The Historic District Commission has asked the Island Free Library to revise its plans for a new railing on the side of the building due to safety and design concerns. The railing will consist of sections, five-feet in length, adorned intermittently with 30-inch diameter blue-colored medallions featuring the Read Full Article on the Block Island […]
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Ørsted — the largest developer and owner of offshore wind farms in the world — has entered into an agreement with the D.E. Shaw group to acquire a 100 percent equity interest in Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind. The two companies’ offshore wind assets and organizations will Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
In the fall of 2014 at the suggestion of then-First Warden Kim Gaffett, the Town of New Shoreham created a working group to study shoreline access points around Block Island and evaluate them for general condition, safety, and emergency access, among other things. The members of Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, Alice Mott Huggins, 94, (at left, with Edie Blane) and her daughter, Susan Huggins, hosted a luncheon for many of her island friends. Alice, a former Block Island teacher and truly a most popular one, surrounded herself with about 40 women, Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge delivered the bad news to the Town Council on Monday night: there was only one response to the Request for Proposals for the town’s housing initiative, the proposal was $800,000 over budget, and beyond the project’s timeframe. Roberge noted that Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
Atlantic Wind Transfers and Rhode Island Fast Ferry owner Charlie Donadio Jr. told the New Shoreham Town Council that the burgeoning local offshore wind industry could be an “economic benefit” to Block Island, leading to “a number of jobs.” Donadio spoke during the public comment portion of the Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
“Let’s Talk”: Great Salt Pond – Sugar Kelp, Aquaculture, Winter Flounder and More The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI) have again teamed up to present a series of lectures this fall. The speakers in the “Let’s Talk” series will Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
Installation of a telecommunication building that will contain equipment for the Town of New Shoreham’s broadband network has commenced. The construction activity signals the first steps of building a broadband network on Block Island. Construction of the building and its generator, which are part Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
The Block Island Power Company has once again asked the R.I. Public Utilities Commission for an extension to file its rate case. BIPCo has not filed an overall rate case since 2007, and the current rates have been in effect since mid-2008. Years ago, Read Full Article on the Block Island Times
The New Shoreham Historic District Commission granted approvals for demolishing a barn to rebuild a two-story barn structure at The Darius Inn, and for two exterior mounted air-conditioning units on a mixed-use building on Dodge Street at its Sept. 24 meeting. The commission also discussed possible enforcement Read Full Article on the Block Island Times