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Edward Phillips, 95
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
,
Obituaries
It is with deep sadness that we say farewell to our beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Edward Perry Phillips. His spirit and kind being touched the hearts of many who knew him, enjoyed his humor, and his love for Block Island. Born on Feb. 5, 1924 in New York City, Ned was raised...
Designing a better future
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
Rosemary Connelli has taken her love of graphic design and research and combined them into four striking posters she has designed for the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. Connelli, 23, is a 2018 graduate of Green Mountain College, earning a degree in Fine Arts. She said that while at...
Did you know Superman’s friend?
By
Howard Blue
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
For several decades, starting in 1959, Carroll Rheinstrom and his wife Irene had a beautiful house (although, oddly, it had only one room) on a 12-acre Block Island parcel. The house had a beautiful view of Scotch Beach with its wide-open stretches of white sand. The couple enjoyed sailing their...
Council updated on Surf plans
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
A team representing the new owners of the Surf Hotel and the Gables Inn provided the Town Council with an overview of their plans for the two properties, including internal and external restorations, making some of the structures compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the construction...
Eyeing public access to the Coast Guard Station
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
Trying to provide access to the Coast Guard Station is a goal the town and Harbors Department are working to achieve. The topic was discussed at two recent budget hearings. Town Manager Ed Roberge informed the Town Council that $150,000 was recommended for replacement and expansion of the old,...
Chamber of Commerce president resigns
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
A day after she publicly read a scathing letter about what she called “self-serving” practices by the Tourism Council, Block Island Chamber of Commerce President Diane Hayde abruptly resigned. The Chamber Board held an unscheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 2, a day after Hayde had read a lengthy...
Appeal puts town housing project on hold
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
An appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of the $1.5 million Thomas Property housing project has stalled its development, and put the town in a precarious position regarding its future. Town Manager Ed Roberge told
The Times
that the appeal has prevented the town from moving forward with...
Three groups get their funding
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
First Warden Ken Lacoste’s decision to “be a little more aggressive” led the Town Council to fully fund the budget requests of three town groups. The three entities that will receive their full funding requests are the Medical Center ($300,000), Block Island Volunteer Fire Department ($180,400),...
A 360 view of Clayhead Trail
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Journey down the Clayhead Trail, over a rock field, and a gully, to the water's edge, courtesy of
The Block Island Times
. It was a sunny, beautiful April 4th, with gusting winds, and temperatures hovering around 50 degrees. (Pause or click and drag the video around for...
“April”
By
Fran Migliaccio
Thu, Apr 4
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.
“April”
By Fran Migliaccio
April is a smile, beginning with a fool. April is sun, a...
Celebrating island poets
Thu, Apr 4
Category:
News
Island Bound Bookstore, as part of National Poetry Month, will celebrate Block Island Poets on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. at the bookstore. Island poets Nancy Greenaway, Willie Feuer, Socha Cohen, Susana Gardner, Lisa Sprague, Fran Migliaccio, Jen Lighty, Jamie Rose, and Michael Petrik will share...
A 360 video journey down Andy’s Way
By
Cassius Shuman
Mon, Apr 1
Category:
News
Breathe in the scenery as The Block Island Times takes you on a 360-video journey down Andy's Way to the water's edge and a view of the Great Salt Pond. It was a sunny, windy, April 1st day with temperatures in the low 40s. (Pause or click and drag the video around for different perspectives.) This...
Letters
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
,
Opinion
A letter from the Chief
To the Editor: Earlier this month on a Friday night, a few teenaged kids, good friends, left a gathering in South Kingstown and ended up in a serious car crash that resulted in a 17 year-old boy named Aiden Mulligan receiving a critical, life-threatening brain injury...
Utility District acquires BIPCo assets
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
Almost 30 months after Block Island voters narrowly voted to approve the purchase of two-thirds of Block Island Power Co. stock, the Block Island Utility District has announced the acquisition of all BIPCo assets. The acquisition fulfills the goal of creating a non-profit ratepayer-controlled...
Zoning Board denies Payne’s appeal
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously (6-0) denied Cathy Payne’s appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of the Thomas Property project on Wednesday. In her application to appeal, Payne noted that she was an abutter to the Thomas Property, which the Town of New Shoreham is developing...
HDC: Gables Inn proposal requires 3D model
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
The anticipated unveiling of plans to develop the Gables Inn property on Dodge Street was put on hold after the Chair of the Historic District Commission asked for a three-dimensional model of the proposal. A team of architects, engaged by Lark Hotels, were prepared to unveil plans on paper for the...
Tourism Council eyes revenue loss to room reselling services
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
As more and more island visitors rent rooms and homes through such room reselling platforms as airbnb, less and less hotel tax revenue gets circled back to the Block Island Tourism Council. The hotel tax returned to the Council is its sole source of funding. That this trend will continue in 2019...
duPont questions RIAC proposal
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
An announcement made last week by Rhode Island Airport Corporation stating that it would create a task force to determine what projects should be undertaken at the state’s general aviation airports has one local pilot wondering why the agency is recreating work that has already been done. Last...
Visitor’s Center funding request sparks debate
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
The Chamber of Commerce’s request for $27,700 in community support from the town to help staff the Visitor’s Center at Old Harbor became a hot button topic at Monday’s budget hearing. The Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization that receives its funding from dues-paying members, operates the...
MVFH: No need for a jitney service
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
The members of the New Shoreham Commission on Motor Vehicles for Hire made it clear at its recent meeting that they do not support a proposed island-based jitney service. The commission’s discussion on the subject was prompted by the Town Council’s interest in exploring the operation of a jitney...
Council exploring landing fee options
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council is analyzing its landing fee collections from transient boaters who dock at Old Harbor and New Harbor. The review includes looking at increasing the number of collection boxes, refurbishing those boxers for greater functionality, and potentially charging landing fees...
Kelp farming in GSP eyed for growth
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
As Block Island’s first sugar-kelp farm wraps up its first season, both the Harbors Committee and the Shellfish Commission have weighed in on the establishment of another kelp farm. This time the applicant is lobsterman Jon Grant. Grant put in his aquaculture application to the Rhode Island Coastal...
Basketball awards
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
At the First Team Rhode Island High School Girl’s Basketball Association Banquet, Block Island School seniors Ruby Crawford, at left, Julia Gasner, center, and Mary Conant were honored for their on-court achievements. Also in the picture are coaches Rob Closter, in the back, and Roberta Closter, at...
Little League Baseball
Thu, Mar 28
Category:
News
Registration is open for Little league Baseball!! Information is available online at www.new-shoreham.com via the Recreation Department, or in the Recreation office. Start date for baseball is Monday, April 22. Cindy Lemon Recreation Assistant Director Camp Mohegan Town of New Shoreham PH (401) 466...
Utility District acquires BIPCo’s assets
By
Lars Trodson
Tue, Mar 26
Category:
News
Almost 30 months after Block island residents voted to purchase two-thirds of Block Island Power Co. stock — the yes votes outnumbered the no votes by a margin of two — 178-176 — the Block Island Utility District has acquired all of the assets of BIPCo. A press release issued by the Utility...
Health column: The cure for HIV
By
Gabriel Lupu, Alpert School of Medicine MD candidate 2019
Fri, Mar 22
Category:
News
An un-identified code-named “Patient London” has become the second person in the world cured of HIV/AIDS as reported by
Reuters
and
The
New York Times [1]
. If you, like me, are amazed at the word “cured” in relation to AIDS, then we’re in alignment. Like so many scientific...
Between the Seasons
By
Martha Ball
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
,
Island Notes
We have crossed the many thresholds that mark the transition from winter to spring. We passed Washington's birthday; meteorological winter ended on March 1; our man-imposed measure of time shifted, a blip pushing the sunrise back before seven for a few days; and the closing hour of the grocery was...
Town’s 2020 budget unveiled
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
A series of appeals for increased funding from various departments and organizations marked the town’s first two budget session hearings on Monday and Tuesday when the proposed fiscal year 2020 operating and capital budgets were unveiled. Among those appeals were impassioned pleas by...
Thomas Property project on hold
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
An appeal filed by a Block Island resident has stalled the town’s voter-approved $1.5 million town employee housing project. Payne filed the appeal as an abutter, but she is not an abutter to the property. “The project’s on hold,” said Town Manager Ed Roberge at the conclusion of Monday’s budget...
Plastic reduction legislation heard
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
Reducing the use of plastics to preserve the environment has become a priority of the Rhode Island State Senate, with three Democratic senators introducing plastics-related bills in the General Assembly earlier this year. The bills, which include reducing use of plastic bags, plastic straws, and...
Recreation Department looks to expand horizons
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The town’s Recreation Department may be looking to expand its programming beyond sports-related games and activities. Island resident Sue Brown Black attended the Recreation Board’s most recent meeting to pitch an idea about collaborating with island artists and craftsmen in order to offer some...
Hull Pond purchased for conservation
By
Renee Meyer
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
Although the Block Island Conservancy made the announcement of their intent to purchase, in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy and the Block Island Land Trust, “Hull Pond” back in January, the Land Trust is generally moot on the subject of acquisitions until the deal is done, with all related...
Movie follows development on Martha’s Vineyard
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by The Nature Conservancy:
“One Big Home” is The Nature Conservancy and Island Free Library’s March film offering for their Film & Soup program. The film will be shown on Tuesday, March 26 at 6 p.m., at the Island Free Library. “One Big Home” is not just...
Council has some ideas for new town website
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
“Light and fun.” That’s how Town Manager Ed Roberge described the discussion involving development of the town’s new website at a recent council meeting. Roberge circulated a document that contained examples of municipal web pages for the council’s reference, and said the town’s new website would...
Blane retires after 23 years
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
Oil spill at school shuts down playground
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
An oil spill at the Block Island School shut down the school’s playground for a couple of days but did not pose any health hazards to students, according to Supt. Mike Convery. The spill was noticed early Monday morning. Oil was spilling out of a vent pipe onto the side of the building. An oil...
DEM conducting major survey on recreation
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Department of Environmental Management:
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning are conducting an online survey this month to gather public input on outdoor recreation opportunities...
A declaration of love
By
The Rev. Eletha Buote-Greig
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following is a sermon delivered by Rev. Buote-Grieg on Sunday, March 17, following the mass shooting in New Zealand. This declaration can be signed by island residents at St. Ann’s by-the-Sea. the Island Free Library, and
The Block Island Times.
The Rev. Eletha Buote-Greig is the...
Ocean View Foundation gifts two homes
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
The following was submitted by the Ocean View Foundation:
The Ocean View Foundation has announced that it has recently completed a gift of two houses to the Block Island Housing Board. The Foundation’s gift of the two houses, known as “Muffin” and “Shortcake,” facilitated the sale of these...
Sign up for breaking news alerts
Thu, Mar 21
Category:
News
Do you know you can get breaking news as it’s reported on Block Island?
The Block Island Times
features breaking news notifications, as well as a weekly news and features newsletter, which is sent via email to readers. To sign up for this complimentary service go to www.blockislandtimes...
Sisters organize climate change march
Fri, Mar 15
Category:
News
A global protest designed to highlight the challenges posed by climate change reached the shores of Block Island on Friday, March 15. The march, in which about 20 students and four teachers participated, was held at the Statue of Rebbeca. The march was inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg,...
Fixed base operator to return to B.I. Airport
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Sen. Susan Sosnowski has announced that, after meeting with representatives of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, they have agreed to start providing aviation services at the Block Island Airport on April 1 from the same vendor currently providing such services at Rhode Island’s four other...
DPUC investigating Interstate
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers is investigating Interstate Navigation due to the timing, intent, and contradictory nature of its testimony concerning its application to borrow $8.5 million to build a bigger, 500-passenger high-speed vessel to service Block Island. The...
Proposals sought for Cherry Hill Lane project
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The Block Island Housing Board said requests for proposals for its Cherry Hill Lane project became available on Friday, March 8, and the project is already generating interest from contractors. Proposals for the $1.4 million project are due back at Town Hall on April 26 by 3 p.m. The RFP package is...
Chamber, Visitor’s Center mission an uneasy fit
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The members of the Block Island Tourism Council and the President of the local Chamber of Commerce began what almost certainly will be a lengthy discussion about how to best manage the Visitor’s Center that is located in Old Harbor. The issue has been a thorny one. The staff of the Chamber works...
A jitney, cruise ships and the hotel tax
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
Three items received close attention from the Town Council at its March 6 work session: exploring operation of a hop-on, hop-off jitney service on the island, charging a landing fee for passengers arriving
via
cruise ship, and the local impact of an increase in the hotel tax. The council...
Statement by Town Manager Ed Roberge
Another first for Block Island
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
After years of planning and developing a high-speed broadband fiber network, the Town’s Community Anchor Institution (CAI) Broadband Fiber Optic Network is here. Over the past several weeks, project activities have been highly visible on Block Island as line crews from Sertex, LLC could be seen by...
Finding the right caregiver
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The growing demand for caregivers on Block Island led Senior Coordinator Gloria Redlich to call for a better system of matching needs with available resources. She told the Senior Advisory Committee at its February meeting that Human Services Coordinator Maryann Seebeck agrees with her, and may be...
Powerful little fundraisers
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
The pupils of Mrs. Hart’s kindergarten class, for the past 13 years, have rolled pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, only to turn those little stacks of coins into a powerful fundraising tool. Since 2006, Hart’s Block Island School students have raised more than $22,000 for the Pennies for...
Poetry by and about women
By
Hailey Wilson
Thu, Mar 14
Category:
News
I was a little nervous going to my first poetry reading, even though I wasn’t reciting. The event was called “Women in Poetry” — I had to try it. Being new to the community, I was timid at first, but within minutes the environment settled me down. Everyone was there to absorb and feel the words...
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