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The 2022 Block Island Film Festival is being held from Sept. 7 to 10 at the Block Island Maritime Institute in tribute to legendary “Island Nurse” Mary Donnelly.Donnelly, who was a stalwart at Block Island’s Medical Center and philanthropist with her Mary D Fund, recently passed away. Her daughter Marguerite will attend the film festival […]

On Saturday, September 10, at 1 p.m., the Island Free Library will present “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask,” a feature-length documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American poet and writer to gain international fame. The filmmaker, Frederick Lewis, a professor at Ohio University, will be on hand to introduce the

Did you ever meet someone that you wish you had known for a long time? Just one of those giant personalities that resonates warmth, a deep, rich belly laugh with a smile that CREST would be proud to feature in any advertisement. And a life story that defies the odds.Tyrone Augustus works at the Block

The Recreation Department’s co-ed soccer and softball seasons, under the direction of Dave Sniffen, came to a close on equally-perfect evenings at Heinz Field with large contingents of engaged fans lining all the fields.It would be hard to find a summer that delivered more perfect nights for outdoor sports than this summer, with few or

The Town of New Shoreham’s show cause hearing for Ballard’s Beach Resorts may have been all for naught.The six-hour hearing on Monday, August 22, resulted in the Town Council, acting in its capacity as the Board of License Commissioners, unanimously approving a two-week liquor and outdoor entertainment license suspension that was to start immediately.But, on

Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse spent the better part of the day on Block Island on Tuesday, August 23.With a full itinerary, he started out at Town Hall meeting with the Town Council, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and Finance Director Amy Land.From there he and his staff did a downtown walk visiting island businesses

A quick update for the month of August on the Historical Society’s digitalization campaign funded by the Annenberg Foundation. We have just successfully crossed over 2,000 entries related to the history of Block Island. This includes an amazing collection of photographs donated from the estate of Kathryn Champlin. This collection includes some incredible images of

The Senior Advisory Committee is excited about its newest endeavor, the Senior Café, although it is changing the name to Connection Café in the hopes it will attract more people.The café, located at the Community Center is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.At the committee’s meeting on August 16, Gloria Redlich

“The goal of this meeting is to listen,” said Second Warden Sven Risom at the beginning of a special meeting of the Town Council on August 17 on the subject of mopeds.The meeting came at the request of members of the public that have been asking for moped reforms to be made for years and

Per an order issued by the Rhode Island Superior Court on Friday, August 26, Shoreham Inc. doing business as Ballard’s Inn has been issued an “Emergency Motion to Stay” on the matter of the suspension of its entertainment license. But the stay comes with significant conditions. Ballard’s has been ordered to not have any live