Island resident and artist Tracy Finn created the idea of capturing an inside look into islanders’ lives in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I had a thought of photographing people in their doorways or yards as a way to document this time that we’re all going through,” said Finn. Finn has already begun collecting photographs […]
The staff at the Island Free Library, understanding that there was inequality throughout the island in terms of being able to connect to the internet, had placed an order of new “hotspots” in order to even things out. “We started brainstorming a hotspot program probably close to a year ago,” said Library Director Kristin Baumann.
When Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on April 23 that students would not be returning to school this year, it marked one month since Block Island School students had been going to class online. Principal Kristine Monje noted the Block Island School has not cancelled its classes, and “the school is still actively working.” Each grade
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Block Island has been awarded a $47,000 grant from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to improve beach access and parking at Andy’s Way. The funding was part of a $5.7 million package designed to “support healthy communities and promoting outdoor recreation when the state economy begins to reopen,” according to a press release
Gov. Gina Raimondo, at her regularly scheduled daily briefing on Wednesday, April 29, stated that large gatherings and events for this coming summer, such as the Newport Folk Festival and Fourth of July parades, were likely not going to happen. It was a decision made, she said, “with a knot in my stomach.” She noted
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The application to build a dock to accommodate a proposed fast ferry service between Quonset and Block Island has been denied by the Army Corps of Engineers, town attorney Kathy Merolla announced at a virtual Town Council meeting on Thursday, April 23. The letter from the Army Corps of Engineers states: “The subject proposal involves
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“There has only been one right whale reported so far this year off Rhode Island: south of Sakonnet Point on Jan 22.” This is according to Robert Kenney, Emeritus Marine Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor in residence at the University of Rhode Island, who is one of the founders of the North Atlantic Right Whale
Interstate Navigation has extended its current schedule of boat trips to and from Block Island until Sunday, May 10. Interstate’s Director of Security Bill McCombe announced at last night’s Town Council meeting the extension of the current Block Island Ferry schedule. The boat schedule was set to expire May 3. “Heads up on the ferry schedule.
We’ve extended Women’s History Month into April (and possibly May!). Here are profiles of some in their own words: Persephone Brown: Owner of Persephone’s Kitchen At age 18, my friend and I visited her brother, where he was working at the Spring House. We swam at Fresh Pond, beached all day, went for a fancy
“I have lived in Rhode Island for one week when I set out to explore the nearest tidal marsh, the landscape I know will be the first to show signs of sea level rise… It is no surprise, then, that 15 percent of Rhode Island is classified as wetlands. And of that 15 percent, roughly