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From a rotary phone to the internet: Guttierez retires after 36 years
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
Marsha Guttierez can tick off some incredible numbers: 12 superintendents, five guidance counselors, seven special education directors, eight principals, and uncountable number of boat rides to and from the island, and hundreds of students. Those are just some of the statistics that mark her more...
Voters approve $15 million town budget at FTM
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday night in the Block Island School’s cafeteria, Town Moderator Molly O’Neill tested the microphone at the dais to see if anyone could hear her. After some adjustments were made, O’Neill began rattling off the language imbued in the Town of New Shoreham’s warrant for the...
With funds scarce, Chamber looks for help
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
Having had a request to fund up to two independent employees to assist with tourist needs during the busy summer months turned down by the Town Council and the voters of New Shoreham, the Chamber of Commerce is looking to the Tourism Council for those funds. After voters at the Financial Town...
Visitor’s Center funding falls one vote short
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
With a show of hands during Monday’s Financial Town Meeting in the Block Island School’s cafeteria the town’s registered voters fell one vote short (30-31) of authorizing the Town of New Shoreham to allocate $20,000 for funding seasonal staff at the Visitor’s Center in Old Harbor. The Chamber of...
NAMI Wellness Weekend to focus on kids
By
Gloria Redlich
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
Members of the island’s local mental health task force — NAMI-BI — are putting the final touches on their third annual conference in observance of May as Mental Health Month. With the first two events centering respectively on the opioid crisis and depression, the focus this year is on the well-...
Senior projects demonstrate wide range of interests
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
What does it take to put together the electrical system of a motorcycle? For that matter, what does it take to put together an entire motorcycle? Do you know the difference between a barber and a hair stylist? What goes into making a sweet smelling perfume? These questions, and many more, were...
Council considering use of consent agenda
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council is exploring ways to make its meetings more efficient, which could include use of a consent agenda to better utilize the time of the councilors and the public. The topic was discussed at the Town Council’s May 7 meeting, when council members were considering possible...
Seniors seeking legislative clout
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
Almost everyone in the room had a story of having to care for an elderly parents or relative. Some of the stories were happy ones, others were not. But now the people telling the stories about their parents find themselves facing the same dilemma: who is going to care for them when they can no...
Pavilion celebrates 20 years
By
Kim Gaffett
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
It is time for the annual Earth Mothers’ Day and Pavilion Celebration. On Sunday, May 12, at 11:15 a.m., all are welcome to join a community gathering at the Ocean View Foundation Pavilion, off Water Street. This event will be the 20th annual Pavilion Celebration. And, as always, this will be an...
Local student soars like an eagle
Thu, May 9
Category:
News
An Eagle Scout Court of Honor is being held for Luke Brown this Saturday, May 11 at 1 p.m. at the Harbor Church. All are welcome. Left to right, Eagle Board of Review member Jonathan Berry, Eagle David Lewis, Eagle John Breunig, Eagle Luke Brown, Narragansett Council Commissioner Marcia Kenyon, and...
360 VIDEO
Journey to Mansion Beach
By
Cassius Shuman
Wed, May 8
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Journey down a sandy path to Mansion Beach on a beautiful summer-like May 8, courtesy of
The Block Island Times
. Temperatures were hovering in the high 50s with a gusting breeze. (Pause or click and drag the video around for different perspectives.) This video content is the...
Shellfish licenses renewal date
Mon, May 6
Category:
News
Sent in by the Harbors Department:
New resident shellfish licenses do not expire until after May 15. Anyone interested in renewing a license should come in to the Harbors Department office after May 15 . Shellfish licenses will be sold starting May 15, 2019, Monday through Friday, from 1...
Financial Town Meeting is Monday, May 6
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, May 3
Category:
News
There will be no big-ticket items on the docket for voters to ponder over at this year’s Financial Town Meeting. The last time that happened was in 2016, when there were no additional borrowing authorizations on the warrant. Last year voters approved the $2 million West Beach stabilization project...
Council supporting new hotel tax legislation
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, May 3
Category:
News
Rhode Island’s tourism districts are fighting for one singular formula for distributing hotel tax revenue in the state with newly introduced legislation. Per legislation that passed in the general assembly in 2015, the state’s Tourism Councils were excluded from collecting taxes from the hotel...
Golden Grove, locale of many memories, is condemned
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, May 3
Category:
News
The old structure known as Golden Grove, modest palace to a generation of Block Island memories, has been condemned. According to Building Official Marc Tillson, his decision to condemn the building has as much to do with the condition of the structure as it does with the kinds of activities that...
Cherry Hill Lane RFPs to be re-issued
By
Lars Trodson
Fri, May 3
Category:
News
With members of the Housing Board gathered to open construction bids for the proposed Cherry Hill Lane affordable housing subdivision, an unhappy board Chair Cindy Pappas had some unhappy news for those assembled: “Unfortunately, our agenda has changed,” Pappas said. “We have received some bids,...
(360 VIDEO) Journey down Champlin’s Marina
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Apr 30
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Take a walk on the Champlin's Marina dock in New Harbor on a sunny April 29, courtesy of
The Block Island Times
. Temperatures were in the low 50s with a slight breeze. (Pause or click and drag the video around for different perspectives.) This video content is the proprietary...
Passover: A reminder of hard-won freedoms
By
Gloria S. Redlich
Fri, Apr 26
Category:
News
Passover ends on Saturday evening, April 27.
Passover 2019 arrives this year just as the daffodils and forsythia burst into bloom and for many of us after a long collective winter of discontent. The ancient holiday observed by Jews across the globe began this year at sundown on April 19,...
New group to focus on micro-businesses
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
A new collaborative that hopes to bring artists and craftspeople together has quietly popped its head up in the past week. On Island Collaborative is offering the very first in what it hopes will eventually be a series of workshops offered in public spaces focusing on a variety of different crafts...
Grid to deploy buoys, again, and maybe again
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
There will be a field of buoys off the Town Beach this summer, and possibly next summer, as National Grid determines a plan for reinstalling a section of its exposed cable. An early estimate to reinstall the cable is about $10 million, but it is not known who would be footing the bill for the work...
Parking lot project underway
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
The plan of creating a berm flanked by old telephone poles to separate the south parking lot from Corn Neck Road at the Town Beach has been getting some poor reviews. Small piles of dirt contained within two rows of old poles did not sit well with passersby. One caller (out of several) to
The...
Downtown buildings undergo signage rebranding
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
Finn’s restaurant and the Harbor Grill in Old Harbor will be getting newly rebranded signage on their façades. Jessica Wronowski, in her second year as owner of Finn’s Restaurant, presented her application for signage at Monday’s Historic District Commission meeting. Wronowski, who also owns Dead...
Filippi: Bills have ’shot of moving forward’
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
State Rep. Blake Filippi said the two pieces of legislation the town is pursuing in the Rhode Island General Assembly “have a shot at moving forward.” Filippi, Republican House Minority Leader, made that comment while speaking with
The Block Island Times
on Wednesday, April 17. He was...
Harbors Committee keeping an eye on pump out fees
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
The Harbors Committee revisited the subject of charging marinas for pump-out services at its meeting on Thursday, April 18. The initial idea was to charge an annual fee based on the gallonage pumped from boats at each private marina — data the Harbors Department has. They have estimated that 40...
Southeast Light getting its facelift
By
Lisa Nolan
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
Restoration work at Block Island’s historic and iconic Southeast Lighthouse is moving ahead. Since last September, Abcore Restoration Co. Inc. of Narragansett, R.I. has been on-site carefully bracing the lighthouse tower, preserving and restoring original cast-iron components on the lighthouse...
First kelp harvested out of the GSP
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
The wind was picking up, so much so that it was moving Catherine Puckett’s small boat around, making it even more difficult to pull up the line that was heavily weighted down with long strands of kelp. But pull up the line she did, over and over and over, until exhaustion took over. In the end,...
Count on PrintSource for quality and price
By
Michael Schroeder
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
If you have an idea for a printed piece – small or large, simple or complex, a lot or just a few – the PrintSource Group can handle job. They will guide you through the design process to the finished piece, and are experts in getting into the right hands through mailings that will save money and...
Eco double feature
Thu, Apr 25
Category:
News
The following was submitted by The Nature Conservancy and the Island Free Library:
Island Free Library and The Nature Conservancy’s April Film & Soup offering will be featuring two short documentaries (30 minutes each): “Smog of the Sea” and “Straws.” Watch these short films about the...
Happy Earth Day 2019
Mon, Apr 22
Category:
News
The Block Island Times
wishes you a Happy Earth Day!
Offshore wind developer pledges $4.5 million for Rhode Island
By
Cassius Shuman
Mon, Apr 22
Category:
News
,
B.I. Wind Farm
The following press release was sent to
The Block Island Times
on Monday:
PROVIDENCE, RI
- Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that Ørsted US Offshore Wind and Eversource – the team behind the Revolution Wind project – have pledged $4.5 million to support offshore...
Clergy Corner
Thoughts for the Season
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
We are destined to be holy
Dear Believers in the Resurrection.
Alleluia
is our song! The biggest lie most Christians tell themselves is that they are not destined to be holy. Holiness is for some old person, or monk, or nun, but not for me. Among some ethnic groups, mothers are holy...
Cab owners apply some heat
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
There was some heckling. At a Motor Vehicles For Hire meeting. However boisterous the crowd may have been, the issue before those in attendance was serious: Changes to local taxicab ordinances and new regulations that could impose penalties up to something as serious as having one’s license revoked...
Town’s legislation facing challenges
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
Two pieces of state legislation the Town of New Shoreham is pushing in the Rhode Island General Assembly were heard on April 11 and are facing challenges. Both are currently being held for further study. One bill is on the economic requirements for affordable housing, and the other bill would give...
Block Island student releases first CD
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
Block Island School senior Luke “Mac” Brown isn’t just coasting toward graduation day. He’s already been accepted to college, and he’s finished his Senior Project. An extension of that project, however, is a new CD of original music that will be released on Friday, April 19. Brown, 18, started...
Locals express sadness for Notre Dame
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
The fire that raged through the 850 year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was a tragedy that touched people deeply all over the world. The stunning event played out in real time. Live images posted on social media and broadcast on news outlets captured the dramatic images of the fire toppling the...
Rec Dept. seeks details on possible arts program
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
In an effort to expand the programming offered by the Recreation Department, a group calling itself the Art Ark is hoping it will be able to sponsor several arts-based programs that the Recreation Department will help it promote. Island residents Kristen Kiley and Sue Brown Black said they hoped to...
Team effort propels Hurricanes to first win
Thu, Apr 18
Category:
News
On Friday, April 12, the Block Island School Varsity Baseball team visited Providence Country Day School and used a combined pitching effort and opportunistic offense to record a thrilling 8-6 victory. The Hurricanes jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead on consecutive hits by Mathias Heinz, Cole...
(360 VIDEO) Walk the Old Harbor Breakwater
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Apr 16
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Take a walk on the Old Harbor Breakwater on a windy, sunny April 16 day, courtesy of
The Block Island Times
. Temperatures were hovering around 50 degrees with winds gusting at about 19 miles per hour from the west. (Pause or click and drag the video around for different...
Tourism Director suggests legal action over comments
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
Tourism Council Director Jessica Willi recommended the Tourism Board take legal action for what Willi felt were slanderous statements made by the former President of the Block Island Chamber of Commerce about her and members of the Tourism Council. The suggestion came during the Director’s Report...
RIAC: Decision to defund airport project made by FAA
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
While expressing his satisfaction that a fixed base operator has returned to the Block Island Airport, a local pilot had turned his attention to another question: Why was a $4.3 million project to refurbish the parking ramp at the Block Island Airport defunded? In a series of emails sent on April 8...
School playground opens after oil spill
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
Block Island School Superintendent Mike Convery told
The Block Island Times
that the school’s playground area, impacted by a fuel oil spill, was given “a clean bill of health” by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management on April 8, after soil sampling was conducted at the...
Town seeking fill sources for revetment project
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham is short on capping material for its $1,995,000 West Beach stabilization project, leading the town to explore local resources. Town officials said the value of a local resource is that it’s far less expensive than having to buy and ship the material to the island. The West...
Kelp, crabs and clams — and docks
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
This should be the last winter that docks are stored at Rat Island, Harbormaster Steve Land told members of the Shellfish Commission on Tuesday, April 9. The docks belong to the Boat Basin and have been stored at Rat Island in the off-season for years. But, now that the Boat Basin is under new...
Coast Guard Station getting new well
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
The Coast Guard Station that sits near the channel to the Great Salt Pond is getting a new well to service its water supply needs. The station had been receiving water from a well at Champlin’s Marina through an old water line that is in disrepair and no longer functional. Facilities Manager Sam...
Fire Department acquires new vehicle
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
The Block Island Volunteer Fire Department has purchased a new vehicle that will be utilized for off-road emergencies on Block Island’s challenging terrains. The Fire Department took receipt of the $45,000 vehicle last week, which was purchased using the department’s reserve fund. “It is a Utility...
New bill will make more eligible for housing
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
In order to qualify for affordable housing in Rhode Island, a person must make less than 120 percent of the median income of the community in which they live. This sets a difficult standard for Block Island, which has a higher median income than other communities. In order to make housing...
Block Island tugboat stars in new movie
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
S ome nasty things are happening on Rick Batchelder’s tugboat. Fortunately, it’s all make-believe. Batchelder’s Korean War-era tug, the
Petersburg
— often seen docked in Old Harbor — was seen up at its other home in Kingston, New York by a scout from a movie crew looking for an impressive...
The Suit
By
Nancy Greenaway
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
April is National Poetry Month. It was introduced in 1996 and is organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.
The suit, hand-me-downed from her beloved teen-aged cousin Kathleen, hung in a back closet, ready for...
And the winner is...
Thu, Apr 11
Category:
News
The following was submitted by Block Island School art teacher Lisa Robb:
Everyone was feeling hot, hot, hot thanks to the tasty chili that was available for sampling at this year’s BIS ChiliFest Competition. With 16 different chilies to try, the competition was diverse and intense. But,...
Island resident continues genealogy project
Pick a Rose, find a Rose!
By
Fran Migliaccio
Fri, Apr 5
Category:
News
Genealogist Peter Greenman has again plunged into the history of a large Block Island family, and this time it is a founding family: the Roses, descended from Tormut Rose, one of the 16 original Block Island settlers of 1661. Only seven of the 16 settlers were landowners, and Tormut Rose was an...
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