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My brother Andy and I grew up sharing a cottage called the “Bungalow,” built by our grandfather, populated with three sets of additional cousins and located where cousin Champ Starr’s house now stands. For kids, it was heaven. Close to the State Beach, Payne’s Dock, the very spooky old Hygeia House and various other fascinating […]

(360 VIDEO) Reporter Rosemary Connelli walked through Andy’s Way today: a large crescent of sandy beach on the eastern side of the Great Salt Pond, and home to a diverse list of plants and animals.The Block Island Times will be a featuring a story in this week’s paper on Andy’s Way, originally named after the

The following was written by Journal Sports Writer Bill Koch of the Providence Journal: Moira O’Neill started doing the math long before she was a freshman. There would be enough girls to field teams in volleyball, basketball and softball by the time she finished her last four years at Block Island School. This is far

U.S. Census Bureau Field Supervisor Linda Wright issued the following notice on census activities for Block Island: Hi Residents, On Monday, May 18, the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters has given the approval to resume Census activities. Therefore, you will start to see Enumerators making their way around the island. This work will continue for a

The following was issued by M & C Gas Station Manager Jessica Veldman on Sunday, May 17: Good evening Block Island Community, I’m just writing to let you all know that the gas station will be changing to spring hours. Our hours will now be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed

Chris Warfel has been trying to bring the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to Block Island for a while now, and he has made it happen. Warfel, the owner of Sun Farm Oysters, has been approved to be a SNAP-approved retail vendor. Participants in the program, which is more conventionally known as food stamps, will soon

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Dear Residents, Businesses, and Community Partners: This week, Governor Raimondo executed the first phase of the State’s framework for re-opening Rhode Island’s economy and the benchmarks that need to be met to continue through the next two phases. Along with opening some businesses and parks, the Governor has raised the stay-at-home order effective May 9th.

Members of the Block Island Volunteer Rescue and Fire Department have been training on the weekends for several months. This past weekend the department’s volunteers worked on what is known as a “vent, enter, search” technique, or VES, which trains firefighters to enter a smoke-filled house through a window, close any doors that may allow

UPDATE: The Town Council meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. on Monday, May 18 has been postponed because of a posting error. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 20. As businesses begin to bring over seasonal workers, and as restaurants and hotels prepare for a soft opening sometime in mid-June, the members the Town Council