Cassius Shuman

Rhode Island Fast Ferry docked its new 320-passenger, $8 million vessel at Payne’s Dock on Monday to showcase it to the public, as part of an open house promotional event. During the event, RIFF told The Times that it plans on using the...

Imagine selling your house, divesting yourself of things that don’t allow you the freedom to go where you wish, and realizing your dream of sailing off on exciting adventures aboard your new sailboat. That’s exactly what the Wetsel family did, and...

“If you build it, he will come.” Forget organized baseball, and all of its formality, old school backyard-style baseball came to Block Island this past week. On a beautiful summer’s day, some parents and their children played a game of pickup...

Dr. Mark Clark informed The Times via email on Wednesday that he will remain in his position at the Block Island Medical Center until stability is achieved. Clark serves as Medical Director of the facility. “I am committed to remaining in my...

(360 VIDEO) Navigate the rocky shoreline to journey to the water’s edge at Vaill Beach on a pleasant May 15, courtesy of The Block Island Times . Temperatures were in the mid 50s and there wasn’t much of a breeze. The Block Island Wind Farm...

The New Shoreham Town Council is exploring ways to make its meetings more efficient, which could include use of a consent agenda to better utilize the time of the councilors and the public. The topic was discussed at the Town Council’s May 7 meeting...

It was a learning experience for the Block Island School’s Junior Varsity Baseball Team, which dropped its season opener against Hope Highlands at Calise Field in Cranston on Friday, April 13. The team showed flashes of its potential, but just...

The site is a shoreline strewn with rusted metal and assorted junk, revealed through several seasons of extreme weather. With further erosion expected at West Beach, Town Engineer Jim Geremia took a group of contractors on a pre-bid walking tour of...

There is a steady, strong wind blowing on Block Island today, and with accompanying adverse sea conditions Interstate Navigation has cancelled its high-speed ferry services (for now). Despite the partly sunny and windy conditions, people were still...

“Nonviolence first and foremost, with its fiery trail of implication: compassion for the adversary, care for one another, community discipline, prayer and sacrament and biblical literacy. It was easy to set down a formula, and devilishly hard to...

The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that two navigational buoys located off the coast of Block Island have been found damaged by bullet holes within the past week. The Clay Head buoy, No. 7, was found sunk with more than 20 bullet holes in it when...

“The goal (of National Grid) is not to leave a hazard to the public, and leave the cable well-protected.” That’s what National Grid Engineer David Campilii told The Block Island Times on Tuesday while conducting a survey of the utility’s...

“Oh, wow! They made a path to go down!” That was what island visitor Luke Thompson said when he arrived at the bottom platform of the Mohegan Bluffs stairway on Monday, June 27. “You can go down wearing flip-flops now,” he said while surveying the...