About a year ago, an application for a solar array that was before the Planning Board was not approved, in part, according to island resident Chris Warfel, because the town’s Zoning Board and Planning Board had different interpretations of the ordinance that regulates solar panel installations. In the year since that application was denied, Warfel, […]
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Town Manager Jim Kern will remain actively involved in the project that will re-bury the two undersea transmission cables that come ashore at Crescent Beach, and said a major concern still remains about the cable being out of service for perhaps weeks, which means high speed internet provided to the Block Island School, the Medical
This year marks the 37th anniversary of one of Block Island’s signature recognitions: the annual Bayberry Wreath Award that honors outstanding contributions to the health of the island’s environment. If there is someone you would like to honor, The Block Island Times is now accepting nominations for 2020. Last year’s honorees were Margie and Bill Comings. Block Island
Town officials met with representatives of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation at the Block Island Airport to hammer away at some specific issues that have been needing attention: installing a more reliable water supply for the airport and its tenants, coming up with a plan to create more revenue for an airport that is consistently
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The Rhode Island Department of Health issued a lengthy statement on Monday, Feb. 24, detailing efforts the state is making in terms of responding to the possible appearance of coronavirus in the state. The Director of Security at Interstate Navigation and co-director of the town’s Emergency Management Agency, Bill McCombe, also said the ferry company
The Island Free Library Board of Trustees reviewed updates on its building and grounds, including window replacements, a solar project, and a new water fountain. The condition of the windows at the Library has been a topic of discussion for some time. Library Director Kristin Baumann said that new windows had been ordered, but she
(360 VIDEO) Walk through the Hodge Family Wildlife Preserve on Corn Neck Road, courtesy of The Block Island Times. Watch the video all the way through, to see the landscape open up to Middle Pond and its surrounding diverse environments. Note: Turn up the volume to fully immerse yourself in the environment, and pause, and
Sometimes the process works, and to the benefit of all. In January, the Shellfish Commission began the process of reviewing a request from Sun Farm Oysters, owned by Chris Warfel, to relocate a portion of his aquaculture lease in Trims’s Pond. At the Shellfish Commission’s meeting on January 21, Warfel explained to the commissioners that
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Many islanders use the Groundhog Day count to answer the question: how many people actually live on the island? We often reply to that question with answers like, around a thousand, or just under a thousand or the number itself, when we can remember the number and not confuse this year’s count with a number
Sue Gibbons has an idea. The science teacher at the Block Island School went before the members of the Deer Task Force to propose a plan that she hopes will significantly reduce the deer population. The Deer Task Force is on the record as saying the deer population is not being culled in any significant