Block Island Times

There is a long, bumpy dirt road off of Corn Neck Road that will lead you to a small parking lot that is usually overflowing with cars and bikes in the summer. This is the entrance to the Clay Head Nature Preserve, or, more commonly known as “The Maze.”This scenic trail system spans about 190 […]

Seeking ideas for the design of their next project, members of the Block Island Housing Board toured the Martin House development on Ocean Avenue during a special hybrid meeting on Tuesday, April 6. The part Zoom, part live meeting allowed the members to get a sense of the scope and scale of the development while

So far, it’s the quiet project. It doesn’t have a large boat offshore, as does the cable reburial project, or even quite the splash of the water main replacement, but in many ways the broadband project is the most significant construction project of the year for Block Island. Island property owners were able to start

The Planning Board is taking both a near-term and long-term approach to rein in the size of new homes being built on Block Island with the realization that some changes may be easily achieved while others will require much more discussion. It’s a subject they’ve been discussing for a while, and on Tuesday, March 30,

Perhaps in appreciation and recognition of the power that his office can yield, the Committee for the Great Salt Pond is appealing to R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha for help in bringing to light just what happened, and whether it was legal when the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council mediated with Champlin’s Realty Associates and

Passover 2021 The Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover) is a spring festival that celebrates the freedom of the Jewish people from being slaves in Egypt (Mitzraim – Narrow Places). The holiday has come to be celebrated with a hope for freedom for all people. The Passover Seder (celebration ceremony) uses the Haggadah (“order”) to celebrate

The Town Council’s review of proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budgets for the library, the Block Island School and other groups funded under the Community Support category stretched over two work sessions. At the Wednesday, March 24 virtual meeting, representatives explained their requests for the new year beginning July 1, while Town Manager Maryanne Crawford presented

Islanders and local environmental groups were excited to hear the news that broke on Friday evening, March 26, that the R.I. Supreme Court issued an order denying the motion to “incorporate and merge” the Memo of Understanding crafted by Champlin’s Realty Associates and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council that would have granted the

The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued an order late Friday, March 26, denying the motion to “incorporate and merge” the Memo of Understanding crafted by Champlin’s Realty Associates and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council that would have granted the right of the marina to expand 156 feet into the waters of the Great

The MV Global Symphony, built in 2011, is an offshore support vessel complete with a crane and a helicopter landing-pad on its deck. Here to assist in the cable replacement for the Block Island Wind Farm, it will most likely be gone within the next two weeks. Its presence wowed islanders over the weekend, before