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With less than two weeks left before election day, the Housing Board announced that it currently has a vacancy. Member Millie McGinnes provided the board with some background during a telecommunications meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 13. “We have two publicly elected seats this election, and [member] Kay McManus is running for one of those […]

The following story was submitted by Block Island Community Sailing: The 2020 Thursday Night Sailing Series, a 10-week long sail racing event, in which the island’s most accomplished sailors face off against each other, in around-the-buoys racing, every Thursday evening, has been concluded. The Series was founded in 1999 by local sailors with a goal

Just as numbers from the Water and Sewer Departments and the Block Island Power Company tell a story about tourism-directed economic activity, so do the statistics from the Harbors Department. And the numbers are in. In a report provided to the Harbors Committee for its meeting on October 15, Harbormaster Kate McConville laid out the

The Rhode Island State Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal of a lower court’s decision denying Champlin Marina’s application to expand into the Great Salt Pond. The decision to hear the appeal was made on Tuesday, Oct. 20. While the attorney representing the Committee for the Great Salt Pond called the decision a

The following was submitted by Block Island Utility District President Jeffery Wright: Energy New England (ENE) has announced that it is offering home energy assessments to both residential and small business customers of Block Island Utility District (BIUD). The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) has committed $180,000 from Renewable Greenhouse Gas Initiative proceeds

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The Champlin’s Marina expansion case is heading back to court. The Rhode Island Supreme Court has agreed to hear Champlin’s appeal of the state Superior Court’s decision — handed down in February — that denied Champlin’s application to expand into the Great Salt Pond, according to attorney Dan Prentiss. Prentiss is representing the Committee for

Block Island Medical Director Dr. Tom Warcup gave a Covid-19 update today, Oct. 19. To date, Block Island has had 11 positive Covid-19 cases:  Watch the video here to listen to Warcup’s recent update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbJlu6VeR8&feature=youtu.be Block Island Times – Read More>>

The following message was provided by Town Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick on Monday, Oct. 19: Early voting is available at Town Hall – we’ve had almost 75 voters come through with no lines or waiting. We will have the Town Hall polling place open between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday up to (but

The following press release from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was shared to The Block Island Times on Saturday, Oct. 17: The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner joined Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Director Janet Coit in launching a $5.2 million project to make much-needed improvements at the Port