island to visit old friends and show her paintings and drawings at The Spring Street Gallery. The selected works, created between 2016 and 2022 are part of a series titled “Turbulence.” The opening reception will be on Saturday,...
Ballard’s gets stay of suspension from DBR
Renee Meyer
Sun, Aug 28
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham’s show cause hearing for Ballard’s Beach Resorts may have been all for naught. The six-hour hearing on Monday, August 22, resulted in the Town Council, acting in its capacity as the Board of License Commissioners, unanimously approving a two-week liquor and outdoor...
Whitehouse makes whirlwind tour of island
Renee Meyer
Sun, Aug 28
Category:
News
Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse spent the better part of the day on Block Island on Tuesday, August 23. With a full itinerary, he started out at Town Hall meeting with the Town Council, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and Finance Director Amy Land. From there he and his staff did a...
Annenberg Update from the Historical Society, images from 1954 Hurricane Carol
Ben Hruska, Collections Administrator
Sun, Aug 28
Category:
News
A quick update for the month of August on the Historical Society’s digitalization campaign funded by the Annenberg Foundation. We have just successfully crossed over 2,000 entries related to the history of Block Island. This includes an amazing collection of photographs donated from the estate of...
There’s a new name for the Senior Café
Renee Meyer
Sun, Aug 28
Category:
News
The Senior Advisory Committee is excited about its newest endeavor, the Senior Café, although it is changing the name to Connection Café in the hopes it will attract more people. The café, located at the Community Center is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. At the committee’s...
Council hears concerns about mopeds
Sun, Aug 28
Category:
News
“The goal of this meeting is to listen,” said Second Warden Sven Risom at the beginning of a special meeting of the Town Council on August 17 on the subject of mopeds. The meeting came at the request of members of the public that have been asking for moped reforms to be made for years and who had...
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