Pamela DuLong Williams will be exhibiting at the Spring Street Gallery, 105 Spring Street, from August 6 to 18.DuLong Williams has been painting, teaching and exhibiting on Block Island since 1980. In 1997 she left the island and moved to South Berwick, Maine. She has continued to paint and teach workshops on the island as […]
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The Block Island Historical Society is celebrating two major wins this year. First, we are marking the eightieth anniversary of our founders chartering the organization in 1942. It will be celebrated with a Gala on Saturday August 20 (visit our website for more information). The founders, who included such island residents as Gladys Steadman, Lester
On Tuesday, August 9 at 7 p.m., the Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI) welcomes back internationally-acclaimed climate scientist Dr. Michael Oppenheimer for a talk entitled “Climate change, sea level rise, the U.S. policy landscape, and implications for Block Island.” His talk is co-sponsored by the Block Island Historical Society.Oppenheimer’s current research focuses on sea level
John Formica really didn’t retire in 2019, at least not from personal challenges. Having raised, over his professional career as an accountant, almost $1 million for multiple sclerosis, he wheeled his way over to the PANMass challenge where he’ll head out this Saturday on the start of a two-day race covering 160 miles from west
It was very early Saturday morning, actually 7 a.m., when volunteers came into the swim area, each performing specific tasks to prepare for the swim. A series of buoys are set out to a half-mile mark and swimmers go along the buoy line to the last mark, turn around and head back to shore. This
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The Town Council on Monday couldn’t avoid frustrating an already frustrated public even more. The meeting was held the day after the 30-year “moped settlement agreement” expired on July 31. Renegotiating that agreement is underway, but the conversations are happening behind closed doors as litigation is ongoing between the parties. There are currently five mopedrental