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The following was submitted to The Block Island Times from the Block Island Conservancy: Right now, tiny horseshoe crabs are emerging from sandy nests by the thousands around the Great Salt Pond. While exploring Andy’s Way over the weekend, we found young horseshoe crabs smaller than a dime burrowing underneath the sand, as well as […]

A Reaction Force unit of the Rhode Island National Guard based out of Camp Fogarty in East Greenwich came to Block Island to train first responders here on how to properly administer a COVID-19 test. The members of the Rescue Squad also underwent the test themselves, displaying a variety of emotions and faces as the

For every action there is a reaction. The COVID-19 lockdown put the West Side Road sidewalk project on hold, given that construction crews were severely limited in the number of people who could work at a single job site. The discontinuation of that project will impact when the Farmer’s Market, which is held once a

It’s spring, and a wide variety of birds have arrived to make their annual visit to Block Island. With so many of us sheltering-in-place and spending more time in our backyards than we normally would, The Block Island Times posed a question on social media: What plants and animals have you observed at your residence?

On Tuesday, May 26 the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission approved a number of open dockets filed by the Block Island Power Company. Included among them was BIPCo’s full rate case filing, the proposed Demand Side Management Plan, more commonly known as an energy efficiency plan, and the request for an extended exemption from certain

The following was submitted to The Block Island Times from Atlantic Wind Transfers on Wednesday, May 27. Atlantic Wind Transfers is a Rhode Island company that works with the Block Island Wind Farm: May 27, 2020, North America – Atlantic Wind Transfers based in Quonset Point, Rhode Island has secured its second long-term O&M Crew

(VIDEO) Horseshoe crabs have begun to emerge around the Great Salt Pond recently, with their appearance serving as a reminder to their annual breeding event. Horseshoe crabs are one of Block Island’s living fossils, and their appearance has not changed in 300 million years. Reporter Rosemary Connelli observed the horseshoe crabs at Andy’s Way, where

In an email sent to town employees on Tuesday, May 26, Interim Town Manager Jim Kern announced that he would be withdrawing his name from the pool of applicants seeking to be considered for the permanent position. Kern was hired in late December 2019 to succeed former Town Manager Ed Roberge, who resigned after nearly two

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Trimm’s Pond and Harbor Pond have been closed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management due to an expected increase in boating traffic and attendant pollution issues. They were closed at sunset on May 22. According to Harbormaster Kate McConville, shellfishing is still allowed at Andy’s Way and Cormorant Cove. Both of those areas