The Rhode Island Airport Corporation has apparently not renewed its contract with AvPorts, the company that has managed the state’s smaller airports, including the Block Island Airport and the Westerly Airport, and will take over the management of the airport on July 1. Tourism Director Jessica Willi informed the Tourism Council of the change at […]
Spending – past, present, and future – was on the agenda and the minds of the membership at the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department’s monthly meeting on June 11: Past spending: Treasurer Michael Lofaro said that the Department’s insurance will cover financial irregularities discovered in the past months and will not affect the bottom line. Present
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Block Island is hosting a new boat race this year sponsored by the Block Island and Duck Island Yacht Clubs. The Block Island Race Week 2018 event will take place starting on Monday, June 18 and ending on Friday, June 22. Here is the schedule of entertainment events taking place after the day’s racing: On-land
The Fred Benson Beach Pavilion has been renovated with a brand new blue exterior color, and will be opening full-time this Saturday, June 16 for the summer season. The beach pavilion was renovated by Lincoln-based Mill City Construction from a design schematic drafted by Northeast Collaborative Architects. The project steward was Sam Bird, who is
Beginning June 15, a field comprising a dozen buoys, designating a “no-anchor zone,” will flank an exposed section of the National Grid sea2shore cable located off Town Beach, a move approved by the Town Council as a temporary solution until National Grid can address the cable situation more directly in the fall. The “no-anchor zone” will
Two Block Island property owners that were cited by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council for improper mowing on their property have been fined $2,500 each. Shannon E. Chandley and Christopher Gorayeb, the two property owners, are in the process of making restitution, but could incur an additional $500 per diem fine from the
The town transfer station was closed for about four hours on Tuesday, June 5, after someone apparently disposed of hazardous pool chemicals. The transfer station was closed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. just as a precaution, said Town Manager Ed Roberge, who was called to the site early in the afternoon. The transfer station
Jerry Zarella wants to reinvigorate the Republican party, not just in the state but in the Town of New Shoreham. As someone who hosted both President Clinton and Sen. Ted Kennedy at his home on Block Island, Zarella said he gradually found that the party he grew up in was no longer the same. He
Lyme disease researchers are trying to zero in on where people contract tick-borne diseases on Block Island. In an effort aimed at informing their studies, researchers from Yale and Columbia Universities held a free round of Lyme disease and babesiosis testing at the Block Island Medical Center on Memorial Day. “We drew blood from 102
