Block Island Times

A private plane ran off the runway at the Block Island Airport on Monday night, July 26, crashing through the fence, across Center Road, and into the guardrail.New Shoreham Police Chief Matt Moynihan confirmed it was an aborted takeoff, with the pilot running out of runway and ending up across the street. “Thankfully, no one […]

Maximum house sizes on Block Island are going to shrink, at least for a while. The Town Council voted to amend zoning regulations related to the size and massing of residential structures, reducing size limits in the Zoning Ordinance found in Section 514 and Section 111.Section 406 of the zoning ordinance establishes thresholds on size

It costs $32.00 to experience different fish species up close at the Boston Aquarium, alongside $40.00 for parking. It’s even more at Mystic Aquarium ($37.00) for general admission and a slog from the parking lot. At the Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI), nestled in New Harbor directly on the Great Salt Pond, you park right

The Zoning Board finally heard the application for a special use permit and a variance to build a staircase to provide maintenance access to the proposed shoreline stabilization project at the Marino property, Plat 8, Lot 42. The application had been floating around for nearly two years as studies were done and surveys performed, including

“How a real estate contract can create something so convoluted, I don’t understand,” Member Judith Cyronak said to her colleagues on the Zoning Board on July 28. The board was discussing the Overlook property, which borders the Great Salt Pond between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Pond Settlement condominiums. Overlook Realty, LLC, managed by Steven

One of the island’s favorite events, Blues on the Block – a family-friendly public concert featuring local blues bands — will next take place on Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion at 5:30 p.m. The band Johnnie and the East Coast Rockers will entertain attendees until 7:00 p.m.The concert is sponsored by

  The shuttle service is reducing its days of operation, switching from daily to Thursday through Sunday service as noted in the new schedulebelow.Lack of riders continues to be a problem for Block Island Shuttle, according to taxi owner Judy Clark. Clark also serves as a shuttle driver in conjunction with the Motor Vehicles for

The Hygeia House on Beach Avenue is looking at getting a makeover. The property underwent a major renovation in 2001 by then-owners Champ and Lisa Starr, for which it won Preserve Rhode Island’s first annual preservation award.This statewide recognition loomed large in the minds of the members of the Historic District Commission when the current

The Block Island Tourism Council met in secret to force him out as president last year, Steven Filippi claims. The matter is related to a television appearance by Filippi during the early days of the pandemic promoting the island as being “fully open for business,” which members of the board claimed broke a board agreement

Dr. Tom Warcup made one of his all too frequent appearances at the Town Council meeting Monday night. As director of the Block Island Medical Center, Warcup informed the council that Rhode Island, as a state, is headed the wrong way with its Covid-19 numbers.Warcup said that since last week the Rhode Island Department of