Block Island Times

The Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners was somewhat worried ahead of their first annual meeting that they would not have a required quorum of 15. They needn’t have been concerned — the meeting room at Town Hall was filled to capacity on Saturday, Aug. 24. With reports from acting Chair Everett Shorey, Treasurer […]

This summer, more than 200 student workers from more than 20 different countries came to Block Island to work, to play, to meet new people, and to learn more about their host country. As diverse as these students are, they have a commonality of purpose, which is often shared at meals and activities at the International

The Block Island Conservancy held its second annual Fair on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Solviken property and organizer and founder Melissa Hempstead described it as a great success.  Featuring a surf competition for kids, a dunk tank and other games, a live auction, and a cookout, the Fair was an afternoon of family fun

The Historic District Commission granted approvals for a project that would add staff housing at the Overlook Hotel, and for installing a storage shed on the property at the Harbor Church. The commission granted unanimous (6-0) final approval to Steve Filippi at its meeting Monday, Aug. 26 for adding six doors and 11 windows to

Lyle Carey is on two missions. His primary mission is his service in the United States Marine Corps, in which he enlisted in 2016. Carey is with the First Battallion, 8th Marine Weapons Company and is on his second deployment, currently stationed in Norway. Carey is a 2010 graduate of the Block Island School, and

The following was submitted by the Island Free Library: Morgan Walsh, the Youth Services Librarian at the Island Free Library, has been selected to participate in the Young Adult Library Services Association and Association for Rural and Small Libraries’ Future Ready with the Library project. Morgan is one of 16 participants selected to participate in the

Grace Luddy’s show this year at The Spring Street Gallery is called “Being Home” and is a celebration of our place in the natural world. The show runs from Saturday, Aug. 31 through Friday, Sept. 13. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. This is what she

Stroll down Payne’s Dock on a sunny August 26 courtesy of The Block Island Times. The temperature was hovering in the low 70s with gusting 15 mile-per-hour winds out of the northeast. (Note: The wind was whistling pretty good, so you might want to adjust your audio level accordingly.) (Pause or click on the 360

As part of the network pre-engineering for an Island-wide broadband project, The Town of New Shoreham is undertaking a field survey of aerial and underground electric and telecommunications utilities on Block Island.Five technicians from Mountain, LTD will be on the Island beginning Monday, August 26 through Friday, August 30, 2019. All technicians will have photo

Sailing certainly isn’t for everyone, and it certainly wasn’t at first for sisters Cally and Chloe Weber. “I hated it. I just did not like it,” said Chloe, who is 15. Of her sister Cally, she said, “She hated it more than I did.” “I would throw tantrums,” said Cally, 14. But then something happened.