For the third year in a row, the Committee for the Great Salt Pond is holding its annual photo scavenger hunt. The contest runs from July 9 through August 12. Last year there 48 winners, double that of the prior year.This year’s challenge is to photographically “spell out” the words “clam flats” through a series […]
BALLARD’S BEACH RESORTJohn Brazile: DailyKick: July 8 – 10Darik and the Funbags: July 9,10Royal Blue: July 11 – 14Red Light: July 15 – 17 CAPTAIN NICK’SWest End Blend: July 8 & 9The High and Mighty Brass Band: July 15 & 16Delaney – sunshine deck: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 8Rob Davis – sunshine deck 5:30
The Mary D. Fund Benefit Regatta, a traditional sailing event to benefit the Mary D. Fund, was held each year in the 1990s until 2004. After a decade-long hiatus, the regatta was revived a few years ago by Block Island Community Sailing.The race is a 12-mile around-the-buoys race in Block Island Sound starting at 1
Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong, and the problem is much more catastrophic than we could have imagined. What exactly are we up against?Science writer, artist, and author, Erica Cirino comes to Block Island Maritime Institute on July 12, at 7 p.m. to set the plastic record straight. In her
Summer is upon us, and as always, with July comes a host of problems, some new, and some that return every year.This year’s Fourth of July weekend was as busy as ever, but despite that, interim Police Chief Peter Chabot told the Town Council on Tuesday, July 5 that “based on the number of people
This past April, Coast opened on 448 Ocean Avenue. Owned by Cariona Davis, Coast is a new eco-friendly, woman-owned and locally supportive shop.Coast offers locally fresh-cut flowers, mostly from Davis’s backyard on Spring Street, along with flowers from Ayla Shade, a local florist and owner of Harvest Moon Florals, that are also Spring Street grown.
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with headliner Anthony Devito on Tuesday, July 5. Originally from New Jersey, Anthony DeVito is a New York City based comedian. He’s appeared on CBS “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Comedy Central’s “Adam Devine’s House Party,” and was one of the “New Faces” at the 2012 Montreal Just for
he Block Island Maritime Institute’s Tuesday Night Talk on July 5 will feature Dr. Helen M. Rozwadowski. Join us Tuesday at 7 p.m. as Dr. Rozwadowski discusses the subject of her latest book, “Vast Expanses – a History of the Oceans.”Listen as this renowned historian dives in and discusses how knowing the undersea realm is
Ballard’s Beach ResortJohn Brazile: July 1, 2, 5Pop Rocks: July 1 – 4DJ Maxx Major: July 2, 3, 4Kevin Herchen : July 3, 4Royal Blue: July 5, 6Country Fest: July 7 Captain Nick’sFever: July 1, 2, 3Delaney on the sunshine deck: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 1Rob Davis on the sunshine deck: 5:30 to 9
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-roadvehicles due to the impending hatch of piping plover chicks. Those with a Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) permit for beach driving are asked to park
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