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Two ferries, one arriving and one departing, negotiate the Old Harbor entrance in heavy seas Monday morning. These were the final ferry runs before a storm ended service until Wednesday. Photo by Celeste Sloman
Two ferries, one arriving and one departing, negotiate the Old Harbor entrance in heavy seas Monday morning. These were the final ferry runs before a storm ended service until Wednesday. Photo by Celeste Sloman
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Nor’easter stops ferries for two days
by Dan West
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8/28/10 — Block Island visitors were stranded Monday and Tuesday as a blustery nor’easter whipped up large swells that kept the ferry from running. The three-day storm rocked the last few ferries S...
Shellfish to experiment growing out quahog seed
by Dan West
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8/28/10 — The Shellfish Commission will begin an experimental clam grow-out program this week in an effort to provide larger numbers of seed clams at lower cost to repopulate the Andy’s Way clam fl...
Undaunted by the weather, NYC students make most of their B.I. week
by George Taber
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8/28/10 — A quiet week on Block Island planned for 14 students from the Cristo Rey high school in Manhattan’s East Harlem turned into a New England adventure complete with a nor’easter, cancelled f...
BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Earl — Category 2, B.I. under Hurricane Warning
by Dan West
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9/2/10 — As of 8 p.m. Thursday Hurricane Earl weakened to 110 mph sustained winds, down grading it to a category 2 hurricane. Earl weakened throughout the afternoon Thursday and as of 5 p.m. had s...
Wind farm challenged in R.I. Supreme Court
by Peter Voskamp
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8/28/10 — Three entities have asked the Rhode Island Supreme Court to overturn the approval of the Block Island wind farm contract. Attorney General Patrick Lynch, the Conservation Law Foundation ...
A shark tale: riding with the Block Island Rescue Squad
by Judy Tierney
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8/28/10 — Everyone has a fish tale, and this is mine. It began with an interview for an article about the Rescue Squad. I asked Captain Kate McConville if I could ride along with the volunteers to ...
School Committee appoints new teachers
by Gloria S. Redlich
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8/28/10 — At its Monday meeting, Block Island School Committee confirmed two faculty appointments filling two recent vacancies brought on by the untimely death of social studies teacher Bill Young...
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Tricky Times: 8/24/10
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Bank, 466-7710 Mon.- Weds. 9am-4pm Thurs. & Fri. 9am-5pm Island Free Library, 466-3233 June 2- September 11: Sunday & Monday CLOSED Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 10am-5pm Thursday 12pm-7pm S...
Beat of the Block: 8/24/10
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Friday, August 27 6-10pm. Krys Jackson and Matt Colasanti. Ballard’s. 8-11:30pm. Marc Berardo. National. 10pm. Walter McDonough. Mahogany Shoals. 10pm. The Complaints. McGovern’s Yellow Kittens...
Public Notice: Reprobates expected on-island this week
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8/24/10 — The citizens of Block Island should be aware that four Reprobates — Walter McDonough, Fud Benson, Jim McGrath and Jim Bennet — are expected to play sea-chanteys, traditional Irish music a...
Off the Block: 8/24/10
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New England Arts and Craft Festival The Topsfield Fairgrounds will come alive with color, flavor and music for the 32nd Annual New England Arts & Crafts Festival, featuring more than 150 booths w...
On the Block: 8/24/10
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Soup & Song Vocalist Barbara Temple returns to Soup & Song Coffeehouse on Friday, August 27, with show tunes and standards ranging from Cole Porter to Stephen Sondheim. She will be accompanied by ...
All Around the Block: 8/24/10
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Friday, August 27 8-9:15am. Gentle Hatha Yoga, level 1/2. Elevation Studio at Smugglers Cove. 8:30am. Al-Anon meeting. Harbor Church. 8:30am. AA meeting. Harbor Church. 9am. TNC/BIC/CGSP: Andy’...
Schedule of Religious Ser­vic­es: 8/24/10
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Baptist HARBOR CHURCH Water Street Rev. Stephen Hollaway Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Ed. 10 a.m. Worship Thursday 7 p.m. Bible Study Friday 6:30 p.m. Soup and Song Saturday 7:...
Medical Center Information: 8/24/10
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Physician on Duty: Dr. Miller 9/3 Dr. Mann 8/30,31 9/1,2 Mon., August 30 C.Hauser, Massage Therapist. Tues., August 31 C.Hauser, Massage Therapist. Wed., September 1 C.Hauser, Massage Th...
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8/18/10 — Large numbers of blue crabs have appeared in the Great Salt Pond this summer. Above, underwater footage of a pair of blues in Harbor Pond last weekend; following that, a horseshoe crab duo on maneuvers near the Block Island Club on Monday. Video by Peter Voskamp
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8/18/10 — Large numbers of blue crabs have appeared in the Great Salt Pond this summer. Above, underwater footage of a pair of blues in Harbor Pond last weekend; following that, a horseshoe crab duo on maneuvers near the Block Island Club on Monday. Video by Peter Voskamp
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