A Reaction Force unit of the Rhode Island National Guard based out of Camp Fogarty in East Greenwich came to Block Island to train first responders here on how to properly administer a COVID-19 test. The members of the Rescue Squad also underwent the test themselves, displaying a variety of emotions and faces as the …
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The following was submitted to The Block Island Times from the Block Island Conservancy: Right now, tiny horseshoe crabs are emerging from sandy nests by the thousands around the Great Salt Pond. While exploring Andy’s Way over the weekend, we found young horseshoe crabs smaller than a dime burrowing underneath the sand, as well as …
With water and sewer flows expected to be dramatically reduced for this upcoming summer season, the Water and Sewer Companies are also having to adjust their fiscal year appropriations accordingly. Finance Director Amy Land and Assistant Finance Director Mona Helterline projected that water usage is expected to drop by about 50 percent and sewer flows …
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It looks like some form of a Financial Town Meeting is a go, and perhaps as early as mid-July. Town Finance Director Amy Land informed the Town Council that state guidelines — although not yet put down on paper — were relaxing enough to have some kind of Financial Town Meeting with public participation. At …
On Tuesday, May 26 the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission approved a number of open dockets filed by the Block Island Power Company. Included among them was BIPCo’s full rate case filing, the proposed Demand Side Management Plan, more commonly known as an energy efficiency plan, and the request for an extended exemption from certain …
It’s spring, and a wide variety of birds have arrived to make their annual visit to Block Island. With so many of us sheltering-in-place and spending more time in our backyards than we normally would, The Block Island Times posed a question on social media: What plants and animals have you observed at your residence? …
For every action there is a reaction. The COVID-19 lockdown put the West Side Road sidewalk project on hold, given that construction crews were severely limited in the number of people who could work at a single job site. The discontinuation of that project will impact when the Farmer’s Market, which is held once a …
In an email sent to town employees on Tuesday, May 26, Interim Town Manager Jim Kern announced that he would be withdrawing his name from the pool of applicants seeking to be considered for the permanent position. Kern was hired in late December 2019 to succeed former Town Manager Ed Roberge, who resigned after nearly two …
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(VIDEO) Horseshoe crabs have begun to emerge around the Great Salt Pond recently, with their appearance serving as a reminder to their annual breeding event. Horseshoe crabs are one of Block Island’s living fossils, and their appearance has not changed in 300 million years. Reporter Rosemary Connelli observed the horseshoe crabs at Andy’s Way, where …
The following was submitted to The Block Island Times from Atlantic Wind Transfers on Wednesday, May 27. Atlantic Wind Transfers is a Rhode Island company that works with the Block Island Wind Farm: May 27, 2020, North America – Atlantic Wind Transfers based in Quonset Point, Rhode Island has secured its second long-term O&M Crew …
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