Rhode Island’s law that bans the use of a handheld device while driving a motor vehicle goes into effect on Friday, June 1, 2018. Taxicab driver’s are partially exempt from the law, which stipulates that taxicab drivers are permitted to operate a handheld device when no passengers are present in their vehicle. There are 34 […]
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has proposed almost $3 million in funding for two Block Island projects, one for dredging in Old Harbor and the other to do maintenance dredging in the entrance channel of the Great Salt Pond. The monies are included in the 2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that
“We’re working on something really cool that was brought to me by people in the community,” said Island Free Library Director Kristin Baumann at a recent Board of Trustees meeting. “We’re on the list to get a water fountain,” she said, noting that once it’s installed, people can refill their “water bottle, as opposed to buying
In the early morning hours of Thursday, May 24, the Block Island Power Company successfully, and without notice, tested switching over from the electric transmission cable from the mainland to its generators, and back again. “We’ve proven we can do it,” said BIPCo President Jeffery Wright of the process of going from the cable to
The annual community poetry reading known as Voices from the Village featured a wide range of voices reading the works of many different poets: The photos are by Malcolm Greenaway. Here is the poem by Edie Blane’s sister, Eileen Lee, titled “Block Island Spring,” from Jan. 31, 1962. Spring doesn’t come to our bleak island
The Junior Varsity baseball team was treated to a pizza party at the Poor People’s Pub on May 29, courtesy of Michael Schroeder, owner and publisher of The Block Island Times. The party was to commemorate the team’s 2018 baseball season. During the celebration, Capt. James Arnott received the Cy Young Award for his pitching
The Junior Varsity Baseball Team displayed team effort by playing a gritty, inspired brand of baseball to end the 2018 baseball season on a two-game winning streak. The JV Hurricanes beat The San Miguel School 5-1 at Heinz Field on Thursday, May 24, and finished the season the next day with a dominant 6-2 victory over
Ed. note: The Varsity Softball Hurricanes squared off against Tiverton High School on Thursday, May 31. We’ll report on that game next week. The Block Island School Varsity Softball Hurricanes showed up for battle on Tuesday, May 29, to take on the Wheeler School Warriors. In a back and forth duel for the lead, the
As the rain drizzled down, and the fog rolled in and out on an inhospitable Sunday during the Memorial Day Weekend, the Block Island Maritime Institute held its annual ChowderFest. The weather turned out to be an asset. With little to do outside, guests filled the BIMI Center down at New Harbor and enjoyed the
Ed. note: Memorial Day will be observed on Monday, May 28. This annual event is an opportunity to honor the men and women who have served in our military, and most specially those who died while performing that service. The story here happily ends differently, but it is still a soldier’s tale. “I was drafted