The results are in, but they are not yet complete. According to Block island Town Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick, 124 registered voters went to the polls at the Block Island School gymnasium on Tuesday, Sept. 8 (with another 13 people casting emergency ballots at Town Hall). There are, however, another 115 mail-in ballots that have […]
This year the Committee for the Great Salt Pond will be holding its annual meeting 2020 style: on the internet. The meeting will take place on Sept. 15, 2020 at 7 p.m. The business meeting will be followed by a brief summation of our initiatives this year and continues with the CGSP program: ”A Question
With a backdrop of what Gov. Gina Raimondo called a “primarily good news” environment in Rhode Island in terms of coronavirus cases, the governor said all school districts in the state, except two, should be able to go back to full in-person learning by Sept. 14 “and that is what we expect you will do.”
During a lengthy discussion at the Zoning Board’s recent meeting, witnesses testified before the board at a public hearing on an application submitted by BI Harborview Partners II, LLC to put an addition onto an existing building on Corn Neck Road that will require relief from the town’s setback zoning requirements. The board held the
Ed. note: The Block Island Yacht Club created the Short Story Contest several years ago as an opportunity for seniors and juniors attending the Block Island School to write creatively about the island. The format is that the opening paragraph, created by the BIYC, must be used for all entries, but then the writer can
Dunn Town, 1970 Amidst the sultry damp of late summer, there always seems to come a day when the wind switches and blows hard, the air is clear and cool and all of a sudden fall seems not far distant. The same bracing breeze that would be dispiriting in spring is now welcome and shakes
The Rhode Island Democrat and Republican Party Primary will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Block Island School gymnasium between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. New Shoreham registered voters need to know a few things, said Deputy Town Clerk Millie McGinnes. Just as it was done during the Financial Town Meeting in late
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Town Manager Maryanne Crawford started work on Monday, Aug. 24. The Block Island Times caught up with her briefly about a week later. Interview conducted and edited by Lars Trodson. Q: Well, you’ve jumped right in with a lot of things going on, but first, what are your first impressions? A: Through the whole interview
The New Shoreham Democratic Party announced today that it has officially endorsed incumbents U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin and state Sen. Sue Sosnowski for re-election in the upcoming state primary on Sept. 8. “Everyone was under agreement that both of them are doing an outstanding job,” said Party Chair Sean McGarry. Even though she did not
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The following story was published in The Jamestown Press on Thursday, Sept. 3 by reporter Ryan Gibbs: For nearly three decades, a jingle on local radio has implored South County visitors to “sail away on the Block Island Ferry, take a trip back to carefree times.” Grinnell Street’s Shahin Barzin, however, ignored that advice. He
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