Block Island Times

The National Hotel will be joining the ranks of hotels and inns on Block Island that have air conditioning throughout their buildings. The four-story hotel had been primarily operating with ceiling and desk fans, although two of its rooms have air conditioning units. The hotel will be installing a seven-unit air conditioning system that will […]

Resident Peter Mott, who has operated a towing and repair business on Block Island for 35 years, is caught “between a rock and a hard place,” as his attorney Bob Fallon said during the Oct. 23 Zoning Board of Review meeting. Fallon was representing Mott in his appeal of a notice of violation, and cease

Everything from merging the commercial and charter boat slips at Old Harbor to enforcing a speed limit on the Great Salt Pond was part of a two-hour discussion involving an update of the town’s Harbor Management Plan during the Town Council’s Oct. 16 meeting. Town Manager Ed Roberge went over a page-by-page review of the

”Thank you, Ernie!” the class cried in unison. The students were in Miss Megan Hennessy’s music room, sitting on the floor and in two neat rows of chairs. The students in the chairs each had a ukelele, and sitting before them was Ernie Boch, Jr., of car sales fame, who had provided grant money to

It was Sunday afternoon, a little before 3 p.m., and the rain was coming down in heavy, gray sheets. The wind was gusting and the purple flag was up. Even though the distance from the parking lot to the inside the of the St. Andrew Parish Center was relatively short, the folks making their way through

You heard it right. The girls varsity volleyball team is now 13 and 1, but the next and possibly biggest home game of the season will be on Saturday, Nov. 1 against St. Raphael’s Academy at 1 p.m. This game will determine the first seed going into the playoffs. The Lady Hurricanes blew through Narragansett

“No killing frost yet.” Al Gettman, coordinator of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Mosquito Abatement program, told The Times that a “killing frost,” a frost that destroys mosquitoes, has not yet occurred. In order for a killing frost to do its job and kill mosquitoes, the temperature must remain below 32 degrees for three consecutive

The 32-foot R/V Able II cruised through choppy surf off Crescent Beach conducting benthic surveys of National Grid’s sea2shore cable and Deepwater Wind/Ørsted’s export cable on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The surveys, which were supposed to begin on Oct. 9, were delayed until later in the month due to inclement weather.  “The weather has presented some delays,” said

Today is National First Responders Day. Without our dedicated team of professional and volunteers first responders, Block Island would not be the community or the travel destination it is today. We are thankful for them every day. If you see one of the members of our Volunteer Fire and Rescue teams, or one of our

The letter of resignation submitted by outgoing Town Manager Ed Roberge has been posted on new-shoreham.com as part of the Town Council’s Oct. 30 meeting agenda. The letter is dated Monday, Oct. 21. The council is expected to discuss its plan of finding a successor at its Wednesday, Oct. 30 meeting at Town Hall. The