My father said to me, “Have you seen this movie ‘Field of Dreams’? It’s really good; you should see it.” I knew the film would resonate with my father, but I was wondering why he mentioned it to me. It wasn’t something he did very often, as we haven’t always been so forthcoming, or open with …
The Block Island Health Services Board of Directors voted unanimously at its meeting Monday morning to amend its bylaws to allow relatives to work at the Block Island Medical Center. The action comes in the wake of Susan Greenlee, the wife of board member Bob Greenlee, being hired as a part-time employee at the front …
The Block Island Housing Board’s Cherry Hill Lane affordable housing development off Cooneymus Road has broken ground. “The good news is, we are underway,” Chair Cindy Pappas told board members at their July 15 meeting. Project Manager Herman Mast confirmed it: “Dirt is flying.” As of the meeting Monday night, excavation had begun on the …
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Astronaut Neil Armstrong spoke those historic words 50 years ago, after he descended the Lunar Module ladder and stepped on the surface of the moon. Since Saturday, July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, The Times toured around the island interviewing …
The Town of New Shoreham will be installing a new, half-mile long, pedestrian sidewalk on the north side of West Side Road from Ocean Avenue to the entrance at Champlin’s Marina. The $1.2 million project will be funded entirely by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and is expected to be completed by late fall. …
“If you build it, he will come.” Forget organized baseball, and all of its formality, old school backyard-style baseball came to Block Island this past week. On a beautiful summer’s day, some parents and their children played a game of pickup baseball at Heinz Field. The young boys smacked the ball around, made some nifty …
Block Island’s tourism district will see an increase in revenue that will be derived from taxes generated by online hosting platforms, such as Airbnb. Per the recently passed 2020 state budget, the tourism district will receive the tax revenue for the calendar year beginning on July 1, 2019. “We’re super pleased with the result,” said …
You may be out on Block Island, you may only have brought a tee shirt, cut-offs, and flipflops, but if you happen to be in the mood to wear something a little more upscale, sisters Erica Sabag and Emily Mitnick may have just the thing for you. Their pop-up store is Erica Sabag Luxury Consignment, …
An unsightly concrete and metal sewer pump station located on Ocean Avenue has been transformed into a work of art, with the goal of camouflaging it to match Block Island’s natural landscape. The transformation is courtesy of Sara Pizarro, a 27 year-old artist and 2018 graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts …
The penalties for violating the Town of New Shoreham’s balloon and plastic bag ordinances have been set at $50. The ordinances were amended from a criminal penalty to a lesser civil offense. The Town Council, absent Second Warden André Boudreau and Councilor Chris Willi, voted unanimously (3-0) at its meeting on Monday night to amend …
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