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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(360 VIDEO) Walk along the beach at Dorry’s Cove, courtesy of The Block Island Times. The cove is located on the west side of the island, and during today’s rainy walk, cormorants and various gulls were found resting along the shoreline. The video was taken on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with a rainy and cloudy overcast
The second annual Block Island Film Festival will be kicking off this week on a virtual platform due to the pandemic. The festival will commence Tuesday, Sept. 1 and will run until Saturday, Sept. 5. Block Island Times reporter Rosemary Connelli spoke with Cassius Shuman, who is the executive director of the festival, and was
This is a developing story. 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, are able to go back to full in-person learning by Sept. 14 “and that is what we
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The following story was shared from Rhode Island resident and author Todd McLeish of ecoRI News. The story was originally published on Thursday, Aug. 27: While the coastal ponds in Rhode Island’s Washington County — Winnipaug, Quonochontaug, Ninigret, and Green Hill — have received a great deal of research and conservation attention through the years,
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The Broadband Committee will be providing regular updates on the progress of the island-wide broadband deployment. Subscription sign up and other stages requiring customer action will be announced via the Block Island Bulletin Board, Block Island Times and other media outlets. • Draft, review, and execute contract agreements. This step must be completed before any
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The Block Island Utility District held its second annual meeting on Saturday, August 22 via Zoom. Despite being held late in the afternoon of what was a beautiful Saturday, the Board of Commissioners and Block Island Power Company President Jeffery Wright were joined by about a dozen curious ratepayers. By now, many are aware of
Pam (Anderson) Gelsomini’s new show of paintings, “Block Island Wanderings” will open at the Spring Street Gallery on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will celebrate Block Island summer scenes and landscapes via acrylic paintings on paper. Anderson is an entrepreneur, artist, avid cook and foodie, who grew up every summer
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Ed. note: Every summer, the folks at Island Bound Bookstore ask their younger customers to review their favorite books. Here’s the summer 2020 installment. Over the summer I read “The Prince and the Dressmaker” by Jen Wang. I recommend this book to anyone who likes dramas and anyone who has read “Stargazing,” which was written
Block Island Land Trust meetings are often a sharing of experiences and matters that concern all of the conservancy organizations on Block Island. As Scott Comings of The Nature Conservancy said at the Land Trust’s meeting on Thursday, Aug. 13: “We’re all in this together.” “We need to find the perfect spot and get this