The annual community poetry reading known as Voices from the Village featured a wide range of voices reading the works of many different poets: The photos are by Malcolm Greenaway. Here is the poem by Edie Blane’s sister, Eileen Lee, titled “Block Island Spring,” from Jan. 31, 1962. Spring doesn’t come to our bleak island …
The Junior Varsity baseball team was treated to a pizza party at the Poor People’s Pub on May 29, courtesy of Michael Schroeder, owner and publisher of The Block Island Times. The party was to commemorate the team’s 2018 baseball season. During the celebration, Capt. James Arnott received the Cy Young Award for his pitching …
The Junior Varsity Baseball Team displayed team effort by playing a gritty, inspired brand of baseball to end the 2018 baseball season on a two-game winning streak. The JV Hurricanes beat The San Miguel School 5-1 at Heinz Field on Thursday, May 24, and finished the season the next day with a dominant 6-2 victory over …
Ed. note: The Varsity Softball Hurricanes squared off against Tiverton High School on Thursday, May 31. We’ll report on that game next week. The Block Island School Varsity Softball Hurricanes showed up for battle on Tuesday, May 29, to take on the Wheeler School Warriors. In a back and forth duel for the lead, the …
As the rain drizzled down, and the fog rolled in and out on an inhospitable Sunday during the Memorial Day Weekend, the Block Island Maritime Institute held its annual ChowderFest. The weather turned out to be an asset. With little to do outside, guests filled the BIMI Center down at New Harbor and enjoyed the …
Ed. note: Memorial Day will be observed on Monday, May 28. This annual event is an opportunity to honor the men and women who have served in our military, and most specially those who died while performing that service. The story here happily ends differently, but it is still a soldier’s tale. “I was drafted …
The members of the Water and Sewer Commissions have adopted fiscal year budgets for 2019, which will now be presented to electors at the annual Financial Town Meeting for both companies on Monday, June 18 at 4 p.m. The Sewer Company budget for 2019 is $1,416,091, reflecting a decrease of about $100,000 from the current …
“Weather,” said Block Island Chamber of Commerce President Kathy Szabo. “Weather,” said Old Town Inn owner Lucinda Morrison. “Jimmy Ernst once told me, you can do all kinds of preparation, but at the end of the season it’s all about the weather,” said Steve McQueeney, President of the Lions Club. “But because everyone has a weather …
There was a feeling of concern when Block Island Health Services Board Treasurer Pete Tweedy gave board members the news concerning the Medical Center’s financial situation. Tweedy said the facility’s revenue shortfall for January through March of this year was $178,507.79. Tweedy said this financial trend was “not sustainable.” Tweedy said the total income for …
The search for solutions was evident in the words expressed by a group of people who assembled at the Island Free Library to discuss how to combat the island’s tick problem. A team of research scientists from Columbia University, who have been conducting Block Island-based tick-related field research since 2010, and a behavioral scientist from …