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Rhode Island CRMC issues violations notice to Ballard’s

Renee Meyer

Thu, Sep 29

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Following on the heels of the incidents that fell on Victory Day in August, with the throngs of concertgoers packed onto Ballard’s Beach and the...
Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire

Mon, Sep 26

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American women won the vote in 1920, following a 72-year battle against - not just male - but female Anti-Suffragists. After a struggle nearly as...
Birth of the Block Island Soundtrack: 1950 and the Opening of the Block Island State Airport

Dr. Benjamin Hruska Collections Administrator of the B.I. Historical Society

Fri, Sep 23

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I was seven when I first saw the ocean. It was 1982, and growing up in western Iowa, the smell at Point Judith surprised me more than the vista of...
Catch some soccer or volleyball home games this weekend

Chris Crawford

Fri, Sep 23

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After a years-long drought brought on by the Covid pandemic, the Block Island Hurricanes have “re-fielded” a high school soccer team under new head...
Megan Epler Wood on sustainable tourism

Renee Meyer

Fri, Sep 23

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News

There were no great reveals on Friday during a presentation by Megan Epler Wood on the recent study “Block Island and the Invisible Burden of Tourism...
Horses and tractors

Martha Ball

Fri, Sep 23

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Island Notes

Summer, by its final milepost, the Autumnal Equinox, ends tomorrow night, in the dark, a bit after nine, a time three months ago there was light...

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Crossing a line

Renee Meyer

Mon, Sep 26

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News

Christopher Warfel, of Entech Engineering, a solar installation firm, is a regular presence at Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners...
Historic Commission green lights five new projects

Renee Meyer

Mon, Sep 26

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News

It wasn’t quite a slam dunk for Keisha and Dwayne Brown at their first appearance before the Historic District Commission on Monday, Sept. 19, but by...
The Run Around

Mon, Sep 26

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Letters

To the Editor, The 45th Run Around The Block 15k Road Race went off without a hitch Saturday, Sept. 10, on a gorgeous day with 164 participants. The...
Dodged the rain

Mon, Sep 26

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Letters

To the Editor, On Monday, September 12, the Block Island Lions Club held its September tournament at the Foster Country Club. Even though the weather...
Paying it forward

Mon, Sep 26

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Letters

Dear members of the Block Island Community, The students and staff of the Block Island School would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the Mary...
Block Island’s Walk for Alzheimer’s raises almost $85,000 to fight the disease

Renee Meyer

Fri, Sep 23

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News

The fourth annual Walk for Alzheimer’s on Block Island was held on Sunday, September 18 in honor of long-time Block Island resident Peter Greenman...
Robert O. Fletcher

Fri, Sep 23

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Obituaries

The Celebration of Life for Robert O. Fletcher to be held on October 1, 2022, has been postponed to a future date.
Ruth Elizabeth Mahoney

Fri, Sep 23

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Obituaries

There will be a Celebration of Life in memory or Ruth Elizabeth Mahoney on Sunday, October 2 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Manisses Hotel. Please bring...
Wreck of the Green Arrow and a Lost Dog

John Willis

Fri, Sep 23

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Tails from Beacon Hollow Farm

It was a cold, clear December morning on Block Island, the year 1996. At the morning coffee group at that time at Bethany’s Airport Diner, talk of a...
Scout completes Eagle Scout project on Block Island for TNC

Fri, Sep 23

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News

On August 27, 2022, Barrington Life Scout Jacob Dickstein, 15, led the Scouts of Troop 55 Riverside by car, ferry, and bike to complete his Eagle...

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