The following message was shared by US Census Bureau Field Supervisor Linda Wright on Monday, Sept. 14: Our work is continuing on the island to complete the U.S. Census. You will see Enumerators canvassing to complete the following work: first time interviews, re-Interviews, non-response follow ups, quality checks, group quarters interviews, and proxy interviews. If […]
The following announcement from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was forwarded to The Block Island Times: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) reminds hikers, bike riders, horseback riders, and all other visitors that, for safety reasons, they must wear solid, daylight fluorescent orange when in state management areas and undeveloped state
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The following was submitted by the Block Island Yacht Club: On Sunday, Sept. 6, the Block Island Yacht Club hosted the 7th annual Around the Island Pursuit Race. A Pursuit Race is different to a typical yacht race because each yacht’s handicap is applied, at the beginning, with the smallest yachts getting a head start,
A note from BIYC Writing Contest Director William Young: I would like to apologize to the readers of The Block Island Times for a mixup. The story published in last week’s paper, “Journeys Ahead” was written by Amira Veldman-Wilson, not Chloe Weber. This was my error. I mislabeled the stories when I sent them to
Wastewater Treatment Plant Supt. Dylan Chase shared with The Block Island Times the results of the two most recent tests for the presence of Covid-19 in the town’s sewage. The tests, taken on Aug. 24 and Aug. 31, found no trace of the virus in the samples taken. “All negative, two weeks in a row!”
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Rich Tretheway and Marc Scortino look like a comedy team. Tretheway is well over six feet tall, bearded, closely cropped hair. Scortino is short, muscular, with a bushy head of hair and facial hair that looks like it could use a trim. They also sound like a comedy team, easily bouncing off each other when
Newport Collaborative Architects submitted a revised application to the Historic District Commission for the ongoing project The Grove on Thursday, Sept. 3. The application was previously approved, but the applicants approached the board due to the inclusion of a new shed dormer and new fence along the driveway. The Grove, as the project involving the
The Block Island School may look the same on the outside, but its interior has an entirely new look and feel. Principal Kristine Monje took The Block Island Times on a tour of the school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to provide a glimpse into everything that’s being done in order to get the students back
The Town Council has unanimously approved the issuance of an $8 million bond for the long-awaited island-wide broadband network. “[This project was] a combination of months and years of hard work on the part of many people in town, to get this through and done,” said First Warden Ken Lacoste. “We said this before —
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The national wave of protests in the United States over the killing of George Floyd sparked a weekly Walk for Justice in early June on the island. Some residents of the Block Island community quickly came together and organized weekly walks to stand in solidarity with the movement. It is now September, and the walks