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Nicholas Ball Park to be restored

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

Restoration of Nicholas Ball Park will begin shortly, as the Historic District Commission granted the Old Harbor Task Force unanimous conceptual...
Turning a nuisance into a delicacy

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

To beat the enemy, one must know the enemy, and that is just what members of the Shellfish Commission have undertaken in their war against the...
$405 million spent on offshore sites

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News, B.I. Wind Farm

A joint venture of three offshore wind energy companies combined to bid a record-breaking $405 million during a federal lease auction that concluded...
DPUC denies Interstate’s loan request for new fast ferry

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Jan 4

Category:

News

The state Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has denied Interstate Navigation’s request to incur $8.5 million in debt to build a new 500-...
New tests may help early detection of Lyme disease

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

There’s some good news in the battle against Lyme disease. A group of researchers and scientists have determined that new technologies could make...
Council wants assurances on fast ferry proposal

By

Cassius Shuman

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

The New Shoreham Town Council will be asking Interstate Navigation at an upcoming special meeting why the town was left out of the loop concerning...
Council urged to press for airport FBO

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

Block Island resident Henry duPont has found the situation at the Block Island State Airport to be in such a precarious situation that he has written...
Land Trust awards stewardship bids

By

Renée Meyer

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

The Block Island Land Trust has opened its bids for stewardship for some of its properties for the new year. As happened last year, there were only...
Removing trash from the beach

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

There are two issues regarding the amount of trash accumulated at the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion: how best to remove it, and how to discourage...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen

By

Lars Trodson

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

News

After more than 40 hours of intensive search over an area covering 2,152 nautical miles, the Coast Guard suspended its search for two Rhode Island...

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Headaches: Understanding pain in your head

By

Kierston Sapp, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University class of 2019

Fri, Jan 11

Category:

News

Have you been experiencing headaches? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Over 90 percent of adults experience headaches in their lifetime. There are...
Alan C. Elwell, 78

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Obituaries

Alan Costain Elwell, age 78, of Stamford, Conn., and Block Island, R.I., passed away in the morning hours of Jan. 3, 2019 after a long battle with...
Bruce Springsteen’s Odyssean quest

By

J. V. Houlihan, Jr.

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Columnists, The Ferry Dock Scribbler

Bruce Springsteen, like Odysseus, is a man of twists and turns trying to get home — both finally did get home; Odysseus got home to the island of...
Letters

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Opinion, Letters

Early Learning Center thanks you To the Editor: The Block Island Early Learning Center would like to extend a very grateful thank...
Madness

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

Unless there is some historic breakthrough between the printing of this edition of the paper on Thursday and its distribution on Friday, the members...
Water light

By

Martha Ball

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Island Notes

It is January, the traffic is sparse and the town highway crew is out with its long-armed mower, gnawing back the ever-encroaching brush that grows...
Donation to N.E. Aquarium

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

News

The following was sent in by reader Jessica Willi: Over Christmas break, the Willi family had the opportunity to visit the New England...
Madeleine Spak born

Thu, Jan 10

Category:

Births

Madeleine Spak was born on March 6, 2018. Daughter of Jonathan and Natalie Spak of Fryeburg, Maine. Granddaughter of Linda and Sam Spak of Mitchell...
57 species collected, one by one

Ocean Views: 2018 Bird Census

By

KIm Gaffett

Fri, Jan 4

Category:

Ocean Views

On Wednesday, Dec. 26, a hearty band of bird watchers — Jon Peterson, Heather Hatfield, Anne Connelli, Judy Gray, Jules Craynock, Sarah Grey, Laura...
Frederick Jones, 88

Thu, Jan 3

Category:

Obituaries

Frederick A. Jones, Jr., 88, of Narragansett, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at home. He was the husband of the late Rosemary M. (Coleman)...

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