Pariseault Builders, Inc. of Warwick, R.I. was selected to build the five single-family homes in the B.I. Housing Board’s Cherry Hill Lane affordable housing subdivision on a parcel off Cooneymus Road. The board and its project manager, Herman Mast, compared the bids submitted by Pariseault and Connecticut Valley Homes of East Lyme in open session […]
National Grid said it will not be deploying a “no-anchor zone” at the Fred Benson Town Beach this summer. The move was precipitated by the town’s concerns about visual impact at the beach and to its tourism economy. Last year, National Grid deployed a field of a dozen buoys designating the anchor-free zone that flanked
Final approval of the application for renovating the Gables Inn will have to wait. That’s because the chair of the Historic District Commission rejected the application for the project on Monday night. Bill Penn, Chair of the HDC, opened the meeting lambasting the applicant, who was not in attendance, for submitting an incomplete application to
Block Island is not exempt from the dangers of the opioid crisis, as Dr. Mark Clark reminded the audience at an opioid information meeting for Block Island businesses at The Spring House on Thursday, June 20. In response to past deaths due to opioids on the island, the South County Prevention Coalition, represented by Jill
The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has again stated that it has no interest in stripping Rhode Island Fast Ferry of its license at this time, or revisiting arguments regarding dockage plans for operating a proposed seasonal high-speed ferry service from Quonset Point to Block Island. The Division requested that the Superior
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The Block Island School expects to end the school year slightly in the red. As of May 31, the projected deficit was $30,739, six-tenths of one percent of the $5.1 million school budget for the 2018-2019 school year. The latest projection, given to the School Committee at its June 17 meeting, was up from the April 30 projection
Photos and text from Malcolm Greenaway: Nancy’s first year of teaching was 1974-75. The senior class of that year had seven members. Forty-five years later, five of the seven members showed up at Nancy’s retirement reception on Saturday, June 15, 2019. They were, left to right, Lorna Wright, Vicky McCabe, Marguerite Donnelly, Tom Mitchell, and
Fred Nelson was looking out the window at his back yard on Beach Avenue and discovered a rare sight: a yellow crowned night-heron was taking a break on the lawn. “The Field Guide to Birds of North America” describes the bird this way: “Much less common than the black crowned night heron, and hunts at
Every year, during the months of May and June, about 50 crabs are tagged on Block Island by the members of The Nature Conservancy. Horseshoe crabs are tagged by drilling a small hole into the shell and snapping a tag in. Horseshoe crabs are interesting creatures. They’ve existed for over 430 million years. Their blood
The Block Island Club has a beautiful view of the Great Salt Pond, and for those without their own boats, membership in the Club can also give you access to the Pond. The 56th season of the Block Island Club is just getting underway (the season runs through Labor Day), and, according to the Club’s