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Our front page photo this week
Fri, Jun 10
Category:
News
For those lucky enough to see it, there was a whale swimming off Block Island on June 6. Photographer Malcolm Greenaway captured this pictured, called “Whale Swimming Off Water Street” from Mansion Beach.
Council appoints interim police chief
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jun 10
Category:
News
Town Manager Maryanne Crawford announced that Captain Peter Chabot of the Rhode Island State Police has been selected to serve as interim police chief on Block Island. The New Shoreham Town Council acted on his appointment at its meeting on Monday, June 6, affirming the decision 4 to 0. Councilor...
Your package is coming
Chris Crawford
Fri, Jun 10
Category:
News
A recent kerfuffle between Amazon.com and the United States Post Office had Block Islanders worried that their packages might not get delivered, but that is not the case. Amazon has contracts with UPS, FedEx and the Post Office for delivery to consumers and businesses nationally, along with their...
Water company turns on the tap ...sort of
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jun 10
Category:
News
The Block Island Joint Water and Sewer Commissions have been able to issue water allocations to two applicants that were denied previously due to lack of available capacity during the months of June and July. “I’ve thought about this a lot,” said Water Superintendent John Breunig. “My thoughts are...
B.I. Lions Club honors one of their own
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jun 10
Category:
News
The Block Island Lions Club invited the community to Ball O’Brien Park on Sunday with the promise of free food and a surprise announcement. As people slowly ambled their ways up the hill to the picnic pavilion, Lions Club members set out a lunch of hot-dogs and hamburgers with Rob Closter at the...
Utility District’s new net-metering policy explained
BIPCo President Jeffery Wright
Mon, Jun 6
Category:
News
In 2019, the Block Island Utility District (BIUD) reached the state-mandated three-percent cap on net metered projects and was forced to shut down the net metering program. Reaching the cap was accelerated by the creation of the Block Island Solar Initiative. They installed more than 20 systems on...
Utility District’s new net-metering policy explained
BIPCo President Jeffery Wright
Mon, Jun 6
Category:
News
In 2019, the Block Island Utility District (BIUD) reached the state-mandated three-percent cap on net metered projects and was forced to shut down the net metering program. Reaching the cap was accelerated by the creation of the Block Island Solar Initiative. They installed more than 20 systems on...
Sewer repairs disrupt business briefly
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
Last fall, routine inspections of sewer pipes on Block Island revealed some new problems: leaking pipes, especially in areas around Bridgegate Square. The leaks weren’t so bad that sewage was leaking out of them, rather groundwater was leaking into them. The solution? Re-line the pipes with an...
R.I. to fund State Police presence on B.I. this summer
Renee Meyer
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee offered state funding to pay for the presence of two state police troopers on Block Island this summer, as well as a third trooper to serve as an interim chief of police. The announcement was made in response to a question posed to McKee in a general press conference...
The vision of Mary Donnelly
Alison Warfel, Block Island Medical Center
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
It’s easy to imagine what a monumental adventure it must have felt like when Mary D came to Block Island in the late 1950s. After all, that island was not the Block Island of today. The population during that period had dipped to about 500, less than half the number of year-round residents today...
Hurricanes Softball goes to the playoffs
Chris Crawford
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
The Hurricanes High School Softball team traveled up to Shea-Tolman in Pawtucket for a Rhode Island Interscholastic League playoff game last week, their first since 2018. Facing a school with a combined enrollment of 1800 students proved overpowering but the Hurricanes never gave up and had many...
Block Island piano students rate all “A’s” at Ratings Festival
Carrie Todd
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
On Saturday May 21, six young island pianists attended the annual Rhode Island Solo and Ensemble Ratings Festival at Ponaganset High School. This festival, attended by over 2,000 music students from Rhode Island, gives the students an opportunity to perform a composition they have learned and be...
A young team in building mode
Chris Crawford
Fri, Jun 3
Category:
News
The Hurricanes Varsity Baseball team ran into a pitching machine Saturday in the fog at Heinz Field, and the machine won. With precision and remarkable accuracy, Putnam threw nothing but blazing strikes past the very young Block Island team, which this year is made up of many eighth graders facing...
Police Chief Moynihan stuns with sudden resignation
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
Block Island was a bit stunned to learn that Police Chief Matthew Moynihan resigned on Tuesday, May 24. Some who work at Town Hall told The Times they only started hearing “rumors” about it that same day, and Town Manager Maryanne Crawford said she received his resignation at 12:30 p.m. and had not...
Take them down says Historic District Commission
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
“No redeeming architectural qualities,” was the quick conclusion of Mike Ballard at the Historic District Commission meeting on Monday, May 23. The application before the Commission was from Tiger Fish owners Ross and Brenna Audino for approval of the construction of pergolas on the front deck of...
Broadband work to go underground for summer
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
Crews performing aerial work for the island-wide broadband installation will be largely pausing their work on main roads in mid-June for the summer due to traffic and safety concerns. For the past couple weeks, crews have been trying to beat the rush by concentrating in the downtown areas...
Comedy returns to Yellow Kittens
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with headliner Jenny Zigrino on Sunday, May 29. Zigrino is a Los Angeles-based comedian that came up performing in Boston and has gone on to do great things in comedy. She has appeared on Conan O’Brien an impressive four times. Zigrino has also been a featured...
Sewer shut-off around Bridgegate Square June 1 and 2
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Sewer Department has announced a sewer shut-off for Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday June 2 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the area in and around Bridgegate Square. This is required while workers from National Water Main Cleaning Company of Boston re-line the leaking sewer pipes in the...
Comedy returns to Yellow Kittens
Fri, May 27
Category:
News
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with headliner Jenny Zigrino on Sunday, May 29. Zigrino is a Los Angeles-based comedian that came up performing in Boston and has gone on to do great things in comedy. She has appeared on Conan O’Brien an impressive four times. Zigrino has also been a featured...
Block Island mourns the loss of Mary Donnelly
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
“I just hope they remember me as a good person,” Mary Donnelly said once in an interview broadcast on national news. Of course, on Block Island Mary D. is being remembered as much more. She is regularly called an angel, a savior, a saint, an icon. When the news broke last week that Mary had passed...
Planning Board crafts changes to promote housing
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
The Planning Board made significant progress last week in crafting draft changes to the zoning regulations on section 513 accessory apartments but got bogged down in the details when it came to some of the more novel changes. The meeting came a couple of days after the Planning Board had held what...
Planning Board sails through several applications
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
The new owners of Island Home, a 10-room inn on Beach Avenue wish to demolish it and its accompanying accessory structure. “It’s far from restoration,” said Frank DiBiase, Jr., “representing” the owner, 585 Beach Ave LLC, at the Planning Board’s meeting on April 13, where the application for...
The Wrackline
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
Block Island experiencing a Covid breakout The past couple of weeks have seen a dramatic rise in positive Covid cases. The R.I. Department of Health had the island’s cumulative case count since the start of the pandemic up by four cases in the week of May 8, but anecdotally, the number who have...
Saturday’s Shad Bloom 10K kicked off the racing season on Block Island
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
It was foggy, it was clear, it was hot, it was cold, but the Shad Bloom 10K Run on Saturday May 14 was glorious. There were 179 participants and 140 finishers for what Recreation Director Dave Sniffen called the prettiest race course in the east. So, he told them, don’t just look down while you’re...
Full Circle: Block Island to Taiwan
Benjamin Hruska
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
In 2018 I visited Taiwan and completed an intellectual journey that commenced in 2003 as a summer intern at the Block Island Historical Society. While completing my Masters degree program I spent a summer at the island’s museum located at Bridgegate Square. I assisted in a number of ways, however...
Block Island Community Sailing looks forward to season
Henry duPont
Fri, May 20
Category:
News
Block Island Community Sailing, Inc. (BICS), the island’s educational, nonprofit community sailing organization, is preparing for a busy sailing season this summer. BICS, based at the New Harbor Boat Basin (near the Oar Restaurant) is a membership-based adult and family sailing organization that...
Class of 2022 presents Senior Projects to the island community
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
One of the last hurdles a Block Island School student will jump over is the Senior Project, and it’s a long jump. The Senior Project is a graduation requirement in most Rhode Island public schools. (In about 2007, schools could choose two graduation requirements out of three as required by the...
Time to redecorate the fiber arts tree
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
Two years ago, island resident Sue Black had an idea – enlist local people who knit or crochet to collaborate on a fiber arts project. People were asked to make small orange squares that would be sewn together to form a large monarch butterfly. At what would now be considered the onset of the Covid...
Island kids embracing martial arts
Chris Crawford
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
Martial Arts develops a certain
je-nesais-quois
confidence that transcends sport. And Block Island has flocked to the chance to learn from a master with classes overflowing with eager students. It is a mindset that is quickly and invisibly applied to life’s many daily challenges. It...
Anderson honored as Preceptor of the Year
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
Block Island Health Services would like to congratulate Nurse Practitioner, Laurie Anderson, APRN-C, CDOE, on being selected as the University of Saint Joseph Physician Assistant Studies Program’s Class of 2022 Preceptor of the Year. This honor recognizes a clinician with extraordinary dedication...
Police Advisory Commission conducting community survey
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
The Police Advisory Commission is extending its Community Needs Survey for the next five weeks. Initially the survey was offered on the Block Island Bulletin Board, and notices were posted in various places around town, but the response was thin. To garner more responses, a link to the survey will...
Planning Board tackles amending ordinances
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
The Planning Board also took up the subject of affordable and attainable housing at its meeting on Monday, May 9. As opposed to the workshop the Town Council held, this meeting mainly focused on specific language housing advocate Chris Warfel had proposed to amend section 513 of the zoning...
Town Council leads workshop on housing
Renee Meyer
Fri, May 13
Category:
News
The Town Council held a workshop on Wednesday, May 4 on the subject of housing. The need for more affordable and attainable housing has been an issue for decades, and while the town and the not-for-profit Block Island Economic Development Foundation have made strides over the years, the most recent...
Making Strides for Mental Health
Sofia Williams
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
Last Thursday, at 3:30 p.m., the island’s first, “Making Strides for Mental Health,” 5k walk or run was held. The run was created by my mentor, John Tarbox, the Block Island School’s gym teacher, and myself, for my senior project to help raise money for NAMI Block Island, a non-profit organization...
Governor weighs in on State Police issue
Stephen Hester
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
The Town Council received an update from lobbyist Rick McAuliffe of the Mayforth Group on the “Mexican standoff” between the town and the Rhode Island State Police on Friday, April 29. The State Police are currently requesting $45,000 for the summer season, to provide two officers on weekends. Four...
“Doing the dance”
Stephen Hester
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
Lobbyist Rick McAuliffe paid a visit to the Town Council last Friday to give an update on how things are going for the town’s legislative agenda at the Rhode Island State Legislature. The town has sent three resolutions to the General Assembly: one resolution calls for the income limits for...
Arbor Day returns to the Block Island School
Reneé Meyer
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
The Block Island Gardeners have celebrated Arbor Day with the younger students at the Block Island School for decades. This year it was special for a couple of reasons – Arbor Day 2022 was the 150th anniversary of the holiday, and, due to Covid, the local activities were skipped for the past two...
Sewer shut- off around Bridgegate Square next week
Reneé Meyer
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Sewer Department has announced a sewer shut-off for Monday, May 9, Tuesday, May 10, and possibly Wednesday May 11 for the area in and around Bridgegate Square. This is required while workers from National Water Main Cleaning Company of Boston re-line the leaking sewer pipes in the...
Budget passes at Financial Town Meeting with little fanfare
Stephen Hester
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
The Town of New Shoreham called the citizenry together on Monday night for the annual Financial Town Meeting. The Board of Canvassers had elected to forego streaming of the event, as it felt that offering a video alternative would entice people to stay home and watch, rather than attending in...
Happy spring to everybody from BIHS!
Dr. Thomas Warcup
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
Summer appointment schedule As we move into the summer months, I wanted to reiterate that even though we stop performing annual wellness visits in June, July, and August, we are here for the full spectrum of your chronic disease management such as diabetes, COPD, asthma, hypertension, heart disease...
Two players win basketball awards
Chris Crawford
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
This year’s edition of the high school boys winning basketball team featured many undergraduate players who earned valuable playing time against more experienced players and teams. Two of the Hurricanes recently garnered placement on the first and second team All Stars. Sophomore Justin Cullen was...
Evan Carey certified as a journeyman lineman
Fri, May 6
Category:
News
Evan Carey recently graduated from the New England Public Power Association’s four-year line worker certification program. The Block Island Utility District provided this training for Evan, which will put him on par with his fellow line workers across the country. He is certified as a journeyman...
Town Council goes to Providence
Stephen Hester
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
Members of the New Shoreham Town Council, along with Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and advocate Alicia Miro, attended a hearing before the Rhode Island House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing on April 12, to plead the case for House Bill 7723. The bill...
Planning Board examines large house survey results
Renee Meyer
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
The Planning Board will be holding two special sessions in May to discuss the results of the Large House Survey it conducted earlier this winter from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15. There were 233 responses to the online survey, which was conducted to elicit feedback, or “policy preferences of the community”...
Earth and Arbor Day Fair a great success
Renee Meyer
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
By all accounts, Block Island’s first Earth and Arbor Day Fair held last Thursday, April 21, was a resounding success. When
The Block Island Times
spoke with organizer Mimi Leveille a couple weeks before the fair, she was still gathering participants, and unsure of just who would be doing...
Checking the drains
Stephen Hester
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
“At first blush, I haven’t figured out which part of the web complicates the next (part),” Second Warden Sven Risom said, describing the requests of the Sewer Commission to the Town Council. He went on to describe the agenda item as a “rushed jambalaya,” with “too much sauce.” “That’s a fair...
The Wrackline
Stephen Hester
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
Financial Town Meeting The FTM on May 2 at 7 p.m. will not be streamed for the public, per correspondence sent from the Board of Canvassers to the Town Council. The letter indicated that the board felt that providing an option for people to watch at home could “deter people from attending in person...
Warrant for Financial Town Meeting
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
See attachment for warrant
No island is an island when it comes to pickleball
Chris Crawford
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
The fastest growing sport in the country is called pickleball. Ok, really. Can you take anyone seriously when they pronounce they are “headed out to play pickleball?” Well, it turns out that a recent visit to the island’s school gym on a raw Sunday afternoon demonstrated with one glance that the...
Please say it isn’t so
J.V. Houlihan
Fri, Apr 29
Category:
News
On 1 April 2022, I posted the following on Facebook with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek so far it looked like I had a golf ball wedged and stuck in there. Still, I hooked some folks with the gag. Hey, it’s just because I’m the credible guy that I’m wont to be. I guess. Or, people are more...
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