The Scouts help beautify the Solviken
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The Block Island Girls Volleyball team heads to the finals! The Hurricanes won their Division III title last night against Rogers High School at Cranston East High School. The Hurricanes had a strong comeback to defeat Rogers, the defending D-III champs, 22-25, 25-20, 20-25, 27-25, 15-8, to advance to the finals on Sunday. Watch the
This past summer was the first time my dad’s side of the family visited Block Island, partially to honor my Block Island grandfather, Jon Emsbo, who died in January. My visiting grandfather, Paul Mattingly, is an avid and published historian who taught at New York University. Of course, the visit had to include a trip to
The Town of New Shoreham has begun its search for a new town manager. The search began this week with the town disseminating advertising for its interim town manager position. The search will involve finding a replacement for Town Manager Ed Roberge, who resigned from the position on Oct. 21. Roberge’s last day will be
Add local business owner Karin Carlone to a growing list of island authors. Carlone has written a charming children’s book, titled “Wee Biscuit’s Guide to Making Friends,” that is based on a real-life horse living at her sister’s farm in North Carolina. “Wee Biscuit” is a mini-horse who suffers an injury and through the process
Willis Brown was six years old when America was brought into World War II in 1941. His family was living in Albany, New York, and inside the local paper, the Albany Times-Union, there would be an insert of the national edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, an historic African-American-owned newspaper that was, as Brown called it,
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The New Shoreham Police Department is struggling to find solutions to two issues that it’s facing: seasonal traffic on Block Island, and an impending staff shortage. “Probably the founders of Block Island never predicted that there would be that many people coming in ferry after ferry, after ferry into one commercial district that is several
The New Shoreham Planning Board expressed caution and concerns for the potential impacts of adding language to the towns hotel ordinance for the Old Harbor Commercial district. The board made its opinions known at it’s special meeting, Wednesday, October 30th. The Planning Board is seeking analysis and information regarding impacts to properties in the Old
Ball O’Brien Park will be home to 15 newly planted trees, which will be planted in the coming weeks. Three years ago, 22 trees at the park were mistakenly taken down, surprising the Land Trust, which has jurisdiction over conservation easements at the park. A letter was sent to the New Shoreham Town Council from
Several weeks ago, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management Enforcement Division, led by Chief Dean Hoxsie, former police chief and acting town manager of Narragansett, performed an operation called Operation Level Playing Field. This operation was to monitor and deter people coming from all over into our Rhode Island waters and catching our fish in