The New Shoreham Town Council is exploring ways to make its meetings more efficient, which could include use of a consent agenda to better utilize the time of the councilors and the public. The topic was discussed at the Town Council’s May 7 meeting, when council members were considering possible future agenda items. According to …
With a show of hands during Monday’s Financial Town Meeting in the Block Island School’s cafeteria the town’s registered voters fell one vote short (30-31) of authorizing the Town of New Shoreham to allocate $20,000 for funding seasonal staff at the Visitor’s Center in Old Harbor. The Chamber of Commerce, a private organization, oversees the …
On a rain-threatened day, with the wind gusting, the Junior Varsity Hurricanes baseball team displayed flashes of brilliance in the field but couldn’t muster an offensive attack, dropping its first game of the year 14-4 to a formidable Jamestown team. The visiting Hurricanes were listless at the plate until the top of the order. Fisher …
The Historic District Commission granted unanimous approvals at a special meeting Monday night to the developer of the Surf Hotel and Gables Inn properties, which are part of the new Block Island Beach House development. Lark Hotels purchased the historic properties on Dodge Street and is going through the approval process for renovating the two …
The members of the Block Island Motor Vehicles for Hire commission worked its way through a thorny issue at its most recent meeting, after an individual who had moved to the top spot of the waiting list for a new license asked if she could defer getting one of the available licenses without losing her …
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council has issued “an enforcement order” on both Deepwater Wind/Ørsted and National Grid to reinstall their cables at Block Island’s Town Beach. Both cables, which comprise the Block Island Wind Farm’s electrical transmission system, and were supposed to remain buried beneath the seabed, became exposed due to shifting sands …
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As the members of the Block Island Broadband Committee put the finishing touches on the five-building Community Anchor Institution network, they are beginning to look ahead to the far more complex project of wiring the entire island. At its most recent meeting on Thursday, May 9, Town Finance Director Amy Land said vendors for the …
A new outdoor children’s program has been launched by the Island Free Library. Called “Healthy Kids Inside & Out,” the program uses backpacks filled with a variety of educational tools aimed at getting kids outdoors to explore Block Island’s natural environment. It’s an interactive program where kids provide information about their experiences. “I wanted a …
The Block Island Housing Board is preparing a petition urging the Rhode Island legislature to pass a bill that would allow more residents to qualify for affordable housing on the island. Housing Board members will be collecting voters’ signatures on the petition this weekend, and plan to present it to the General Assembly next week. …
Dr. Mark Clark, director of the Block Island Medical Center, has submitted a letter of resignation effective Nov. 1, 2019. The letter of resignation was dated May 1, 2019. Clark came to a facility rife with turmoil and economic instability, and oversaw a four-year period of increasing number of patients seeking primary care and an …