Almost 30 months after Block Island voters narrowly voted to approve the purchase of two-thirds of Block Island Power Co. stock, the Block Island Utility District has announced the acquisition of all BIPCo assets. The acquisition fulfills the goal of creating a non-profit ratepayer-controlled utility district. A press release issued by the Utility District’s Board […]
As more and more island visitors rent rooms and homes through such room reselling platforms as airbnb, less and less hotel tax revenue gets circled back to the Block Island Tourism Council. The hotel tax returned to the Council is its sole source of funding. That this trend will continue in 2019 and beyond was
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An announcement made last week by Rhode Island Airport Corporation stating that it would create a task force to determine what projects should be undertaken at the state’s general aviation airports has one local pilot wondering why the agency is recreating work that has already been done. Last Friday, Richard McCurley, RIAC’s Chief of Staff,
The New Shoreham Town Council is analyzing its landing fee collections from transient boaters who dock at Old Harbor and New Harbor. The review includes looking at increasing the number of collection boxes, refurbishing those boxers for greater functionality, and potentially charging landing fees for passengers arriving from cruise ships anchored offshore. In the town’s
As Block Island’s first sugar-kelp farm wraps up its first season, both the Harbors Committee and the Shellfish Commission have weighed in on the establishment of another kelp farm. This time the applicant is lobsterman Jon Grant. Grant put in his aquaculture application to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council in February, and among
At the First Team Rhode Island High School Girl’s Basketball Association Banquet, Block Island School seniors Ruby Crawford, at left, Julia Gasner, center, and Mary Conant were honored for their on-court achievements. Also in the picture are coaches Rob Closter, in the back, and Roberta Closter, at far right. The banquet was held on Wednesday,
Registration is open for Little league Baseball!! Information is available online at www.new-shoreham.com via the Recreation Department, or in the Recreation office. Start date for baseball is Monday, April 22. Cindy Lemon Recreation Assistant Director Camp Mohegan Town of New Shoreham PH (401) 466-3223 FAX(401) 466- 3219 Read more on the Block Island Times website
The anticipated unveiling of plans to develop the Gables Inn property on Dodge Street was put on hold after the Chair of the Historic District Commission asked for a three-dimensional model of the proposal. A team of architects, engaged by Lark Hotels, were prepared to unveil plans on paper for the project on Tuesday night,
Almost 30 months after Block island residents voted to purchase two-thirds of Block Island Power Co. stock — the yes votes outnumbered the no votes by a margin of two — 178-176 — the Block Island Utility District has acquired all of the assets of BIPCo. A press release issued by the Utility District’s Board
An un-identified code-named “Patient London” has become the second person in the world cured of HIV/AIDS as reported by Reuters and The New York Times [1]. If you, like me, are amazed at the word “cured” in relation to AIDS, then we’re in alignment. Like so many scientific discoveries, this one happened by accident. Timothy