January 2019

There’s some good news in the battle against Lyme disease. A group of researchers and scientists have determined that new technologies could make diagnoses sooner than current tests allow. The new testing methods would also be more precise and less susceptible to so-called false-positives. The Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

Under stormy skies, in sometimes challenging conditions, the Block Island Power Company’s linemen keep the island’s power flowing. It can be a dangerous job keeping the island’s lights on and its electrical grid in tiptop working order, especially during hurricane season and amidst winter Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

“One way to understand Block Island is — it’s a very specific form of yankeedom. Yankees have sought to build a more perfect society.” Andreas Mink, editor of the German publication aufbau magazine, made those remarks while speaking at the Island Free Library on Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

The New Shoreham Town Council will be asking Interstate Navigation at an upcoming special meeting why the town was left out of the loop concerning the ferry company’s interest in building a 500-passenger fast ferry. The new fast ferry would be double the capacity of its Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

Block Island resident Henry duPont has found the situation at the Block Island State Airport to be in such a precarious situation that he has written the Town Council asking it to consider a resolution that would “compel [Rhode Island Airport Corporation] to restore the funding Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

The Block Island Land Trust has opened its bids for stewardship for some of its properties for the new year. As happened last year, there were only three bidders: Reevo, Connelli Land Improvement, and Islandscape, which is owned by Harold “Turtle” Hatfield, who recused Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

There are two issues regarding the amount of trash accumulated at the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion: how best to remove it, and how to discourage residents and visitors from dumping their residential trash at the two trash bins placed at that location. Recreation Department Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

After more than 40 hours of intensive search over an area covering 2,152 nautical miles, the Coast Guard suspended its search for two Rhode Island fishermen who went missing after their vessel capsized about two-and-a-half miles southeast of Block Island. The search began immediately after the captain Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

As of late afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 2, the Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing fishermen who went missing early Tuesday, Jan. 1. The Coast Guard issued the following update a little after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2: #UPDATE 4: Read Full Article on the Block Island Times

The Coast Guard issued the following update a little after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2: #UPDATE 4: @USCGNortheast crews are still actively searching this morning for the two missing fishermen from the F/V Mistress. Search will include Read Full Article on the Block Island Times