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Arranging the chairs at Payne’s Harbor View ...
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Editorial: "Stop... talking to cops" is ...
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William Grant Gasner graduates
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Survey: R.I. workers most "actively ...
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Body washes ashore on Block Island
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HDC approves canopy over Old Island Pub
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Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2013
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BIHS election results
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Roses of December
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A Week in Pictures- Graduation 2013
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Scholarship and Awards
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Winter hardy camellias
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Photo by: Stephanie Turaj
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News
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Arranging the chairs at Payne’s Harbor View Inn
By Gloria S. Redlich - Jun 18In a meeting on June 12, the Planning Board considered several proposals that generated a lively debate. One of the discussions concerned the ...
William Grant Gasner graduates
Jun 18William Grant Gasner of Corn Neck Road graduated from Brown University in Providence, R.I. on May 26, 2013, earning a B.A. in Business, Entrepreneu...
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Survey: R.I. workers most "actively disengaged" in US
Jun 17A new Gallup survey found that Rhode Island workers are the most likely to be “actively disengaged” at their jobs, reports WPRO. The survey, ...
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Body washes ashore on Block Island
By Stephanie Turaj - Jun 17This past weekend, police found a deceased body that had washed up on the shores of what's locally referred to as Mosquito Beach, which is located ...
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HDC approves canopy over Old Island Pub
By Stephanie Turaj - Jun 17An island business on Corn Neck Road received the green light to install a retractable green awning over part of its patio. The vote was for 4-1 ...
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BIHS election results
By Gloria S. Redlich - Jun 16At the June 9 Annual Meeting for Block Island Health Services (BIHS), which drew some 60 island residents, membership chair Kay Lewis announced ...
Council: Please don’t use Mylar or vinyl balloons
By Stephanie Turaj - Jun 16Take a walk along the beach one day and look for shiny, silver trash. It probably won’t take long to find a mylar balloon scattered somewhere in ...
Featured Video
BREAKING: R.I. Gov. Chafee to announce party affiliation on Thurs. 10 a.m.
The Block Island Times interviews Chafee (I) about his possible plans to run for a second term as a Democrat. Interview by staff reporter Stephanie Turaj. Video by staff photographer Kari Curtis. (Video by: Kari Curtis and Stephanie Turaj)
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House and Garden Show on Thursday
By The Block Island Times - Jun 19The show got rescheduled from last week to this Thursday. More than 20 vendors. Food and drink. Entertainment. Learn about new products and ...
Harbor Tour of the Great Salt Pond offered by BI Maritime Institute
By Block Island Maritime ... - Jun 18The Block Island Maritime Institute begins its summer educational programs with a Harbor Tour of the Great Salt Pond on Monday June 24th at 10am. ...
New Listing: Mohegan Trail: $1,995,000: Ocean Views: Expansive Lot: Beautifully Maintained Home ...
By Lila Delman Real Estate - Jun 18A beautiful contemporary located on 2.75 acres. This property commands exceptional views of the Atlantic Ocean and even has a large fishing pond ...
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Spring Street Gallery Maritime Show
By Spring Street Gallery - Jun 17The Spring Street Gallery will present an all-member exhibit of Maritime Art in honor of the Storm Trysail Club's 25th Block island Race Week, ...
It is Restaurant Week through June 23rd!
By The Block Island Times - Jun 17It is Restaurant Week through June 23rd! Special menus are being created to showcase our many fine eateries. Enjoy three-course prix-fixe lunches ...
Clayhead Salon + Shoppe Open House
By The Block Island Times - Jun 17The public is welcome to come celebrate the official opening of Clayhead Salon on Thursday, June 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
BIRA's Dune Restoration Project Defines Beach Access Paths
By Block Island Residents... - Jun 17June 8th was the third community workday of BIRA's Dune Restoration Project, and, despite the stormy weather of earlier that morning, about a ...
Investment Opportunities on Block Island: www.LilaDelman.com
By Lila Delman Real Estate - Jun 14Two In Town Location Investment Properties offered by Lila Delman Real Estate: 217 Ocean Avenue & 167 Old Town Road - Click Below for Details or ...
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2013 Double Ender Mugs Are In
By Block Island Chamber ... - Jun 14Come in and purchase the 2013 mug. See the new color and continue or start your collection
Community
Taste of Block Island was a fun buffet of events
By Judy Tierney - Jun 10I began my tour of “A Taste of Block Island” Friday evening (May 31) with the poetry reading emceed by my favorite island poet, Lisa Starr. The ...
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Police Chief’s drug abuse campaign
By Judy Tierney - Jun 03Drug enforcement is the police department’s jurisdiction and Police Chief Vincent Carlone’s overriding concern, he said, is for our children. ...
Preparing for the Affordable Health Care Act
By Judy Tierney - Jun 09Executive director of the Block Island Medical Center, Barbara Baldwin, comes to this position with experience from leading other healthcare ...
Happy retirement, Mary D!
May 24Members of the community gathered at the Spring House on Monday, May 20 for Mary Donnelly's retirement party.
Religion
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(Part 17) Has God Intervened In The Affairs of Mankind And Changed The Course Of History? And If He Has, Then What Is the Basis For Him ...
By Block Island Christian... - Jun 16Whether It Be Good, Or Whether It Be Evil, We Will Obey the Voice of the Lord Our God Suggested Reading: Jer 40:1-16; Jer 41:1-18; Jer 42:1-22; ...
Either/Or in a Both/And Culture
By Harbor Church - Jun 021 Kings 18:20-39, Steve Hollaway, Harbor Church, June 2, 2013 A song by the Lovin’ Spoonful that was popular when I was in high school asked a ...
Crashing, then Listening
By Harbor Church - Jun 101 Kings 19:1-18, Steve Hollaway, Harbor Church, June 9, 2013 1 Kings 19 is the story of how a believer crashes. He goes from the highest high to ...
Block Island Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting June 10
By St. Ann's by the Sea - May 31The Block Island Prayer Shawl Ministry will hold it's June meeting on Monday, June 10th at 7 p.m. at the Harbor Church Ladies Parlor. All knitters ...
Columns and Opinion
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Editorial: "Stop... talking to cops" is exactly the wrong message
Jun 18Given the events of the past few weeks, we have to assume that whoever planted a sticker on the stop sign in Bridgegate Square so that it would ...
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Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2013
Jun 17To the Editor: I would like to thank the members of Block Island Health Services for their votes and kind words of support during the recent ...
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Roses of December
By Martha Ball - Jun 15The water willow that has rimmed the pond behind my house since long before I was born is always late to turn from bare winter wood to summer ...
A soldier in Afghanistan says 'Thank you, Block Island'
Jun 18To the Editor: Last November my mom, Joya Verde, and Virginia Dare, in a letter to the editor of The Block Island Times put out that my unit was ...
Order this... Gelato at Aldo’s Bakery
Jun 17It’s the gelato — all 24 flavors — that’s getting plenty of attention at Aldo’s Bakery. As an addition to the homemade ice cream (32 choices), the ...
A Week in Pictures- Graduation 2013
By Kari Curtis - Jun 14The Block Island School graduation took place on Saturday, June 8, in the school gymnasium. There were seven graduates this year, and we wish them ...
Comments
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Re: Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2013
By Barbara Taylor Renza - Jun 17I would just like to make a comment in your June 7th. issue ~ Council concerned about moped safety on Weldon's Way, page 6, right column.........8 ...
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Re: “This is not easy for me.”
By Suzanne D Cotter - Jun 08I would imagine dealing with drugs and alcohol on the Island, especially in the winter, is a very tough challenge.......a nightmare one hopes ...
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Re: Drive carefully!
By Mark Koch - Jun 12People please be very careful around snapping turtles. Their mouth can reach all the way round to their tails and when they bite down they don't ...
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Re: Take a moment to remember a veteran this Memorial Day
By Robert Downie - May 29Dear BI Times, Just to clear the record for readers in the distant future --- especially those on the Internet --- the BIT should make a correction...
A & E
The Block Island Music Festival
By Ian Hagerty - Jun 14All this week at Captain Nick’s Bar on Ocean Avenue, you can expect to find people jamming out. The yearly music festival is here! Owner Marc ...
Déjà Vu Gallery to showcase local talent
May 30A new Chapel Street gallery shines a spotlight on Block Island’s gifted community of artists. Tucked behind the Wave and next door to Eli’s ...
Island photographer debuts at Déjà Vu
Jun 12Visual artist Tracy Finn captures the simple beauty of island life in her first-ever gallery exhibition, which is set to open on June 15 at Déjà ...
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Brooklyn couple plans to move to Block Island
May 23Gary Pollard, owner of The Empire Theater, will be moving full time to Block Island with his family once he sells their Brooklyn home according ...
Business
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House and Garden Show postponed
Jun 13The Block Island House and Garden Show scheduled for Thursday, June 13 has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 20th from 4:30 to 6:30 PM at ...
People
Announcements
Carl G. Merrick, 68
Jun 01Carl G. Merrick, 68, father of island residents Jeremy Merrick and Maegan Merrick Hobe, passed away peacefully in his home in Brookline, Mass. on ...
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Helen Mullen, 98, summer resident for many years
May 24Helen Margaret (Cassels) Mullen, 98; formerly of North Attleboro, died on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Morningside Heights Nursing Home in Marshall,...
Charlotte Szabo born
May 21Jonas and Sarah Szabo, of Block Island and Narragansett, are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Charlotte Kathleen Szabo. Charlotte...
Jaxon Ulrich Helterline born
May 31Wyatt and Lesley Helterline of Champlin Road would like to announce the birth of their son, Jaxon Ulrich Helterline. He was born at South County ...
Isla Wargo born
May 21Evan and Meaghan Wargo would like to introduce Isla Erin Marie Wargo, who was born April 9, 2013 at 12:44 p.m. at South County Hospital in ...
