Happy Earth Day 2019
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There was some heckling. At a Motor Vehicles For Hire meeting. However boisterous the crowd may have been, the issue before those in attendance was serious: Changes to local taxicab ordinances and new regulations that could impose penalties up to something as serious as having one’s license revoked. As the members of the MVFH started
Two pieces of state legislation the Town of New Shoreham is pushing in the Rhode Island General Assembly were heard on April 11 and are facing challenges. Both are currently being held for further study. One bill is on the economic requirements for affordable housing, and the other bill would give the town “exclusive power”
Block Island School senior Luke “Mac” Brown isn’t just coasting toward graduation day. He’s already been accepted to college, and he’s finished his Senior Project. An extension of that project, however, is a new CD of original music that will be released on Friday, April 19. Brown, 18, started writing the songs several years ago,
In an effort to expand the programming offered by the Recreation Department, a group calling itself the Art Ark is hoping it will be able to sponsor several arts-based programs that the Recreation Department will help it promote. Island residents Kristen Kiley and Sue Brown Black said they hoped to build a curriculum of arts-based
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On Friday, April 12, the Block Island School Varsity Baseball team visited Providence Country Day School and used a combined pitching effort and opportunistic offense to record a thrilling 8-6 victory. The Hurricanes jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead on consecutive hits by Mathias Heinz, Cole McGinnes, and Reilly Hobe, along with an RBI
Tourism Council Director Jessica Willi recommended the Tourism Board take legal action for what Willi felt were slanderous statements made by the former President of the Block Island Chamber of Commerce about her and members of the Tourism Council. The suggestion came during the Director’s Report at the Tourism Council’s meeting on Tuesday, April 9.
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While expressing his satisfaction that a fixed base operator has returned to the Block Island Airport, a local pilot had turned his attention to another question: Why was a $4.3 million project to refurbish the parking ramp at the Block Island Airport defunded? In a series of emails sent on April 8 and April 9,
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The Coast Guard Station that sits near the channel to the Great Salt Pond is getting a new well to service its water supply needs. The station had been receiving water from a well at Champlin’s Marina through an old water line that is in disrepair and no longer functional. Facilities Manager Sam Bird told