Last Saturday, Nov. 23, dawned sunny and cold with just a little wind… a perfect day to construct this year’s Lobster Pot Christmas Tree. It is the ninth season Harold “Turtle” Hatfield and crew have been building this beloved tree and it is better than ever. Turtle does not believe in doing the same thing twice, …
After a year-long hiatus the Block Island Lions Club is restarting its popular calendar lottery just in time for the 2019 Holiday Stroll. The game works like this: Lottery ticket holders pick two numbers — say 150 and 895 — that will be their chosen numbers for the entire month. On any given day during …
Just a couple of hours before the big event, Pat Hoyt said: “It’s a little more hectic than usual.” But they pulled it off in grand fashion. The event was the fourth fundraiser for the Bo Gempp Memorial Shellfish Restoration Fund, held on Sunday, Nov. 17 at Old Island Pub. Pat and her husband Bob …
Don’t forget to make the Winter Market a part of your stroll. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Island Free Library will be hosting this annual market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many of the vendors signed up for this event are familiar faces from the Block Island Farmers Market and Block Island Arts and Crafts …
The Block Island Land Trust unveiled the results of its Public Priorities Poll at its meeting on Thursday, Nov. 14. The poll showed that there is strong support for continuing land conservation on the island, with 70 percent strongly in favor and 18 percent “somewhat” favoring protecting additional open space. The poll, which was conducted between …
On Thursday, Nov. 21 the Harbors Committee finally had an opportunity to look back on the summer boating scene. It was the first time since mid-May that the committee has mustered a quorum – a point of contention for some members who regularly travel from the mainland to attend meetings. Looking back is also a …
The third and final public forum on the future of the Visitor Center located in Old Harbor focused on the costs of running the facility and who, and how, it would be staffed. As it stands now, the Chamber of Commerce operates the building, but given that many of the tasks that staff offer to …
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It started last summer as a simple but smelly survey of trash and garbage. Jamie Johnston, owner of the trash collection business McPick, and Clair Stover, Executive Director of the Block Island Conservancy, enlisted volunteers to dig through the trash collected from 34 rental homes. What they found was alarming. After sorting and weighing, they …
Members of the Water Commission hope that town residents will offer some financial support for a water main replacement project they say is of vital importance to the entire island. The High Street/Payne Road water main replacement project is one of the most expensive the department has undertaken. It is expected to cost $2.25 million, according …
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According to First Warden Ken Lacoste, the immediate goal for the Town Council is to hire an interim town manager “prior to Ed’s departure on the 20th of December.” That date is outgoing Town Manager Ed Roberge’s scheduled last day on the job. Lacoste made the announcement at the council’s meeting on Monday, Nov. 25. …
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