The members of the Water and Sewer Commissions have adopted fiscal year budgets for 2019, which will now be presented to electors at the annual Financial Town Meeting for both companies on Monday, June 18 at 4 p.m. The Sewer Company budget for 2019 is $1,416,091, reflecting a decrease of about $100,000 from the current […]
There was a feeling of concern when Block Island Health Services Board Treasurer Pete Tweedy gave board members the news concerning the Medical Center’s financial situation. Tweedy said the facility’s revenue shortfall for January through March of this year was $178,507.79. Tweedy said this financial trend was “not sustainable.” Tweedy said the total income for
A reader recently called and asked if Block Island Power Company ratepayers, given that they are paying for it, owned the new substation that was built by National Grid to connect to the Block Island Wind Farm cable. We put the question to BIPCo President Jeffery Wright: Q: Since Block Island ratepayers are paying for
How hard can it be to get information about elder care services? The Town’s Senior Coordinator Gloria Redlich found out the hard way, calling one state agency for a list of certified home care providers and being bounced around to others before ending back at the first, without any result. “It was a Kafkaesque experience” of
The search for solutions was evident in the words expressed by a group of people who assembled at the Island Free Library to discuss how to combat the island’s tick problem. A team of research scientists from Columbia University, who have been conducting Block Island-based tick-related field research since 2010, and a behavioral scientist from
The following was submitted by Ray Torrey: This photo was taken at the Medical Center yesterday. We had a brief ceremony to commemorate the inauguration of the Center’s new solar system. Dr. Peter Baute threw the switch to turn on the solar electricity. It was Dr. Baute’s idea to initiate this project. The other two
Block Island School senior André Miller became just the second island Scout to reach the rank of Eagle in the past 50 years. In 1969, David Lewis reached that rank. An Eagle Scout Court of Honor, which was at turns both moving and informative, was held on Sunday, May 20 at the Harbor Church. The
On Saturday, May 19, a group of 10 young island pianists played in the annual R.I. Solo and Ensemble Ratings Festival at Rhode Island College. The Festival, attended by more than 2,300 students from Rhode Island who play band and orchestra instruments, vocals and piano, gives the students an opportunity to perform a composition they
The following was submitted by Carrah Castellanos: The Block Island Cub Scouts Pack 30 held its Bobcat Rank Ceremony and first Annual Pinewood Derby on Thursday, May 17. The Scouts are: First Grade: Joan Blanco, Ford Ernst, Reis Heinz, Eli Marsella, Iré Molina Castellanos, and Hudson Reeves. Second Grade: Max Balmforth, Wesley Butterfield, Kayden Morales, Noah Nelson, Rowan Weber, and Miles Willi. Block Island Times
Block Island School junior Julia Gasner, pictured with Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, was presented with the General Treasurer’s Young Leader Award. Students Mac Brown and Mary Conant received Civic Leadership awards from Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. The awards are given “to recognize outstanding students who have exhibited civic leadership through their personal,