Block Island Times

With their colorful pinwheels held aloft, more than 70 Block Island residents took part in the first-ever Block Island Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease, a fundraising event they hope will lead to medical breakthroughs that will cure the illness. Each pinwheel represented what is called a “promise color.” Carrying a purple flower means that you […]

A boy on Block Island has become friends with a boy living on the mainland in an unusual way: by finding a message in a bottle. Resident Shannon Cotter-Marsella said her son, Eli, found a message in a bottle sent by Gavin McGreevy, who lives with his family in Mattituck, New York. The boys, who

Block Island’s American Legion members, part of Post number 36, are exploring expansion of their single-story wood frame building to include a second-story caretaker apartment. The group is also seeking to construct a restaurant, and bar within the building’s first floor footprint to serve food and alcohol at the site. War veterans Charlie Weber and

The New Shoreham Town Council voted (3-1) to instruct town Facilities Manager Sam Bird to cast the town’s vote in favor of the Block Island Utility District’s ballot referendum. By casting the vote, Bird is acting as the official designated voter to represent the town. The Town Council also voted unanimously to have Bird cast the

Block Island’s mosquito testing protocol continues in the wake of a sample testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis on the island last week. The positive sample was taken at the Boy Scout Camp, located off Connecticut Avenue. Town Manager Ed Roberge told the Town Council at its meeting Wednesday night that this week’s testing came

The following information was released by New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m.: – Spraying on mainland scheduled to resume on Wednesday, 9/25 – No Block Island spraying scheduled to date – No new cases of EEE in RI – No new positive test results from Block Island test

There was excitement in the air as 30 people signed in at Town Hall on Tuesday evening with the hope of becoming applicants for one of five single-family homes being sold by the Block Island Housing Board. The modular homes, two with two-bedrooms priced at $250,000, and three three-bedroom homes listed at $320,000, are located

Because the Town Council and the Planning Board have two conflicting opinions on what constitutes developable land on Block Island, a public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. at Town Hall. Due to a vote by the Town Council last January, conservation easements are now included in

There was no big announcement, just the statement at the monthly meeting of the Block Island Land Trust by Treasurer Wendy Crawford, that among the expenses for the month of August was $820,000 for the acquisition of Plat 16, Lot 61 from Joseph Sprague. The purchase took place on August 28, and as do other

Seeding the Great Salt Pond with hard shell clams is normally a spring event, but the Shellfish Commission is considering making it a fall event as well. The clams used to seed the pond in the spring are of harvestable size, but obtaining them can sometimes be a challenge. There are several variables in the