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Deepwater Wind’s cable exposed

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 17

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News

Shifting sands and what is being called a “dynamic environment” at Fred Benson Town Beach is causing headaches for both Deepwater Wind and National...
Candidate Fung visits the island

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 17

Category:

News

Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, the Republican locked in a tight gubernatorial race against incumbent Gov. Gina Raimondo, is obviously aware that every...
Expanding eligibility for affordable housing

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 17

Category:

News

The Block Island Housing Board is seeking to expand the affordable housing applicant pool on Block Island. In order to do so the board needs to do...
How is business? Depends on who you ask

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 17

Category:

News

Tourism Director Jessica Willi said that she had done an informal survey of how business is on Block Island this summer, and she received a mixed...

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Cable exposed near shoreline

Wed, Aug 8

Category:

News

UPDATE: The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council issued a statement today concerning the cable issue at the Town Beach. Laura Dwyer, a...
Access to the beach

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

Beach terrain is not the easiest to navigate, particularly if one suffers from physical challenges. A gift from the Block Island Lions Club has just...
It’s a perfect beach day on Block Island

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

It was a beautiful beach day on Block Island, with temps in the 80s, and people were out enjoying the surf and the sun. TURN UP the VOLUME and enjoy...
Community zone proposed

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

The public got its first glimpse of a new proposal to create a Town Housing Initiative development that would incorporate up to four town-owned...
Property converted to affordable housing

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

The Ocean View Foundation is converting its two rental properties into affordable housing units. The non-profit is splitting a minor subdivision...
Addressing Medical Center’s needs

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

“I don’t mean to cry wolf, but we’re not set up to take care of more than one acutely sick person.” Dr. Mark Clark made those remarks at the New...
Tree warden keeping an eye on tree-killing insect

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 3

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News

An ash tree-killing beetle, once foreign to the United States, was recently discovered for the first time in Rhode Island. The Rhode Department of...
Dinghy dock opens in New Harbor

By

Cassius Shuman

Fri, Aug 3

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News

After what seemed to be a quick and easy installation process, comprising about eight days of work by a Cross Sound Shipyard crew, the town’s new...
Details of BIPCo assets discussed

By

Renée Meyer

Fri, Aug 3

Category:

News

Now that the Block Island Utility District has agreed, in principle, to acquire the assets of the Block Island Power Company for $5.8 million, it is...
New treatment for Parkinson’s

By

Gloria S. Redlich

Fri, Aug 3

With Parkinson’s disease afflicting up to one million people in the United States, a number of island residents and their relatives have found...

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Gene Hemingway, 55

Thu, Aug 16

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Obituaries

Gene Hemingway of East Greenwich, R.I., son of the late Eugene Hemingway and Dorothy (Souza) Hemingway, passed away on Saturday, July 14 at Kent...
Johnson and Goretti engaged

Thu, Aug 16

Category:

Announcements, Engagements

Sarah Johnson and Michael Goretti, both of Medford, Mass., were engaged on the lawn of The Spring House Hotel on July 27, 2018. Sarah has been coming...
Letters

Thu, Aug 16

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Opinion, Letters

A beloved island, with a price To the Editor: On July 19, my son passed away on Block Island, and while we are still awaiting an official...
Power Outage Information

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Lars Trodson

Thu, Aug 16

Category:

Opinion, Editorials

The following was sent in by BIPCo’s President Jeffery Wright: The power to the National Grid substation in Wakefiled was interrupted on...
Have you met Marcus?

By

Donna Corey

Fri, Aug 10

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News

Island resident Donna Corey recently spoke with K-9 Police Officer Joe DeMatteo about Marcus, the police dog that came to the island in June 2014...
Order this... Eating family-style at Aldo’s

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Amy Lockwood MacDougall

Fri, Aug 10

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Order This

If you already know Aldo’s and are one of the thousands of people who have either grown up going to the Italian restaurant or have discovered it...
Josie Merck at Spring Street Gallery

Fri, Aug 10

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News

Josie Merck will be showing her paintings as a guest at the Spring Street Gallery between Tuesday, Aug. 14 and Monday, Aug. 20. The show, “Trees:...
New art at the B.I. airport

Fri, Aug 10

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News

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts has announced that works by artist Kate Wilson will be on exhibit through Sept. 18, 2018 at the Block...
The island as classroom

By

Lars Trodson

Fri, Aug 10

Category:

News

On a recent Friday morning, as kayakers paddled by, and most people went about the business of being on vacation, a group of teenagers were on the...
Cottage Farm House

By

Martha Ball

Fri, Aug 10

Category:

Island Notes

Today, looking in the register for the one-time boarding house up the road, The Cottage Farm House, I found an old photo, dated in my mother's even,...

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