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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...
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...
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...
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 phone policy at high school
Sofia Williams
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Towards the end of August, a letter to parents and students in grades eight through 12 was sent out regarding the new phone policy. The letter states, “Unauthorized cell phone use has been a spark of conflict in the past between some students and teachers...Because of this, we will collect phones...
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...
Rec department explores lifeguard training
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Recreation Director Dave Sniffen gave his end-of-season report to the Recreation Board, and discussed the staffing difficulties he had over the summer. “It was a tough year for staffing all the way around,” Sniffen told the board. He said he had started the season with seven lifeguards. “We lost...
Mary D. honored by Diocese
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Mary Donnelly of Block Island was recognized by the Diocese of Providence with the Lumen Gentium Award in Community Service and Charitable Outreach. It’s a fitting award, given Donnelly’s over half-century of medical service to the people of Block Island, and the enormity of the charitable outreach...
HDC approves Surfside’s new design
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
The Historic District Commission voted unanimously on Monday to approve siting and massing for the renovation project at the Surfside building. It has been a long process to get to this point, with the HDC sending the applicants packing at previous meetings. “This is an extraordinary improvement...
Beisel on training for her Block Island swim
Chris Crawford
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
“Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.” —A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755).
Well those hardy Scots were sure on to something, and out of their early find was eventually born the Quaker Oats Company...
Sertex making slow but steady progress
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Sertex has quietly been operating on Block Island all summer long, but will soon be gearing up for a post-summer burst of activity installing broadband on Block Island. Block Island will be the first community in Rhode Island to install a municipal broadband network, but Sertex has installed...
Elizabeth Beisel makes history as first woman to successfully swim to Block Island
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 30
Category:
News
Elizabeth Beisel has been the darling of Rhode Island since she was 14 when she became the youngest member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team. And she’s been wowing us ever since with three Olympic appearances and two medals. On Saturday, Sept. 25, Beisel, now 29, made history again by becoming the...
BI School Committee makes history
Tony Pappas
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
At the Monday, Sept. 20 meeting of the School Committee, its five members voted unanimously to accept the donation of an electric bus. And so Block Island became the first community in Rhode Island to commit to acquiring an electric bus. The bus, to all appearances, is a standard-sized school bus,...
Reminder: Utility District election deadline is September 30
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Ballots are due back at the Block Island Power Company by 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30 for the election of three members of the Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners. There are six people running for the three seats on the five-member board. Three are incumbents: Barbara MacMullan,...
Off Soundings Club race
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
The Off Soundings Club held its 83rd annual fall regatta off the shores of Block Island last weekend. It started off cloudy on Saturday but as the boats sailed by the east side the skies cleared.
Last Chance for ice cream!
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
The Mary D. Fund is teaming up with the Block Island Rescue Squad and The Ice Cream Place to “provide a sweet treat to anyone getting vaccinated on Block Island,” says Marguerite Donnelly. Tracy Fredericks of the Rescue Squad will offer a gift certificate to those receiving the vaccine at the...
Segan and Paolicchi wed
Sascha Segan
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Alan Segan married Juliann Paolicchi on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at the Block Island Beach House, culminating a nearly 50-year-long love affair with the island. The ceremony was jointly performed by Tony Pappas, formerly of the Harbor Church, and cantor Elliot Taubman. Aisha McAdams was the...
Josh Maldonado debuts at Spring Street Gallery
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Using several different mediums– double-exposed images, acrylic-on-canvas, inverted and projected video - psych\_i_/dyllic is the debut work by Joshua Maldonado. Based on the vast interconnected world of the Wood Wide Web, this collection represents the transient collaborative efforts of mycelium (...
Is there a plumber available?
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
What do you do when your water or sewer bill seems high? Most folks assume they have a leak somewhere, and call a plumber. That’s not so easy on Block Island these days. The Water and Sewer Commissions met for their monthly meeting on Monday, and had an interesting case before them. A longtime...
Block Island comes out for Pride weekend
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
The Block Island community opened its arms for Pride Weekend. Businesses hung rainbow flags and swags. Lengths of tulle decorated porch columns, stair rails, and telephone poles. Posters were made, and t-shirts were sold by island youth involved in the group Queer Block Island, which organized the...
Housing Board contemplates O’Brien property
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
The Block Island Housing Board is moving into the conceptual phase of planning and general development for its most recently acquired property. The O’Brien property is located on West Side Road, next to the E. Searles Ball Housing development and across the street from Ball O’Brien Park. The town...
Elizabeth Beisel swim to Block Island rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 25
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Three-time Olympian, silver medalist and 2016 Team USA Captain, Elizabeth Beisel is poised to make history when she swims from Matunuck Beach, Rhode Island, to Block Island in her Block Island Swim. When completed, she will be the first woman to swim the route successfully. The swim is scheduled to...
Doing the right thing
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Local resident Steve Wilk has been metal detecting on Block Island for years, exploring the beaches, coves, fields, and marshes. Sometimes he finds valuable things. Sometimes he finds cool things. This summer he found a cool
and
valuable thing hidden in the sand. Wilk was out early on the...
Summer’s over – time to look to the future
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
Land Trust member Corrie Heinz attended a Community Resilience Building Workshop held Sept. 16, as did clerk Heidi Tarbox, The Nature Conservancy Associate State Director Scott Comings, and Block Island Conservancy President Dorrie Napoleone. They and other members of the Block Island Land Trust...
Harbors in review
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
The Harbors Department is wrapping things up for the season and Harbormaster Kate McConville has made her end-of-season report to the Town Manager, the Harbors Committee, the Shellfish Commission, and the Committee for the Great Salt Pond. In short, the docks, marinas, harbors, and waterways were...
Water company turning off the tap?
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 23
Category:
News
It will become more difficult for new customers to tap into town water in the near future, as the Block Island Water Company struggles to keep up with demand. On Monday the Water Commission voted to take a more active role in the application process, reviewing each applicant for new water...
Around the island pursuit race results
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
On Sunday, Sept. 5, the Block Island Yacht Club hosted the eighth annual Around the Island Pursuit Race. This year 12 boats registered, with two from the mainland representing the Duck Island and Branford Yacht Clubs. The pursuit format differs from a typical race with each yacht’s scoring handicap...
Harvested deer numbers tick downward
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
Chair Sue Hagedorn began the September 7 meeting of the Deer Task Force by discussing Lyme and other tick-borne disease, calling it a “significant problem.” According to the report prepared by DTF member Terry Delaney, the Block Island Medical Center saw 50 cases of Lyme in June 2021, which “does...
QPR Suicide Prevention Training at IFL
Sofia Williams
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
“48,000 deaths annually are attributed to suicide,” Danielle Steward, employee at Washington County’s Health Equity Zone, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, stated. The QPR suicide prevention training on was held on Monday, September 13, at Island Free Library, on Block Island. QPR is a free, 75-minute...
Ticks, ticks, and more ticks
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
The Deer Task Force is charged with advising the Town Council on ways to dramatically reduce or eliminate deer on Block Island in order to reduce the incidence of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne disease. At the meeting on September 7, Chair Sue Hagedorn presented the DTF with a report she...
Council endorses Pride Weekend
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council voted unanimously on Monday night, September 13, to pass a resolution in support of Block Island LGBTQ+ Pride Weekend. The resolution described the island’s citizens’ denunciation of prejudice and praised the “cultural, civic, and economic contributions of the LGBTQ+...
Planning Board considers dormitory life
Stephen Hester
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Planning Board is looking at ways to accommodate a perennial need on the island: seasonal employee housing. One problem that the Planning Board is working on is the lack of clearly defined regulations for seasonal employee housing. Town Planner Allison Ring explained that since...
Overlook appraisal comes in low at $8,250,000
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
When the purchase of a portion of the Overlook property on the Great Salt Pond, owned by Steve Filippi, was approved by voters at the May 2021 Financial Town Meeting, it was with a couple of caveats. One was that the property be successfully subdivided into two lots; the other was that an appraisal...
Judge rules on Champlin’s mediation with CRMC
Renee Meyer
Thu, Sep 16
Category:
News
The long-awaited decision on the validity of the mediation between Champlin’s Marina and the R.I Coastal Resources Management Council was delivered Sept. 9, although there is still no resolution in the matter. Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Lanphear was tasked with determining whether that mediation...
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