August 2022

It’s been talked about more than once this summer – if you allow one or two businesses to dominate the sound waves, they end up defining the brand. The message has been repeated at one meeting after another, and this week it was at the Block Island Tourism Council’s meeting on Wednesday, August 10.Traditionally the […]

Carrie Megan’s new works in oils and cold wax is a celebration of the summer light and the way in which it suffuses the island, especially in tones of peach and pink. The show will be up from August 12 to 24 with a virtual reception on August 13.Also important in this body of work

Spring Street Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibit of new abstract oil paintings by Eileen Miller, with an opening reception on Saturday, August 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. Miller continues to explore color, texture and movement with water-base oils, building layers and dimension that result in non-representational paintings containing feeling, depth and beauty.

SectionsVisitor InfoDiningTransportation – New England Airlines – Pt. Judith Ferry – New London Ferry – Montauk FerryGetting Married?NewsB.I. Wind Farm – B.I. Times archive – National archiveOpinion – Letters – Editorials – Featured Letters – Editorial CartoonColumnists – The Bird Corner – Gardening Times – Gardening Report – Island Notes – Loose ends – The

Between social media and eye-witness accounts, there was plenty of evidence of an out-of-control situation at Ballard’s Beach Resort and on the Block Island Ferry on Monday during and after Ballard’s Reggae Festival that this year was held on Victory Day. As Tuesday wore on, more videos appeared.One that was shared with ABC 6 shows

Members of the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department rescued an injured patient from the bottom of Mohegan Bluffs on Monday, August 1, by bringing him up the stairs in a portable chair and then transferring him to a stretcher. It’s been a busy year for the rescue squad, so if you see them

Nobel Prize winner and professor of Geosciences and International Affairs Dr. Michael Oppenheimer attended the Sea Level Rise Committee’s meeting on Tuesday as a special guest advisor.As a summer resident, Oppenheimer spends most of his summers on Block Island and he will be speaking at the Block Island Utility District’s Annual Meeting on August 27,

“This topic is so complicated that most people don’t understand it enough to comment on it,” said resident and ratepayer David Lewis at the meeting of the Block Island Utility District on July 28.Lewis was speaking about net-metering, the mechanism by which ratepayers that generate solar power get credited for their excess production, but he

The Block Island Triathlon starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday August 6 at Fred Benson Town Beach. Race packet pickup will be Friday, August 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, August 6, from 7 to 8:30 a.m.The bicycle portion of the race begins around 9:15 a.m. at the beach and racers will head

After a two-year pandemic pause, Sean and Leslie Hartnett are once again opening their studios at Southwest Point to show their recent work. Sean’s organic, sensual sculpture in marble and onyx, and Leslie’s terracotta majolica reliefs adorn many homes on the island.The couple have pursued their careers for many years, dividing their time between their