The fastest growing sport in the country is called pickleball.Ok, really. Can you take anyone seriously when they pronounce they are “headed out to play pickleball?”Well, it turns out that a recent visit to the island’s school gym on a raw Sunday afternoon demonstrated with one glance that the name is perfect.For pickleball was born […]
No island is an island when it comes to pickleball Read More »
On 1 April 2022, I posted the following on Facebook with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek so far it looked like I had a golf ball wedgedand stuck in there. Still, I hooked some folks with the gag. Hey, it’s just because I’m the credible guy that I’m wont to be. I guess.
Highest HonorsRory Crawford – Grade 12Whitney McGinnes – Grade 12Chloe Weber – Grade 12Campbell Coviello – Grade 11Cally Weber – Grade 11Bailey Payne – Grade 10Cora Ryan – Grade 10Haley Conant – Grade 9Emily Helterline – Grade 9Abbey Hester – Grade 9Justin Berry – Grade 8Chase Hatfield – Grade 8Maximus Walsh – Grade 8 High
IN RE: BLOCK ISLAND UTILITY DISTRICT’S FILINGSDOCKET NO. 5245 – LAST RESORT & TRANSMISSION RATE RECONCILIATIONDOCKET NO. 5244 – DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PLANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 39-2-1.2(b) and 39-3-11, as amended and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hereby gives notice that it will conduct a hearing
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Read More »
Visiting Block Island, it is often said, is akin to stepping back in time. But Block Island behind the times? Nonsense.In fact, Block Island’s weathered, tough-as-nails year-round population declared its independence on March 2, 1774, fully two years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. And nowhere will that independence be celebrated with more sizzle
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The following was sent in by the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs your help again this summer to protect piping plovers, their nests and chicks on Rhode Island beaches. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper, and they typically return to Rhode Island
FUNCTION OR PURPOSEEXPENDITURES CURRENT BUDGET FY 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET FY 20231. ADMINISTRATION
TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM REPORT TO TAXPAYERS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED BUDGET Read More »
The Town of New Shoreham proposes to increase its property tax levy to $12,009,351 in the 2022-2023 budget year; the property tax levy this year is $11,319,552. The FY 2022 and FY 2023 tax levies have excluded motor vehicle excise tax for the purpose of determining tax levy growth pursuant to current law. THIS IS
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Last week, the Town Council finalized the 2023 budget for presentation at the Financial Town Meeting on May 2. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford summarized the changes, explaining that an additional $25,000 would be going to the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department, by shifting $5,000 from the Medical Center and $20,000 from the GIS and Technology
“I’m going to hold firm that we should not be paying for them,” Town Manager Maryanne Crawford told the Town Council at its April 13 meeting.First Warden André Boudreau had asked Crawford if she had an update on the situation with the R.I. State Police. It has been suggested by the state police that the