The Town of New Shoreham will conduct a public hearing on proposed changes to the zoning ordinances on solar energy systems on Monday, Feb.1, at 7 p.m. Solar technology has evolved in many ways over the years — what was once an oddity on the roof or in the yard of a neighbor is becoming […]
Correction: the Island Free Library was not entirely closed over the summer season. The library has been open since June providing outdoor services to patrons, and the building opened to the public in the fall. While the Island Free Library was not open to the public during the summer season, Director Kristin Baumann announced during
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The Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has a new fire chief: Bain Transue. After a Fire Department meeting on Monday, Jan. 11, the department posted the following message online: “At our Jan. 11 meeting tonight, Kirk Littlefield handed over the reign of fire chief to Bain Transue. The Department would like to thank
Much of the island is reeling from the news that Champlin’s Marina and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Council may have done a run-around of the Town of New Shoreham and local conservation groups in working out a compromise on a marina expansion. Champlin’s first applied to the CRMC back in 2003 to expand its
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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
Dr. Tom Warcup’s Update Monday, January 18th, 2021 Data for 2020 revealed the Block Island Medical Center saw just under 7,000 patients, which is a 4.3 percent increase over 2019. Dr. Warcup appreciates the efforts of the Block Island Medical staff and the EMS involved. Covid Cases There have been three additional positive tests in
The following was posted by the Block Island Ferry on Friday, Jan. 15: Service Alert for Friday, January 15th & Saturday, January 16th: The National Weather Service has issued Gale Warnings for our area tonight and tomorrow morning. The following trips have been cancelled: Friday, January 15th departing Pt. Judith at 6pm and Saturday, January
During the Housing Board’s virtual meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, members shared their research for the next affordable housing project on the island. At a previous, hybrid meeting, on Friday, Dec. 11, members of the board toured a parcel of undeveloped property across the street from the Ball O’Brien Park on West Side Road (Plat
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Members of the Shellfish Commission, along with Harbormaster Kate McConville and Head Shellfish Warden Nancy Ziomek got busy planning to bring back the upweller at their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The town-owned upweller, used to grow tiny shellfish, is located at the Block Island Maritime Institute docks next to their building in New Harbor.
The following was submitted to The Block Island Times by the Block Island Conservancy: So far, this winter has been a mild one for Block Island. As a result, some birds that typically move further south for the winter are continuing to stick around the island. One such bird is the great blue heron, a