Block Island Times

The following was submitted by reader Lynn Dean: We have been enjoying your beautiful island for over 25 years. My daughter, Rebecca, was recently accepted to the University of New Hampshire and used this essay for her application. I thought you might want to experience arriving to your island through the eyes of a 17-year old. Sincerely,  Lynn […]

The public got its first glimpse of a new proposal to create a Town Housing Initiative development that would incorporate up to four town-owned properties — and perhaps land that is currently privately owned — located near the Block Island School at the intersection of High Street and Payne Road.  Town Manager Ed Roberge led a

The Ocean View Foundation is converting its two rental properties into affordable housing units. The non-profit is splitting a minor subdivision located off Cooneymus Road into two separate lots to establishing two single-family dwellings that will go toward the island’s affordable housing inventory. New Shoreham Building Official Marc Tillson explained to The Times that the

“I don’t mean to cry wolf, but we’re not set up to take care of more than one acutely sick person.” Dr. Mark Clark made those remarks at the New Shoreham Town Council’s work session on Wednesday, Aug. 1, noting that the Block Island Medical Center’s trauma room is “obsolete and inadequate.” Clark said due

An ash tree-killing beetle, once foreign to the United States, was recently discovered for the first time in Rhode Island. The Rhode Department of Environmental Management, in concert with the University of Rhode Island and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, confirmed identification of the insect. The emerald ash borer originates from northeastern Asia and feeds

After what seemed to be a quick and easy installation process, comprising about eight days of work by a Cross Sound Shipyard crew, the town’s new dinghy dock is now officially open for public use. Installation of the dock was completed on July 25. It will accommodate about 100 dinghies that are 12 feet and

Chef Berke Marye is a true renaissance man. Not only has he been the talented head chef at Winfield’s for nine years running, but he is also a self-taught painter and musician who plays both guitar and mandolin. Berke came out to Block Island in the early 1980s, staying with his stepfamily at what is

Now that the Block Island Utility District has agreed, in principle, to acquire the assets of the Block Island Power Company for $5.8 million, it is time to hash out a more detailed purchase and sale agreement. Steps towards that goal were taken at a Utility District meeting on Friday, July 27. The first step was

Leigh Klonsky finds beauty in things most people do not. A straw. A candy wrapper. The bottom of an old aluminum can. These are delicate things, in their own, and she finds them where they should not be: on the beach.  She picks these things up — something of a reminder of the consumerist society

The following was submitted by the Medical Center: The Block Island Medical Center has a new phone system. In an effort to provide patients with better and more efficient service, the Medical Center staff has implemented a phone tree that will put callers directly into contact with the person they are trying to reach.  By