October 2019

Sisters Giovanna and Aly Robson, 15 and 13 respectively, recently watched the documentary “Maiden” when it was shown at the beach during a SounWaves event, and said they were immediately impacted by the film’s message. Giovanna and Aly are both rowers, not sailors, and initially Aly said she had no interest in seeing the film, […]

UPDATE: Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft Carter ruled this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 16, against the temporary restraining order petitioned by the plaintiffs that would have halted construction of the single family home on the Thomas Property. “We had a hearing, a consolidated hearing of the police case and the Cathy Payne case, against the town

The following was submitted by Southeast Lighthouse Foundation Director Lisa Nolan: Due to adverse weather conditions expected for tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 17, the US Coast Guard Aids-to Navigation Team from Bristol, R.I. has rescheduled the relight of Southeast Light’s historic Fresnel lens for Monday, Oct. 21. Thursday’s evening gathering to celebrate the relighting has been

The following message was issued by Block Island Power Co. President Jeffery Wright: We are in for a wild evening tonight and we expect some scattered power outages will occur. This storm is a mix of a nor’easter and a summer thunderstorm so we can expect the following… Winds: East gusting to 60 mph through

The application for creating dockage for Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s proposed seasonal high-speed ferry service from Quonset Pt. to Block Island has been sent back “deficient.” That’s according to Laura Dwyer, spokesperson for the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, who said, “The application was returned to the applicant as deficient.” The CRMC issued the notice of

National Grid and Deepwater Wind/Ørsted continue to collect information that will be used to design the reinstallation of sections of the electric transmission cables that became exposed in the surf zone at the Fred Benson Town Beach. As part of that effort, simultaneous benthic surveys of both National Grid’s sea2shore cable and Deepwater Wind/Ørsted’s export

The New Shoreham Town Council received reports and requests from some of its advisory boards, commissions and committees at its work session on Oct. 2. Some topics discussed during the two-hour discussion were fortifying a section of Crescent Beach, the restoration of Nicholas Ball Park, affordable housing, signage enforcement, traffic congestion, the amount of taxis

The Charter Review Commission has rolled up its sleeves and begun work on advising the New Shoreham Town Council regarding potential amendments to the town’s Home Rule Charter. The Charter is the governing document for the Town of New Shoreham, and includes articles and provisions for the town’s rules and procedures.   The commission decided at

On Friday, Oct. 4, Ed Roberge and I attended the R.I. Energy, Environment & Oceans Leaders Day at the R.I. Convention Center. The event is an opportunity to gather together Rhode Island’s leading experts from the scientific community, environmental advocacy groups, state and local leaders, and academia to interact and confront contemporary environmental issues facing Rhode

The activities of the Block Island Health Services Board of Directors and questions of its transparency have been the subject of public debate and in letters to the editor at The Block Island Time for some time. A recent letter asked the newspaper to review the by-laws that govern the members of the board, which