This essay by M. Greenaway was first posted in 2016. We do so again in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. today. In August of 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing President Johnson to take whatever steps necessary to win the Vietnam war. Three years later, even though it was not going […]
The Sewer Department will be sending out a courtesy notice in bills mailed in February that will notify customers that a tax sale is scheduled for this year. Assistant Town Finance Director Mona Helterline made the announcement at the Water and Sewer Commission meeting on Monday, Jan. 13. Helterline said that accounts in arrears will
This year’s deficit and next year’s budget bookended the New Shoreham School Committee’s meeting on January 13. The committee was pleased to hear that the projected deficit for the 2019-2020 school year has been reduced to about $50,000, less than half of the initial amount. But the causes of the deficit are among the factors
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(360 VIDEO) Walk the windy shoreline of Fred Benson Town Beach, courtesy of The Block Island Times. It was a windy and cloudy day on Thursday, Jan.16 with wind blowing over 20 mph. If you watch closely, you can see the sand moving down the beach with the wind! Note: Turn up the volume to
New Shoreham Building Official Marc Tillson has put the town on notice that he will be officially retiring from his fulltime position at the end of October 2020, after 30 years on the job, and that action should be taken to find a successor, or two, as soon as possible. Tillson reminded the Town Council
Three months ago, the New Shoreham Planning Board agreed to extend its public hearing on changing the subdivision regulations concerning the definition of developable land. The extension came at the request of the three conservancy organizations actively working on Block Island — the Block Island Land Trust, the Block Island Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy.
Landing in San Juan on New Year’s Eve, I had underestimated how hot and humid the weather would feel against my winter sweater. Having flown from New York with my sister and her boyfriend, where snow and rain had previously showered us, the weather change was a real shock. I would begin the New Year
On Thursday, Jan. 9 the three commissioners from the R.I. Public Utilities Commission, Margaret Curran, Marion Gold and Abigail Anthony, flanked by a team of staff, visited Block Island to hold a public hearing on the proposed rate case filed by the Block Island Utility District. PUC Chairperson Curran opened the hearing. “We are here
On Tues., January 14 House Republican Leader Blake Filippi delivered the Republican response to the Governor’s State of the State address. Filippi’s remarks were televised via Capitol TV and were carried on WPRI 12, NBC 10 WJAR and ABC6. Click the link here to watch Filippi’s response: Video Good evening, I’m Blake Filippi, the Leader
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