John Warfel News Today

Block Island, with its incredible beauty, is an inspiration for all, and a mecca for visual artists. Join us at the first island-wide Community Art Show from October 20 to

Just over four years ago, in March 2019, the Block Island Utility District took over the operation of the Block Island Power Company. Formerly a private, investor-owned, for-profit utility, it

A recent call for help from the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (NRECA) was made asking the New England co-op managers if they could loan Isle au Haut Electric Cooperative

After waiting the better part of a year, Block Island is finally getting its first public electric vehicle charger. When the level three charger was ordered, it was expected to arrive in the fall, but due to “supply chain issues,” delivery was...

Christopher Warfel, of Entech Engineering, a solar installation firm, is a regular presence at Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners meetings. And he is usually critical of the board, mainly because he doesn’t like their policies...

The Block Island Utility District (doing business as the Block Island Power Company) will have a couple of new faces on its Board of Commissioners. There are five seats on the board, with staggered terms, and three of them came up for election this...

On June 5, 1891, the historic Uhrichs Mills — a Uhrichsville landmark for nearly a century — was destroyed by fire. “The mill was owned by Mr. T.B. Smith,” a correspondent for the Tuscarawas Advocate wrote. “We understand he loses heavily. The mill was doing a splendid business and ’tis sad to see these industries go up in smoke.”     The mill, which stood on the west bank of Big Stillwater Creek just south of the present day Trenton Avenue bridge, had been in existence since...