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The Surf is sold
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
Lark Hotels, a boutique hotel management company, has purchased The Surf Hotel and has rechristened it The Block Island Beach House. A statement about the purchase from Lark Hotels Chief Executive Officer Rob Blood was provided to The Block Island Times on Thursday, Feb. 7: "Seven years ago on my...
CAI network to go live in March
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The long-anticipated launch of a Community Anchor Institution broadband network on Block Island is only weeks away. According to a report issued by the New Shoreham Broadband Committee to the Town Council on Jan. 31, the target “go live” date of the CAI network is between March 1 and March 15, 2019...
Boat Basin has new management team
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The new management team overseeing what will now be called the New Harbor Boat Basin is going to take things one step at a time. That’s according to Colin Kane, principal of the Peregrine Group, LLC, out of Rumford, Rhode Island. Peregrine signed a lease to manage the property, which will still be...
Cash's Corner
Patriots win sixth title
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
What a difference a year makes. That was the first thing that came to mind following the Patriots 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday. The Patriots survived a lackluster performance by Tom Brady, and beat the Rams with stellar defensive play to notch the franchise’s...
RIAC signs local company as airport operator
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The Block Island Airport will finally be getting a new, local fixed base operator to manage the airport’s daily activity. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation informed New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement with Block Island Reservations, LLC to...
Council requests info on adding a ferry trip
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council is requesting Interstate Navigation look into the viability of adding a round-trip to its schedule for Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays during the winter, and to also possibly shift the Sunday trips to Block Island an hour later in the day to make them more convenient for...
The Backyard Bird Count is happening
By
Kim Gaffett
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The 22nd Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) will take place from Friday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 18. Volunteers from around the world are invited to count the birds they see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, then enter their checklists at birdcount.org. Anyone with...
BIPCo pole replacement project underway
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The 2019 pole replacement program has been underway for the past couple of months. A total of 40 poles have been replaced since December, and Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright said that between 100 and 150 poles will be replaced by the end of the project. Wright said that crews...
Zoning Board elects officers
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
The Zoning Board of Review convened Jan. 30 for a brief, purely procedural meeting, but the members did re-elect a slate of officers. The current chair and vice-chair were re-elected. All the substantive agenda items — one application and four public hearings — were continued to the board's next...
The Pond becomes a garden
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
It is the first week in February, and the surface of the Great Salt Pond is blue and still. The reflections of the buildings and the landscape on the water are as still as their real-life counterparts. The air is warm, perhaps 50 degrees, and its only 9 o’clock in the morning. We’re on Catherine...
First Annual Providence Book Festival
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
Connecting readers with writers, the first annual Providence Book Festival comes to the heart of the creative capital on April 26 and 27, 2019. Award winning authors from around the nation will converge on the Renaissance Hotel, RISD Museum of Art and other Providence locations to celebrate books,...
SAC initiates Senior Ride Service
By
Gloria S. Redlich
Thu, Feb 7
Category:
News
As part of its goal to improve the quality of life for seniors on the island, the Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) has established a subsidized transportation resource for seniors and persons with disabilities or recovering from illness or surgery. Known as the Senior Ride Service (SRS), the program...
(360 VIDEO) A trip to Scotch Beach
By
Cassius Shuman
Tue, Feb 5
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) It's a beach day on Block Island, so
The Block Island Times
thought a trip to Scotch Beach was in order. The temperature was in the low 50s with a slight breeze making for an unusually pleasant winter’s day. (Click or pause and drag the video for different perspectives.) This...
Dish on the Block: Are you ready for some football?
By
Pam Gelsomini
Fri, Feb 1
Category:
News
Super Bowl LIII is here! What are you making for the big game? Here are a few tasty ideas to make your tailgate party the talk of the town.
The Pigskin Football
Try my easy and delicious Gorgonzola and Cheddar “Pigskin” Cheeseball! You can make it a day ahead so you don’t miss even one of...
Necklace returned by chance to rightful owner
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Feb 1
Category:
News
“ If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.” Block Island resident and shop owner Mary Anderson said
that quote by the Dalai Lama motivated her quest to return a necklace to its rightful owner. The necklace sat in the display window of the Glass Onion, Anderson’s shop on Water...
Complaint made against RIAC
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
Block Island resident Henry duPont has written a letter of complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration about what he has called “service cuts” to the Block Island State Airport. The Part 13 complaint went out in a letter dated Jan. 19, 2019. duPont said a Part 13 Complaint is “an informal...
DTF frustrated over lack of reduction in deer herd
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
The members of the Deer Task Force, frustrated by the fact that attempts to reduce the deer population during the past several years have not gained much traction, have decided to continue a discussion with representatives of the various conservation groups on the island to open up conserved land...
New town website to (finally) launch in April
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
After many trials and tribulations over the past several years, the Town of New Shoreham has announced that it will be launching its newly updated website in April. The new website will be more functional, technologically advanced and simple to use than the town’s current, antiquated website. Town...
Federal Lyme disease bill introduced
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
A group of congressmen have reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen efforts by the federal government to fight, treat, and prevent tick-borne disease in the United States. A group of bi-partisan U.S. Representatives have re-introduced legislation, HR 220, that is co-sponsored by...
Council urged to take action
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
Expressing frustration over what they felt were insufficient efforts in the culling of the island’s deer herd, and its direct link to the spread of Lyme disease, two island residents are urging the New Shoreham Town Council to step up its efforts to combat the deer tick related disease. Marilyn...
Dead Eye’s begins construction, all over again
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
It’s not often that the framework for a building has to be taken down in the midst of construction, so that the project can be redesigned architecturally and then constructed all over again. That’s what happened to Jessica Wronowski, owner/operator of Dead Eye Dick’s restaurant in New Harbor, who...
Utility District refinances town loan
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
The New Shoreham Town Council voted unanimously (3-0) at a special meeting on Jan. 28 to approve a short-term loan of $5,400 to the Block Island Utility District to fund the extension of liability insurance for its five Board of Commissioners. The insurance was expected to expire on Jan. 29, so the...
Revenue reduction proposal has Tourism Council concerned
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
A proposal put forth by Gov. Gina Raimondo in her recent State of the State address that will once again shift monies away from the regional tourism councils has the members of the Block Island Tourism Board concerned about continued reduction in funding. “Obviously, this raised a lot of red flags...
Taxi drivers renew push for anti-Uber legislation
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
Block Island’s taxicab drivers are once again renewing their push for an exemption from Rhode Island state law that would prevent ride sharing services from operating on Block Island. One of the island’s taxicab drivers told
The Block Island Times
that she spoke with Gov. Gina Raimondo...
A new children’s book
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 31
Category:
News
A young girl goes on a whimsical journey around the world where she discovers the importance of protecting the planet. That’s the subject of a new children’s book launched by Ørsted, the Denmark-based company that acquired Provience-based Deepwater Wind, owner of the Block Island Wind Farm, in...
(360 VIDEO) A walk to the edge of the bluffs
By
Cassius Shuman
Wed, Jan 30
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Breathe in the scenery as
The Block Island Times t
akes you on a walk to the edge of the bluffs for a scenic view of the Block Island Wind Farm (in the distance), and the shoreline below. The temperature was about 30 degrees with 18 mile-per-hour winds when this video was...
Block Island man accused of beating dog
By
Cassius Shuman
Fri, Jan 25
Category:
News
A Block Island man was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 23 by the New Shoreham Police Department for allegedly striking his own dog. The New Shoreham Police took island resident Alan Smith, 54 years-old, into custody and charged him with one count of unnecessary cruelty. According to the Rhode Island...
Cash's Corner
Patriots headed to Super Bowl. Again
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
The New England Patriots victory over the Chiefs in Kansas City on Sunday, Jan. 20 was a nerve-wracking rollercoaster-of-a-ride to watch, but will probably go down as one of the greatest games in NFL history. The AFC Championship game was a slugfest, with both teams attacking each other with...
Water & Ice
By
Martha Ball
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
A motion in the lot behind my house catches my eye. It is my dog, Autumn, on her usual patrol. She has gone back there since she was a big puppy, following the trails deer made through the increasingly dense foliage from what used to be a bar-way at the end of the laneway. I could see her, golden...
‘You saved my life.’
By
David Roosa
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
It was about 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15. A beautiful, calm, sunny day. About 25 degrees. I had decided to have an enjoyable skate with my daughter, Hope, who’s 20. We first tested the large pond north of Painted Rock on Lakeside Drive, once known as Breydert's Duck Pond. The ice was about two...
Artist with Block Island roots has new New York show
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
Can the patterns of the earth’s surface reveal its inner secrets? That’s a question Katherine Wolkoff is exploring in a new photographic exhibit that has opened at New York’s Benrubi Gallery. The show is called “The Critical Zone,” a space roughly described as ranging from the tops of trees to the...
Pushback on proposed Community Zone
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
The Town Council is learning that amending the town’s zoning ordinance to create a Community Services Zoning District for developing town facilities could be more complicated than when first conceived. Abutters to the proposed governmental zone, or district, claim that amendments to the ordinance...
State loses millions in property value due to sea level rise
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
A new study has found that increased sea level rise has “eroded $403.1 million in relative home values” throughout New England between 2005 and 2017. According to the study, conducted by First Street Foundation and Columbia University, the hardest hit communities in Rhode Island are: Charlestown ($...
SAC to request increase in town funding
By
Pat Tengwall
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
The Senior Advisory Committee will ask the town for an additional $6,000 to fund its programs in the fiscal year beginning July 1, largely for additional staff time and an on-island transportation service. The proposed fiscal 2019/20 budget the committee unanimously adopted at its Jan. 15 meeting...
Karen Martin wins BIG
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
Sometimes it’s good to scratch that itch. Block Island Grocery store employee Karen Martin told
The Times
that she won $5,000 on a Rhode Island State Lottery scratch ticket on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Martin said she did some scratching on a “100 X The Cash” $10 lottery ticket, and then some math...
NAMI BI to expand telemedicine services
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
It has been a long and somewhat twisty road to bring mental health awareness and care to Block Island. What began as the Wellness Coalition has now become the Block Island affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Health. The Wellness group has been absorbed into NAMI-BI, which has in turn begun...
Harbors Committee mulls pump-out fees for marinas
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
To charge or not to charge, that is the question. “I flip-flop on this all the time,” said Harbormaster Steve Land to members of the Harbors Committee on Jan. 17. It’s a question the Committee has been debating for a couple of years: whether or not to charge Block Island marinas for the pump-out...
Helping an island family
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
A group of island residents have put their collective energies together to put on a fundraiser to help defray some long-term costs of a family whose loved one is about to undergo a serious medical procedure. The loved one is Block Island School student Mason Miro. He’s headed to Hasbro Children’s...
Rare moon rising
Thu, Jan 24
Category:
News
Island resident Malcolm Greenaway captured this photograph during the eclipse of the Super, Blood, Wolf Moon on Sunday night.
Sea smoke on the pond
By
Cassius Shuman
Mon, Jan 21
Category:
News
(360 VIDEO) Watch the sea smoke drift over the Great Salt Pond while standing on the icy dock at New Harbor. The temperature was hovering around five degrees with strong gusting winds when this video was captured. Click and drag the video to view it from different perspectives; or pause and look...
Total eclipse of the snow owl moon
By
Kim Gaffett
Fri, Jan 18
Category:
News
On Sunday, Jan. 20, starting at about 10:30 p.m., Block Island and all of north and South America will be under a moon being totally eclipsed (shadowed) by earth. This particular moon may be called a blood, super moon, full wolf moon. To enjoy watching this phenomenon with others, join The Nature...
Cash's Corner
Patriots ready for AFC Championship Game
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
It’s an exciting time to be a New England Patriots football fan, as it’s playoff time, and the team is marching toward another Super Bowl appearance. What stands in their way is a much-heralded Kansas City Chiefs team, which many football fans and pundits across the nation hope will thwart the...
Boat schedules and freight rates
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
A meeting between the Town Council and representatives from Interstate Navigation that was once an annual occurrence — but in recent years had gone dormant — was revived this past week, with the two groups going over some concerns and possible changes for the future. While no action was taken at...
Communication snafu between town and Interstate
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
Although there were few, if any, points of contention during the discussion between the Town Council and representatives of Interstate Navigation at their meeting on Jan. 14, there was one moment of confusion. It was when Councilor Chris Willi asked Interstate why the town had not been given more...
Gurguri returns to work
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
With a big smile on his face, Meriton Gurguri, the Kosovo native detained by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents about a year ago, told
The Times
he was happy to be back at work. Gurguri had been suspended from work while he awaits a decision on his immigration status, which could...
Tight school budget makes finding new teaching funds challenging
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
The Block Island School Committee discussed adding another math teacher to the proposed fiscal year 2020 budget during its meeting Tuesday night. The challenge is that the school’s budget is so tight that it leaves little wiggle room in the staffing plan to add a teacher without making some cuts...
Council seeking greater public input
By
Cassius Shuman
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
The Town Council spent its Jan. 8 work session primarily discussing goals and priorities for the coming year, during which an impassioned conversation arose about the need to improve public interaction. Council members appeared frustrated with not being able to engage greater community...
Conservation Commission sets short and long-term agenda
By
Renée Meyer
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
At its most recent meeting, the members of the Conservation Commission received a list attached to a memo from the Planning Board. They may not have been the first town board or commission to receive such a list, and they surely won’t be the last. The list comes in the wake of the adoption of the...
Tourism Council to craft long-term plans
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
Tourism Council Executive Director Jessica Willi has asked the Tourism Board to do a little visioning for the future. “I think the Tourism Council needs a five- or 10-year plan,” Willi said at its Jan. 15 meeting. “What we see happening with the board, what you see happening,” she said to the seven...
Bringing high speed internet to the library
By
Lars Trodson
Thu, Jan 17
Category:
News
Bringing high-speed broadband into any one of the five institutions comprising the Community Anchor Institutions is not just a matter of turning on a switch. Island Free Library Director Kristin Baumann said that the introduction of the fiber optic network in her building will require some...
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