May 2019

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Block Island Medical Center Nurse Practitioner Liz Dyer was “terminated without cause” this morning, Tuesday, May 28, according to Block Island Health Services Board of Directors President Cindy Baute. According to Baute, Dyer was fired by Dr. Mark Clark, who has himself submitted a letter of resignation effective Nov. 1, 2019. Dr. Clark told The

Poor People’s Pub is the place to go if you want good food at an affordable price. The chalkboard is filled with creative specials every day, the restaurant is filled with families, day trippers, regulars who come here every year during their week on the island, and late night is frequented by island chefs and

After a discussion lasting nearly an hour that was at times conciliatory and at other times awkward, the members of the Block Island Tourism Council approved a $10,000 grant to the Chamber of Commerce to help fund two positions whose job it will be to market the entire island, as opposed to just Chamber members.

Mark Clark, M.D., director of the Block Island Medical Center for the past five years, has submitted a letter of resignation effective Nov. 1, 2019. The letter cites professional and personal reasons for his departure. The letter of resignation was dated May 1, 2019. Clark’s administrative assistant, Kyra Ernst, has also submitted her letter of

Recreation Department Director Dave Sniffen is dusting off the cobwebs from equipment that has been stored during the winter, and making some new purchases, to get ready for the summer season. Summer 2019 makes its unofficial debut this Memorial Day weekend on Friday, May 24. Sniffen is a little anxious about a couple of things.

Robert Rose, affectionately called Bobby, a descendent of one of the original European settlers on Block Island, graduate of the Block Island School, former Police Chief, and prodigious builder of some of Block Island’s most recognizable homes and buildings, has passed away at the age of 78. The Block Island Times reached out to some

“As we speak,” was an oft-used phrase by Harbormaster Steve Land at the Harbors Committee meeting on Thursday, May 16. Beyond the confines of Town Hall moorings were being hauled out for placement in the Great Salt Pond by contractor Chris Reeves and the new peristaltic pump to offload the pump-out boats was being installed

The Town of New Shoreham’s public dinghy dock in New Harbor has been installed and is open for the 2019 summer season. The dock accommodates about 100 dinghies that are 12 feet and under in length. The dock, which was donated last year by the Wronowski family, who own Cross Sound Ferry and Dead Eye

What a difference a year makes in the development of a young baseball player. Second baseman Fisher Johnston displayed his development as a ballplayer by knocking in five runs to lead the JV Hurricanes Baseball team to a 12-11 victory over the Wheeler School in Seekonk on Friday, May 17. Johnston, who belted a booming