After just more than a year on the job, the current Town Council has given the person it hired as Town Manager, Ed Roberge, high marks. Given that the performance review was held in closed session, First Warden Ken Lacoste provided a summary via email of the review to The Block Island Times after the […]
Adam Ezra from the Adam Ezra Group is coming to Block Island for an intimate solo concert on his “Get Folked” house concert tour. Ezra, who hails from Boston, just completed a tour with songwriting partner John Oates and is currently on tour with Graham Parker and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Island resident
One of the most visible symbols of the high-speed broadband network that is about to connect five town facilities arrived on the island on Saturday, Feb. 23: the telecomm building that will encase the technology that will make the fiber optic connections work. The town’s IT specialist, Michelle Spero, who has been working on the
Scammers are keeping at it. According to Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright, one person has reported receiving a scam telephone call stating that if payment isn’t made to National Grid, their power will be shut off. The problem is, “none of our customers on Block Island have any relationship with National Grid,” said
Disposable wet wipes have become such a problem that members of the Sewer Commission approved a measure to send a letter to the Town Council recommending that the sale of wet wipes be banned on the island. Sewer Company Supt. Chris Blane has persistently warned of the dangers the popular cleaning products pose for the
There was an air of excitement among the members of the Block Island Broadband Committee when they met on Thursday, Feb. 14, as one item after another that will make this long-standing effort to bring high-speed internet to the island finally were checked off as completed or about to be. The months and months of
Snow and sleet didn’t stop the members of the Shellfish Commission from gathering for their monthly meeting on a recent Tuesday night, and as wind whipped the windows at Town Hall, the members held a lively discussion on several topics. The first order of business was electing new officers. Joe Fallon, who has been chair
Town Manager Ed Roberge said he expressed his frustration about the situation at the Block Island Airport to Rhode Island Airport Corporation representatives at a meeting on the mainland on Thursday, Feb. 14, but added he is hopeful that some long-term, out-of-the box thinking can resolve the issue favorably for the town, the state, and
Block Island resident Carl Kaufmann started making guitars when an instructor told him 30 years ago that he needed a better instrument if he wanted to learn how to play. “I had at that time an old Gibson guitar my wife had bought in bad condition from a pawn shop,” said Kaufmann, who splits his
Second Warden André Boudreau has made the idea of re-establishing ties with state government officials something of a theme during his tenure on the Town Council because, on occasion, a local issue may require mainland support. Issues such as banning the presence of ride sharing services Lyft and Uber on the island, or restricting the