Using several different mediums– double-exposed images, acrylic-on-canvas, inverted and projected video – psych_i_/dyllic is the debutwork by Joshua Maldonado.Based on the vast interconnected world of the Wood Wide Web, this collection represents the transient collaborative efforts of mycelium(strands of fungi) and root systems deep underground. These colorful and erratic networks inform the work on display, […]
The Mary D. Fund is teaming up with the Block Island Rescue Squad and The Ice Cream Place to “provide a sweet treat to anyone getting vaccinated on Block Island,” says Marguerite Donnelly.Tracy Fredericks of the Rescue Squad will offer a gift certificate to those receiving the vaccine at the weekly clinic at the Fire
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At the Monday, Sept. 20 meeting of the School Committee, its five members voted unanimously to accept the donation of an electric bus. And so Block Island became the first community in Rhode Island to commit to acquiring an electric bus.The bus, to all appearances, is a standard-sized school bus, but it is powered entirely
Ballots are due back at the Block Island Power Company by 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30 for the election of three members of the Block Island Utility District Board of Commissioners. There are six people running for the three seats on the five-member board. Three are incumbents: Barbara MacMullan, Everett Shorey, and Bill Penn,
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When the purchase of a portion of the Overlook property on the Great Salt Pond, owned by Steve Filippi, was approved by voters at the May 2021 Financial Town Meeting, it was with a couple of caveats. One was that the property be successfully subdivided into two lots; the other was that an appraisal must
The New Shoreham Planning Board is looking at ways to accommodate a perennial need on the island: seasonal employee housing. One problem that the Planning Board is working on is the lack of clearly defined regulations for seasonal employee housing.Town Planner Allison Ring explained that since there was no definition of seasonal employee housing in
The Deer Task Force is charged with advising the Town Council on ways to dramatically reduce or eliminate deer on Block Island in order to reduce the incidence of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne disease.At the meeting on September 7, Chair Sue Hagedorn presented the DTF with a report she received from researchers Dr. Danielle
Chair Sue Hagedorn began the September 7 meeting of the Deer Task Force by discussing Lyme and other tick-borne disease, calling it a “significant problem.” According to the report prepared by DTF member Terry Delaney, the Block Island Medical Center saw 50 cases of Lyme in June 2021, which“does not include those visitors who sought
“48,000 deaths annually are attributed to suicide,” Danielle Steward, employee at Washington County’s Health Equity Zone, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, stated.The QPR suicide prevention training on was held on Monday, September 13, at Island Free Library, on Block Island. QPR is a free, 75-minute, evidence-based suicide prevention training that is open to anyone on the