Just as the Leo Lions Club populated the island with a wide array of scarecrows for their own contest, the Block Island School Student Council hopes to light up the town with a home lighting holiday decorating contest. Junior Whitney McGinnes, president of the Student Council, said the group was looking for ways to “boost […]
The annual Lights of Love fundraising campaign for the Block Island Medical Center is underway, and one of its organizers is hoping that people remember the center for the work it has done during this year of unprecedented challenges. According to organizer Kay Lewis, who worked on the 2020 campaign with Board Chair Cindy Baute,
The Block Island High School Varsity Soccer team made a go of it this past fall, attempting (perhaps too optimistically) to have some normality in the school year so badly affected by the coronavirus. The Rhode Island Interscholastic League set up a seven team division with six games, and playoffs, scheduled. Despite weather-related boat cancellations
Jon Dodd has been fascinated by sharks his entire life. So much so that his fascination led to the creation of the Atlantic Shark Institute based in Wakefield, Rhode Island, of which he is now the Executive Director. Born and raised in Rhode Island, and later graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a
The following announcement was posted by the Town of New Shoreham on Friday, Dec. 4: A reminder that deer hunting season for firearms has resumed. Archers are still hunting. Please see the calendar attached for deer hunting days by archery, shotgun and muzzleloader as well as pheasant hunting. No deer hunting is allowed on weekends.
The following update was posted by the Block Island Medical Center on Friday, Dec. 4: Dr. Warcup met with the Rescue Squad last night to discuss the status of vaccination for COVID-19. Please watch an update from him at the link below: Key points: -BIHS is working with RIDOH to become a Vaccination
Did you miss out on knitting or crocheting squares for the monarch butterfly community art project last spring? If so, here’s your chance to partake in a new project, get creative, and pass some time during this sure-to-be non-social, holiday season. Anyone may participate. Organizer Sue Brown Black is at it again, this time with
The following was submitted by Nancy Ruddle of the Block Island Health Services Board: The Block Island Health Services announces the results of the recently held election for Block Island community members to the Board of Directors. The winners are Gordon Nelson and Robert Agricola. They join a Board that plays a critical role in
The members of the Deer Task Force know they are on the horns of a dilemma: How to reduce the deer herd when hunters are restricted on how many bucks they can take and when homeowners are reluctant to allow hunting on their property due to safety concerns. These were the questions the members mulled
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With a future that includes being a retail space during the day and a movie theater at night, Empire Theatre owner Gary Pollard came to the Historic District Commission with two plans to change the exterior of the old building: one application to replace existing signage, and one preliminary application to replace existing doors and
Changes proposed to Empire Theatre at recent HDC Read More »