Emma Pion and Joshua Gardiner announce the birth of Gwendolyn Grace Gardiner. Gwendolyn was born at South County Hospital on January 20, 2022 at 8:22 a.m. weighing 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 20.75 inches long.Gwendolyn is the great granddaughter of the late Margaret (Peggy) Manley of Block Island. Her grandparents are Andrea Manley-Pion and […]
IN RE: BLOCK ISLAND UTILITY DISTRICT’S FILINGSDOCKET NO. 5245 – LAST RESORT & TRANSMISSION RATE RECONCILIATIONDOCKET NO. 5244 – DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PLANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 39-2-1.2(b) and 39-3-11, as amended and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hereby gives notice that it will conduct a hearing
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On 1 April 2022, I posted the following on Facebook with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek so far it looked like I had a golf ball wedgedand stuck in there. Still, I hooked some folks with the gag. Hey, it’s just because I’m the credible guy that I’m wont to be. I guess.
The fastest growing sport in the country is called pickleball.Ok, really. Can you take anyone seriously when they pronounce they are “headed out to play pickleball?”Well, it turns out that a recent visit to the island’s school gym on a raw Sunday afternoon demonstrated with one glance that the name is perfect.For pickleball was born
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“At first blush, I haven’t figured out which part of the web complicates the next (part),” Second Warden Sven Risom said, describing the requests of the Sewer Commission to the Town Council. He went on to describe the agenda item as a “rushed jambalaya,” with “too much sauce.”“That’s a fair assessment,” Finance Director Amy Land
By all accounts, Block Island’s first Earth and Arbor Day Fair held last Thursday, April 21, was a resounding success.When The Block Island Times spoke with organizer Mimi Leveille a couple weeks before the fair, she was still gathering participants, and unsure of just who would be doing what. It turns out she needn’t have
The Planning Board will be holding two special sessions in May to discuss the results of the Large House Survey it conducted earlier this winter from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15. There were 233 responses to the online survey, which was conducted to elicit feedback, or “policy preferences of the community” as they relate to
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Members of the New Shoreham Town Council, along with Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and advocate Alicia Miro, attended a hearing before the Rhode Island House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing on April 12, to plead the case for House Bill 7723. The bill, introduced by Representative Blake Filippi, seeks