Island resident and activist Sarah Bacon, who recently founded the coalition #RespectBI for moped reform, spoke with The Block Island Times about an upcoming Zoom meeting she has organized regarding moped operations. The community discussion will commence on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.
Q: Hi Sarah! Thank you for reaching out to The Block Island Times. Can you provide me a brief introduction to yourself, your background in social campaigns, and your interests in advocating for the community?
SB: My grandparents Grace and Ira Wheeler came to Block Island in 1955 with their five children, including my mother Darcy Wheeler Bacon. Grace and Ira co-founded the Block Island Club, and their children worked on-island summers. One of my uncles, Mark Wheeler, died here at 16 in the old West Side house that blew up a few years ago, my family’s first house on the island. My sister, Katie, and I have been coming here since birth and worked during the summers too; Katie at The Block Island Times for Peter Wood, and I for the Drapers. My parents built a home here in 1983, where my beloved father, Ken Bacon, chose to die in 2009. A few
