After months of sounding the alarm, the Block Island Water Company, under the supervision of John Breunig has finally gotten the attention of the Town Council.At a joint meeting of the Council and the joint boards of the water and sewer departments on Monday, November 14, Breunig walked council members Sven Risom, Keith Stover, and …
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First Warden André Boudreau, (left) outgoing Representative Jim Langevin (center), Sean McGarry (back), and Shirlyne Gobern, at a thank you and farewell party for Langevin, who chose not to run for re-election this year after serving in Washington D.C. since 2001. (Courtesy photo) Read the rest of the article on the Block Island Times
Block Island Lions Club members Gail Ballard Hall, at left, and Pat Vacaitis, at right, presented donations totaling $10,000 to the Mary D. Fund, the Batchelder Scholarship Fund and the Helping Hands Food Pantry on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Marguerite Donnelly, second from left, accepted a donation of $5,000; Renee Batchelder, center, accepted a donation of …
Are you left-handed? If so, Dan Cahill is looking for you.For the past 10 or so years, Dan has been giving the 100 left-handed people on Block Island (that he knows of) the annual Left Hander’s Calendar for Christmas. But this year, it is not being published. So Dan has an idea, let’s make our …
The Block island Middle School soccer team had a weekend they’ll never forget, traveling to Pine Point Academy in Stonington, Conn. for an overnight soccer tournament against multiple teams. Despite playing against some ninth graders, they competed hard and had one heck of a time, including a win. They enjoyed some downtime in the hotel …
It took until about noon on Wednesday, November 9 to get the full and final results in this year’s election in New Shoreham. There were of course, plenty of write-in votes to tabulate and at Town Hall members of the Board of Canvassers were busy in the vault poring over the ballots. This time none …
The Town Board of License Commissioners held its annual liquor and outdoor entertainment license renewal meeting on November 3, but not before first gatheringas the Town Council to discuss a resolution concerning cooperation on liquor law enforcement with license holders. Only one license holder attended the meeting.The resolution seeks to develop a partnership with license …
Town Council continues Ballard’s licensing decisions, approves others Read More »
“You’re in good hands:” a comment from the Speaker of the House many years ago as he nodded towards Senator Susan Sosnowski when an island official expressed concern at the State House about the status of a certain piece of legislation needed by the town. We were in good hands as to that legislation and …
Redistricting means saying good-bye to long-time Senator Sue Sosnowski Read More »
After getting approval from the Historic District Commission for its proposed renovations to “Surfside,” the owners smoothly sailed through the Conservation Commission but ran into some problems during their public hearing before the Planning Board last month.32 Dodge Street Op.Co. LLC. (Plat 6 Lot 138 and Lot 141. Fire # 439 Dodge Street) needed advisories …