(360 VIDEO) Journey down the rocky breakwater at Old Harbor with The Block Island Times on a sunny, 80-degree day. #PerfectSummerDay Classic Site Solutions, a Massachusetts-based contractor engaged by the Army Corps of Engineers to correct damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, completed its work on the stone wall in May of 2017. It’s …
The following was submitted by Jessie Edwards Studio: “At Sea,” a selection of oils from Cynthia Guild’s Freighter Series will be on exhibit from Friday, June 28 to Wednesday, July 10 at the Jessie Edwards Studio on the second floor the Post Office building. The opening reception is on Saturday, June 29, from 5 to …
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Leigh Klonsky’s first exhibition on Block Island, “Long After Me,” features two bodies of work: the Beach Trash Series and the Tree Bags Series, both addressing human consumption, waste, and the natural world. The opening reception is Saturday, June 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Spring Street Gallery. Klonsky first developed her work …
Pariseault Builders, Inc. of Warwick, R.I. was selected to build the five single-family homes in the B.I. Housing Board’s Cherry Hill Lane affordable housing subdivision on a parcel off Cooneymus Road. The board and its project manager, Herman Mast, compared the bids submitted by Pariseault and Connecticut Valley Homes of East Lyme in open session …
National Grid said it will not be deploying a “no-anchor zone” at the Fred Benson Town Beach this summer. The move was precipitated by the town’s concerns about visual impact at the beach and to its tourism economy. Last year, National Grid deployed a field of a dozen buoys designating the anchor-free zone that flanked …
Final approval of the application for renovating the Gables Inn will have to wait. That’s because the chair of the Historic District Commission rejected the application for the project on Monday night. Bill Penn, Chair of the HDC, opened the meeting lambasting the applicant, who was not in attendance, for submitting an incomplete application to …
Block Island is not exempt from the dangers of the opioid crisis, as Dr. Mark Clark reminded the audience at an opioid information meeting for Block Island businesses at The Spring House on Thursday, June 20. In response to past deaths due to opioids on the island, the South County Prevention Coalition, represented by Jill …
The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has again stated that it has no interest in stripping Rhode Island Fast Ferry of its license at this time, or revisiting arguments regarding dockage plans for operating a proposed seasonal high-speed ferry service from Quonset Point to Block Island. The Division requested that the Superior …
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The Block Island School expects to end the school year slightly in the red. As of May 31, the projected deficit was $30,739, six-tenths of one percent of the $5.1 million school budget for the 2018-2019 school year. The latest projection, given to the School Committee at its June 17 meeting, was up from the April 30 projection …