It was from the 1960s, a time when a heavy snow could shut down the Neck for two days. There was more snow and much less equipment, one tireless little bulldozer inched its way north from the Breakers, where the deep snow began, slowly breaking through the feet-deep drifts. The school staff was skeletal, with …
During a hearing before the State Senate’s Special Task Force on Fisheries, Coastal Resources Management Council Executive Director Grover Fugate affirmed that the resolution to the exposed cable issues at Crescent Beach will be to splice in new sections of cable. The new sections of cable will be anywhere from 100 feet to up to …
The members of the New Shoreham Broadband Committee sifted through how build-out costs would be distributed among customers of the proposed island-wide high-speed internet service and settled on a pricing structure based on property value. This ad valorem approach means that a homeowner with a high-valued piece of property will pay a greater portion of the infrastructure …
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The Thomas McAleer Visual Arts Endowed Scholarship was launched when “painter Fred Poisson wanted to create a scholarship for Block Island teens and young adults to attend Rhode Island School of Design, where he is an alumnus. Mac was the perfect person to honor since he brought his love of art to so many people,” said Sue Black. …
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The members of the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department have been hard at work training to achieve Firefighter One level status during the past several months. According to Chief Kirk Littlefield, representatives from the Rhode Island Fire Training Academy have been coming to the island on weekends to help train about a dozen members of …
The following was issued by the Block Island Land Trust, Block Island Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy and presented to the members of the Town Council and Planning Board: At the Planning Board meeting on Jan. 8, 2020, the suggestion was made to create a “white paper” outlining the difference between the current treatment of …
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(360 VIDEO) Walk the path up to the Ocean View Pavilion, courtesy of The Block Island Times. It was windy by the Pavilion, but the environment was warm and vibrant with the waves crashing in the distance. Note: Turn up the volume to fully immerse yourself in the environment, and pause, and click on the …
Several Block Island representatives met with officials from the Rhode Island Airport Corporation on the mainland to help ensure that several pressing issues concerning the airport, such as capital improvement projects and an injunction that prevents the state from doing some necessary tree trimming at the Westerly Airport, stay on track. Town Manager Jim Kern, …