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Block Island’s great white sharks: How many, where are they, and what about the seals?Jon Dodd, the executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, will be sharing everything the ASI has been doing with great white shark research around Block Island since 2019 as part of the Block Island Maritime Institute’s Tuesday Night Talk series […]

On Monday, July 24, The Block Island Lions Club held its annual July golf tournament at the Richmond Country Club. Eighty-eight players from the island, as well as many mainland golfers, joined together for a perfect day of golf.All proceeds benefit the scholarship fund and educational enrichment programs for Block Island School students. Each year

Pamela Dulong Williams will be exhibiting at the Spring Street Gallery, 105 Spring Street from August 5 to August 17. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, August 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.Dulong Williams has been painting, teaching and exhibiting since 1974. She has received many prestigious awards, including the National Academy, NYC

The Island Free Library will host an interactive presentation on Jane Emsbo’s new book “ABC, Essential Tips For Parents” on Wednesday, August 9 at 4 p.m. A short reception will follow.The introduction to the small book asks: “Why Read This Book?”Parenting is one of life’s greatest joys and challenges. This small book is a very

“A very preliminary rough draft for discussion only” is the note on a proposed ordinance on short term rentals that will be discussed at the Town Council’s work session on Wednesday, August 2.“It’s a working document – a rough draft, but very nicely written,” said Councilor Molly O’Neill at the council’s meeting on July 19.The

“It still has that new ambulance smell,” says Rescue Squad Captain Beth Rousseau of the brand new ambulance the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department took delivery of a month ago.The 2022 van-style ambulance was made possible by a grant from the Roosa Fund that the rescue squad applied for in 2021 to replace

Island Bound Bookstore invites parents and children to the bookstore on Friday, August 4 between 2 and 3:30 p.m. to meet author Paul Trombly, who will be available to sign copies of his book, “Papa, How Do You Know Animals Are Happy?” Illustrated by his daughter Anderson Trombly-Malone, this delightful book explains to children ages

She’s at it again. Sharon Lehman has been combing Block Island for all those things that inspire her: small views, intimate settings, and bright colors as well as laundry on lines, and chairs with a view. The fact that Block Island holds so many of these wonders only serves to intensify Lehman’s quest to find

Early in the morning on June 28, just days before Fourth of July festivities were to begin, two lightning strikes hit Block Island in the vicinity of the intersection of Ocean and Connecticut Avenues. There was no apparent damage there, but the effects of the strike were felt a quarter of a mile away at

Like the island overall, clamming seemed to get off to a slow start. But, with the return of sunshine, it is now in full swing.We are seeing a lot of first time clammers. Many are young families with children. Clamming is a great outdoor activity that people of almost any age can partake in. In