The following announcement was posted by Block Island Power Company’s President Jeffery Wright on Monday, Nov. 30: It’s been a while since we’ve had to send out a weather warning but here it goes! Later this afternoon and evening we are going to experience winds up to 70 mph that will most likely cause …
2020 has been a year like no other. The Block Island Times would like to hear your stories and experiences over the past year for publication in the paper. Please send stories and photos to [email protected]. Stories should be kept to a maximum of 250 words, and must be submitted no later than Wednesday, Dec. 16. We …
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The following was submitted by Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks: Free asymptomatic COVID-19 testing will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Rescue Station. If you have symptoms, please call Block Island Health Services, (401) 466-2974 or Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks at (201) 229-6349. On Thursday, the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) along with members of …
Normally on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, shopkeepers throughout Block Island’s downtown can be found busily decorating their storefronts and setting up their shops for the annual Holiday Shopping Stroll, originally scheduled for Nov. 27 through Nov. 29. But as we all know, 2020 has been anything but normal. The Stroll, as it has come to …
During the Town Council’s meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 (the same meeting where the Holiday Stroll was cancelled), Town Manager Maryanne Crawford addressed the use of a well at Fred Benson Beach Pavilion for its water supply. The well has experienced “problems in recent years; nine out of the last 16 years,” she said. “The …
Several weeks ago, Turtle Hatfield and his wife, Heather, started getting questions from the island community worried that the Covid-19 virus would prevent them from constructing the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree this year. No way was Turtle and his crew going to let the virus deprive everyone of this ten-year tradition. Life is different this …
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is inviting community members and other stakeholders of the Block Island State Airport to receive an update on RIAC’s strategic business planning process and seek additional community input. RIAC operates and maintains the state’s General Aviation Airports (Block Island, Newport, North Central, Quonset and Westerly) for the benefit of the …
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Each spring, the New Shoreham Shellfish Commission reseeds the Great Salt Pond with some 35,000 quahogs of harvestable size to supplement the native clams so that both resident and visiting clammers can have a satisfactory experience. In the past, former members of the commission have likened this practice to holding an Easter egg hunt and …
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When I was a boy, I knew of not many things outside the ocean-lined bluffs that skirt Block Island’s shore. A secluded little oasis just 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island is where I was fortunate enough to call home. It is a place as historically rich as the seasonal homeowners, who come …
As we approach the holiday season, especially at the Beacon Hollow Farm during a world-wide pandemic, I try to look ahead and make plans for some Happy Holidays — a thankful Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas. My family, like most nowadays, is scattered and must be shared with their in-laws. It gets confusing, especially this …