Photos and text from Malcolm Greenaway: Nancy’s first year of teaching was 1974-75. The senior class of that year had seven members. Forty-five years later, five of the seven members showed up at Nancy’s retirement reception on Saturday, June 15, 2019. They were, left to right, Lorna Wright, Vicky McCabe, Marguerite Donnelly, Tom Mitchell, and […]
Fred Nelson was looking out the window at his back yard on Beach Avenue and discovered a rare sight: a yellow crowned night-heron was taking a break on the lawn. “The Field Guide to Birds of North America” describes the bird this way: “Much less common than the black crowned night heron, and hunts at
Every year, during the months of May and June, about 50 crabs are tagged on Block Island by the members of The Nature Conservancy. Horseshoe crabs are tagged by drilling a small hole into the shell and snapping a tag in. Horseshoe crabs are interesting creatures. They’ve existed for over 430 million years. Their blood
The Block Island Club has a beautiful view of the Great Salt Pond, and for those without their own boats, membership in the Club can also give you access to the Pond. The 56th season of the Block Island Club is just getting underway (the season runs through Labor Day), and, according to the Club’s
Some things just go together…summer and watermelon, the Great Salt Pond and boats, The Oar and mudslides. But there’s more to The Oar than its famous drink — try their sushi and you’ll realize there’s a new partnership in town —TJ and Thaddeus. TJ is on his third year as the sushi chef, Chef Thaddeus
Dr. Mark Clark has rescinded his letter of resignation and announced that he plans on staying on at the Block Island Medical Center “indefinitely.” Clark made the announcement at the annual members meeting of the Block Island Health Services Board of Directors. It came at the end of his director’s report, and was greeted by
The New Shoreham School Committee and Superintendent Michael Convery affirmed that Block Island School Administrative Assistant Marsha Gutierrez will retire on June 30 after 36 years and six months, without the health insurance benefit in retirement that she claims was included in her employment contract. At the Committee’s June 17 meeting, Convery read the following
Over the years, I remember seeing various members of the Cyr family working on the charming pocket garden at the corner outside the Surf Hotel. For 60 some years the family tended this garden, which they created shortly after purchasing the hotel in 1956. Lorraine Cyr’s mother, Bea, got permission from both the town and
While renovations to the Surf are proceeding more as less as planned, Lark Hotels’ vision for the Gables Inn has hit a roadblock — town zoning ordinances. About two months ago representatives for Lark, along with attorney Joseph Priestley, presented their plans for the property to the Town Council. At that meeting, they proposed constructing