Block Island Times

Amira Veldman-Wilson was named All Division First Team, and Chloe Weber All-Division Second Team by the Rhode Island Girls Volleyball Coaches’ Association last week for their roles as outside hitters for the Block Island Hurricanes. The honors, as voted upon by all of the coaches, were announced by Rhode Island Interscholastic League officials. After an […]

The Senior Advisory Committee wrapped up 2021 and prepared to move forward in 2022 with several projects and programs aimed at continuing its mission of enhancing the quality of life of senior citizens on Block Island and assisting them to continue within their homes and community as long as possible. Based on 2019 population statistics,

“We don’t have a policy for deferrals because we haven’t needed it,” Commission on Motor Vehicles for Hire Chair Brad Marthenstold the group at its December meeting. He was referring to deferrals for individuals on the taxi license waiting list, whose name finally came up but who did not want to receive the license at

The Planning Board discussed accessory apartments at its December meeting, with an eye toward proposing some changes to section 513 of the zoning ordinance governing year-round rental apartments. Section 513 was originally created to address the lack of year-round rentals for the island’s workforce. Unlike accessory residential structures, 513 accessory apartments are allowed to have

Snowstorms have become increasingly rare on Block Island. The snowstorm on the morning of Friday, December 24 was the firstsnowstorm (and perhaps the only snowstorm?) of the current winter season and only the second snowstorm in the past threeyears. (Global warming, perhaps?) I decided it was time to get out the camera and capture some

The Harbors Committee continued its discussion of private moorings in Great Salt Pond, specifically focusing on the long waiting list. There are 290 mooring balls in the pond, with a waiting list of 688.“It’s no secret it’s almost impossible to get a mooring here,” Member Gary Pollard said at the meeting on December 9. He

John Dougherty of Mission Broadband was on-hand at the Town Council meeting on December 6 to give an update on Block Island’s broadband project. Verizon is still holding up the permitting and licensing process, with only 50 percent of the pole licenses approved, according to Dougherty. Verizon must grant the licenses in order for fiber

Maryanne Crawford submitted her town manager’s report at the December 15 meeting of the New Shoreham Town Council, and the report listed several actions taken by the town in preparation for winter. There has been some difficulty in procuring road salt, but Crawford’s report said the town was working with the Rhode Island Department of

Although it was only the second-ever meeting of the Sea Level Rise Committee, the members were asked to commit to a plan from town planner Allison Ring to apply for an “Action Grant” from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to enhance “resiliency” on the island. Ring told the group that funding had just been released

As National Grid seems to suffer one setback after another in its attempt to rebury a small portion of its Sea2shore transmission cable that runs between Block Island and the mainland, the obvious question becomes: how much is this costing? And how much will it cost Block Island ratepayers?The initial installation cost of the cable