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Jan 10, 2025 · BlockIslandTimes.com Box 278, Ocean Avenue Block Island, RI 02807 Phone: 401-466-2222 Email: [email protected]

Jan 3, 2025 · As we turn the calendars to 2025 and look back at 2024, the biggest story may be that there was not one. The island gained a police chief but lost a town manager, but overall, it was a peaceful year on Block Island – there were no large fires, no fatal accidents, no hurricanes.

5 days ago · The CRMC’s FAB is created under the authority of the Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP, or OSAMP). The FAB advises the CRMC in the agency’s review of activities occurring in marine waters, such as, but not limited to, the siting, construction of, and potential adverse impacts resulting from, offshore projects and activities on commercial and recreational fisheries, as well as ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Last week I used what I thought would be an easily understood expression for moving from one year to the next, turning a page. I was not announcing “retirement” from this space and I apologize for any confusion I may have caused.

5 days ago · It’s been a turbulent week for those entities, whether they’re states, municipalities or not-for-profits, that rely on federal policy and grants, and it wasn’t long before the subject came up at the Block Island Utility District’s meeting on Tuesday, January 28, the day after the current presidential administration announced they were cutting off federal grant funding.

Jan 10, 2025 · The New Shoreham Town Council met with the town’s lobbyists at Town Hall on Monday, just one day before the start of the Rhode Island General Assembly’s 2025 session. Since both First Warden Keith Stover and Councilor Tristan Payne were absent, Rick McAuliffe and Jeffrey Taylor of the Mayforth ...

Jan 3, 2025 · The weather has been the usual end-of-December chaos, days of questionable boat rides coupled with fog so thick the planes don't fly, of frost on the morning fields and nights of bright darkness.

Jan 3, 2025 · After hitting a post-covid all-time high in real estate sales in 2020, total sales per year are still declining on Block Island, even as individual property values continue to increase.

Jan 24, 2025 · I learned how to make this classic Greek comfort food by one of the very best chefs in Greece. Yes, there are several steps but, trust me, it is well worth it! That béchamel sauce is downright drool-worthy. The perfect comfort food for a chilly winter night. OPA ...