Principal Kristine Monje had generally good news for the New Shoreham School Committee at its most recent meeting on the school’s ranking among the state’s public schools, with concerns in one “area of weakness” that brought the overall ranking down to a “3-Star School”. The R.I. Department of Education combines several types of education data […]
Due to a reporting error, quotes attributed to BIHS Board member Ray Torrey should have been attributed to BIHS Treasurer Pete Tweedy. The online version has been corrected accordingly. At its meeting on Monday, Jan. 20, the Block Island Health Services Board emerged from a closed session discussion about the 2020 budget with some issues
On Monday Jan. 20, the country honored and remembered the leader of the American civil rights movement Martin Luther King, Jr., a minister and activist who fought for racial equality in America. Dr. King used the power of his words to raise awareness of the racism present in America during those turbulent times. Robert Ellis
Town Manager Jim Kern will recommend that Kate McConville, currently the Harbors Department’s Administrative assistant, become interim Harbormaster when Steve Land leaves that position in mid-February. Kern made this initial recommendation at the Town Council’s meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15. “The charter calls for there to be a harbormaster at the point that Mr. Land
The following was submitted to the Block Island Times today by Ørsted: Boston, MA – Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind is proud to announce an exciting and innovative partnership with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the University of Rhode Island (URI), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to launch the Ecosystem and Passive Acoustic
The following was submitted to the Block Island Times today by Ørsted: Boston, MA – Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind is proud to announce an exciting and innovative partnership with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the University of Rhode Island (URI), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to launch the Ecosystem and Passive Acoustic
This essay by M. Greenaway was first posted in 2016. We do so again in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. today. In August of 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing President Johnson to take whatever steps necessary to win the Vietnam war. Three years later, even though it was not going
New Shoreham Building Official Marc Tillson has put the town on notice that he will be officially retiring from his fulltime position at the end of October 2020, after 30 years on the job, and that action should be taken to find a successor, or two, as soon as possible. Tillson reminded the Town Council
(360 VIDEO) Walk the windy shoreline of Fred Benson Town Beach, courtesy of The Block Island Times. It was a windy and cloudy day on Thursday, Jan.16 with wind blowing over 20 mph. If you watch closely, you can see the sand moving down the beach with the wind! Note: Turn up the volume to
This year’s deficit and next year’s budget bookended the New Shoreham School Committee’s meeting on January 13. The committee was pleased to hear that the projected deficit for the 2019-2020 school year has been reduced to about $50,000, less than half of the initial amount. But the causes of the deficit are among the factors
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