By Stephanie Turaj - May 21
The New Shoreham Wastewater Treatment Plant has received an award that recognizes the staff for its “commitment to ongoing training and advancement...
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By Stephanie Turaj - May 21
Budget projections for Block Island Health Services (BIHS) came out close to target for its first fiscal quarter from January to March 2013, but, ...
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By Gloria S. Redlich - May 21
A meeting called for May 14 by the Membership Committee of Block Island Health Services (BIHS) was cancelled when chair Kay Lewis said that a ...
By Lars Trodson - May 20
Five dollars gets you a passport.
That’s all it costs for a button that will take you into some of the great places in and around the island for ...
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May 20
To the Editor:
I would like to provide a history on the establishment of Block Island Health Services Inc. (BIHS) and the original by-laws.
I was ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - May 19
Deepwater Wind paid a $598,000 fee to the Coastal Marine Resources Council (CRMC) on Monday, which covers its application costs for permitting its ...
By Stephanie Turaj - May 19
The Town Council this week discussed whether it should appeal a decision by the R.I. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that included a freight ...
May 18
Under The Oar’s distinctive arbor, you’re dining while you watch the sun glimmer off the water, boats lying at anchor, and all the rest of the ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - May 17
The Sewer and Water Commissions have approved a preliminary $1,584,182 budget for the sewer company and a preliminary $728,689 budget for the ...
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May 17
The Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Parks and Recreation will administer conditional “Non-Surf” and “Surf Lifeguard Certificat...
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By Gloria S. Redlich - May 17
Since the recent untimely death of a young man on island, community members have come together to find ways to support and protect young people ...
By Judy Tierney - May 17
An energized group of 20 islanders met for the second time last week, determined to continue the dialogue about drug and alcohol abuse on Block ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - May 16
The Electric Utility Task Group (EUTG) has recommended that the Block Island Power Company (BIPCo) extend its net metering policy to include more ...
By Edith Blane - May 15
When Bob Downie’s article about Henry Dodge, the night telephone operator, appeared in The Block Island Times it made me think back to the days ...
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By Judy Tierney - May 15
Two applications were reviewed at the Planning Board meeting Wednesday evening. Warden’s Pond of BI, LLC and Block Island Holdings, LLC, (plat 13, ...
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May 14
The Senior Advisory Committee is excited to offer island residents an alternative healing workshop on Friday, May 17 at the Community Center from ...
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May 14
Spring is the season when life is re-affirmed, and so it was for Werner Feibes and James Schmitt when they were married on March 22 at 5 p.m. at ...
May 13
Melissa Sue Milner, daughter of David Milner and Ginger Milner of Block Island, graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a Bachelors ...
By Stephanie Turaj - May 13
The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will begin working with Block Island to help reduce its deer population, and will meet with some ...
By Gloria S. Redlich - May 12
In grief and dismay over the most recent death of a young person in the community, 35 island residents gathered at the Harbor Church at the ...
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By Marc Osgoode Smith - May 12
This piece was derived from a eulogy that Marc Osgoode Smith delivered on behalf of his half-brother.
Gregor Evans Smith was laid to rest April ...
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By Gloria S. Redlich - May 12
Block Island Health Services (BIHS) is holding an election to fill three openings on its 11-member board of directors. The terms for incumbents ...
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May 10
Are you holding on to a rare first edition? A priceless signed book? A highly-sought-after collector’s copy? On Saturday, May 11, at 4 p.m. at the ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - May 10
There was more support than criticism at an on-island public hearing regarding Deepwater Wind’s proposal to construct a five-turbine offshore wind ...
By Stephanie Turaj - May 10
It was fairly smooth sailing at this year’s town financial meeting.
Town voters approved the recommended $12,141,327 fiscal year 2014 budget. ...
By Laura Kelly - May 08
Stalled negotiations between town officials in Narragansett and Deepwater Wind, over the landing of a 21-mile cable that will connect Block Island ...
By Stephanie Turaj - May 07
A 35-year old hole in an Ocean Avenue sewer pipe has been fixed.
On Thursday, April 25, a construction crew was installing new storm drains on ...
May 06
The Block Island Airport hosted a couple of unusual birds last week after a Coast Guard helicopter was forced to make an unscheduled landing, and ...
May 05
The building that sits on the now-preserved Solviken lot was torn down on on Monday, April 29. The Land Trust and Block Island Conservancy bought ...
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By Judy Tierney - May 05
Cab drivers will be required to collect state sales tax from their customers when they pick up fares this year, but the cab owners do not agree on ...
By Judy Tierney - May 04
There will be plenty of opportunity to shape up your appearance on Block Island this summer. Perhaps the island will be known as the place to go ...
By Judy Tierney - May 03
With work on the roof replacement at the town pavilion underway, Town Manager Nancy Dodge is looking ahead to renovations planned for the Fred ...
By Lars Trodson - May 03
The Block Island Residents Association has established a Telecommunications Task Force (TTF) that is designed to help provide solutions to the ...
May 03
Block Island School senior Maddy Tretheway used pieces of driftwood that had washed up on shore after Hurricane Sandy to create her senior ...
May 03
The Town Financial Meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Block Island School. The meeting sets the tax rate for town residents ...
By Margie Bucheit - May 03
In a dirt parking lot near Dead Eye Dick’s, harbormaster Steve Land and assistant harbormaster Kate McConville are elbow deep in bottom paint, ...
By Laura Kelly - May 03
Living on and visiting Block Island will become a bit more expensive this summer, as higher rates for freight and passengers aboard ferries owned ...
May 03
It’s a beautiful, shiny-clear, spring morning on Block Island.
Jim Philippou is happily sitting at Bethany’s counter digging into his breakfast. ...
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By Judy Tierney - May 02
Attorneys for two sets of neighbors vigorously staked out their positions at a Zoning Board hearing Wednesday evening, debating over whether two ...
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By Gloria S. Redlich - May 01
The Block Island Tourism Council has voted to approve a budget of $256,170 for fiscal year 2014, an appropriation that is $15,390 higher than this ...
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By Laura Kelly - Apr 29
Interstate Navigation Co. received approval Monday to increase rates for freight and passengers on its ferries as of May 24.
The three-member R.I. ...
By Laura Kelly - Apr 29
Opponents and supporters of the Deepwater Wind’s proposed five-turbine wind farm off Block Island had a chance to air their arguments before the ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - Apr 28
Block Island Health Services (BIHS) Secretary Kay Lewis announced that she and President Pam Hinthorn will not run for re-appointment as officers ...
By Stephanie Turaj - Apr 28
During a tense discussion that re-opened wounds about issues unresolved from last year, Block Island Health Services (BIHS) board members debated ...
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By Stephanie Turaj - Apr 26
The School Committee approved island resident Kristine Monje as the new principal at the Block Island School.
Monje was selected out of a list of ...
By Laura Kelly - Apr 26
Testimony before the R.I. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on proposed Interstate Navigation Co. rate increases wrapped up in Warwick on Tuesday ...
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