Block Island Times

The New Shoreham Sewer Department has announced a sewer shut-off for Monday, May 9, Tuesday, May 10, and possibly Wednesday May 11 for the area in and around Bridgegate Square. This is required while workers from National Water Main Cleaning Company of Boston re-line the leaking sewer pipes in the area.During the fall, camera work […]

Evan Carey recently graduated from the New England Public Power Association’s four-year line worker certification program. The Block Island Utility District provided this training for Evan, which will put him on par with his fellow line workers across the country. He is certified as a journeyman lineman now and was promoted to First Class Line

This year’s edition of the high school boys winning basketball team featured many undergraduate players who earned valuable playing time against more experienced players and teams. Two of the Hurricanes recently garnered placement on the first and second team All Stars. Sophomore Justin Cullen was selected for the first team and junior Carter Brown for

Summer appointment schedule As we move into the summer months, I wanted to reiterate that even though we stop performing annual wellness visits in June, July, and August, we are here for the full spectrum of your chronic disease management such as diabetes, COPD, asthma, hypertension, heart disease, etc. We utilize this strategy after evaluating

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

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

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

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.

Highest HonorsRory Crawford – Grade 12Whitney McGinnes – Grade 12Chloe Weber – Grade 12Campbell Coviello – Grade 11Cally Weber – Grade 11Bailey Payne – Grade 10Cora Ryan – Grade 10Haley Conant – Grade 9Emily Helterline – Grade 9Abbey Hester – Grade 9Justin Berry – Grade 8Chase Hatfield – Grade 8Maximus Walsh – Grade 8 High

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