Block Island Times

The following was submitted by the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation: After restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse tower, the lens at the lighthouse will be relit during the day on Thursday, Oct. 17. Later that same day, the community is invited to gather at 5 p.m. to celebrate the newly restored lighthouse tower and the relighting of the […]

(WEATHER VIDEO) Gale force, gusting winds and high surf conditions battered Old Harbor on Thursday, October 10. The Block Island Times found it challenging holding the camera steady while capturing this video. Temperatures were in the mid 50s with a steady 30 mile-per-hour wind and gusts into the 40s. Turn up the volume to get

(WEATHER VIDEO) The wind was gusting up to 25 miles-per-hour out of the north-northeast and temperatures were in the mid 50s on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as The Block Island Times captured this video taken from Corn Neck Road. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the next two days that will

Atlantic Inn executive chef Denny Gomes is ending the 2019 season with a Chef’s Tasting and Wine Pairing event on Friday, Oct. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. Chef Gomes will be featuring a multi-course menu, starting with a soup course, pumpkin bisque, a warm squash salad, followed by a choice of two entrees: grilled boar

UPDATE: The law office of Indeglia & Associates informed The Block Island Times on Tuesday, Oct. 8 that the motion to issue a temporary restraining order against the defendants has been continued until Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Washington County Superior Court. See details below. Five members of the New Shoreham Police Department have

Block Island has tested negative for the deadly mosquito-borne virus EEE once again. Town Manager Ed Roberge informed the Town Council at its meeting Monday night that testing conducted during the week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 came back negative. He also noted that officials were hoping for a “killing frost” to eliminate the

In “resounding” fashion, the Block Island Utility District’s account holders approved the concept of “peak shaving,”  whereby the utility could operate its diesel generators for up to 53 hours per year as a cost-saving measure. The referendum is nonbinding, but the Utility District’s commissioners wanted to get the public’s input before making a decision on the

Every five years the Block Island Land Trust conducts a comprehensive poll of Block Island’s residents regarding a variety of topics related to the island. As Land Trust Chair Barbara MacMullan explains it, the poll is a combination of land or environmental questions, as well as topical questions presented by the Town of New Shoreham’s boards

Researchers from Columbia University have been catching mice and birds on Block Island to inform a research study focused on the impact of ecology on Lyme disease. The researchers have taken blood samples from the animals to study the strains of the bacteria. The hope, as it has been for many years with other research studies

The goal of both the state and local marketing efforts on behalf of Block Island is not to increase the number of visitors to the island, but rather to get them to stay here longer. “Heads in beds,” is how Block Island Tourism Director Jessica Willi put it. In other words, people who stay over