The Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners’ had what Chair Barbara MacMullan described as a “meaty” conversation at its meeting on Saturday, Jan. 23. There were several topics discussed, most of which involved planning for big projects. Some of those projects had been put on hold during the current Covid-19 pandemic, such as the […]
The following update was posted by Block Island Health Services on Thursday, Jan. 28: Dr. Tom Warcup’s Update Thursday, January 28, 2021 Rhode Island and the region has seen an improvement in our positivity rates over the past seven days. Block Island has had one new positive case over the last seven days and it
Town Manager Mary Crawford presented a possible public transportation pilot program for the summer of 2021 in her monthly report to the Town Council on Jan. 20. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, has offered to provide two trolleys for the summer season. The following is from her report to the council: “In light of last
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The New Shoreham Sewer Commission has finalized its list of delinquent accounts that will be headed for a tax sale. Letters will be going out to customers whose accounts are seriously in arrears. As of the department’s joint meeting with the Water Department on Jan. 25, there were 14 customers on the list. The letter
Island resident Jim Rondinone has published a new book on women’s leadership in the church, titled “Who Says, Women Can’t Lead?” The Block Island Times had an email interview with Rondinone about the book. The following interview was edited for clarity and length. Q: In a few sentences, can you provide a brief summary of
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The Historic District Commission has approved preliminary plans to revamp traffic flow at the New Harbor Boat Basin. The commission also approved a preliminary application to fix up the market building at the site (Plat 5, Lot 69-1, 69-4 and 69- 5). The applications were reviewed and discussed by the Historic District Commission on Monday,
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The following was posted by the Town of New Shoreham on Wednesday, Jan. 27: Today’s Town Council meeting has been postponed to Friday, Jan. 29. The Zoom codes continued to be a problem and the agenda posting did not meet the legal requirements. On Friday, the Town Council will meet in closed session at 3:00
The following message was posted by Facilities Manager Sam Bird on Tuesday, Jan. 26: The Cable Reburial contractors successfully completed the launching and pulling back of the conduit for the mainland cable yesterday. This marks the completion of both the Wind Farm and the Mainland cable conduits, arguably the steps in the project most likely
The following message was posted by Facilities Manager Sam Bird: The Cable Reburial contractors will be pulling the second (and last) conduit off the beach and through the drill hole on Monday, Jan 25. The operation will begin about 5:30 a.m. and will require the day. Consequently, Crescent Beach from Scotch Beach to approximately Beach
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, island resident and photographer Malcolm Greenaway provided The Block Island Times with a photograph of the late civil rights leader and activist. Greenaway captured the above photograph of King in Manhattan, N.Y. in 1967. The story behind the photograph is explained by Greenaway below. “I took this