The first BIMI Tuesday Talk of the 2022 season will feature Alyson McCann from the University of Rhode Island discussing private well-water safety on Block Island, and why, how, and when to get your well water tested. This free workshop will enable you to take informed action to test and protect your well water. Block …
The filing period to declare candidacy for town elections is coming up. Declaration forms, which can be found on the Town of New Shoreham’s new website, should be filed with the Town Clerk’s office.The Declaration of Candidacy filing period is Monday, June 27, through Wednesday, June 29. The Town Clerk’s office is open from 9 …
Savannah Catherine Brown, daughter of Jennifer Brady of Block Island, R.I. and Robert Brown of Block Island, R.I., has earned Dean’s List honors at Providence College for the spring 2022 semester.Dean’s List honors are earned by fulltime undergraduate students who, at the end of the semester, have attained a GPA of 3.55 or better (on …
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Now in its second decade, the opioid epidemic has claimed more than 800,000 lives in the United States. This is more deaths than in all U.S. wars and armed conflicts combined “from the Revolutionary War to the present,” according to the article “The Opioid Crisis – Not Just Opioids Anymore,” by Doctors Jeffrey Brent Weiss …
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Town of New Shoreham, has implemented a temporary closure of the beach beyond the North Light trail to off-road vehicles due to the impending hatch of piping plover chicks. Those with a Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) permit for beach driving are asked to …
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The Town Council did some end-of year housekeeping at its meeting on June 15. As the fiscal year comes to a close on June 30, Town Finance Director Amy Land led them though what she termed “annual exercises.”The first was to reassign expenditures that were “unplanned or greater than anticipated.” All of the expenditures are …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are advising the public of recent waterbirds (gulls, cormorants, shearwaters, terns, seabirds, shorebirds) found dead along the Rhode Island coast. A relatively small number of seabirds and other waterbirds washing up dead on beaches is normal …
Artist Laura Baross will exhibit her work at the Spring Street Gallery with an opening reception on Saturday, June 25, from 5 to 7 p.m.Laura is a visual artist specializing in interior design, ceramics, and photography. She recently opened a shop on Chapel Street called Studio DWC. “I love to express my creativity in various …
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Through three long and loud ovations at the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church on June 19, Deacon Steve Hester and his wife Laura signed off after a four-year parish engagement here on Block Island, with one last homily.Hester has accepted a position with a large parish in Lexington, Kentucky where he will …
It’s difficult to tell how a marketing campaign is going. Or is it? Block Island Tourism Council Director Jessica Willi has been experimenting with a servicethat tracks the council’s internet ads and then can determine if the person has subsequently visited the island or a shop or restaurant here.“It’s big-brother-watching-you technology,” said Willi, but works …
Glass Float Project attracting people from all over the country this year Read More »