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It’s been talked about more than once this summer – if you allow one or two businesses to dominate the sound waves, they end up defining the brand. The message has been repeated at one meeting after another, and this week it was at the Block Island Tourism Council’s meeting on Wednesday, August 10.Traditionally the […]

The Chair of the School Committee sought advice from the Town Council on how to handle an unexpected cost increase in its planned school renovation project at the council’s meeting on August 1. School Chair Jessica Willi said she wished to take the opportunity to inform both the Town Council and the public about the

They came as friends, families, athletes, and amateurs, all to take a run at the 2022 Block Island Triathlon. Some have done triathlons for years, some just started their training recently, and some did iton a whim, just because they thought they could.This year’s triathlon, organized by the New Shoreham Recreation Department under the direction

Soccer League showdownThe Block Island Rec soccer season is beginning to wind down with playoffs scheduled to begin Thursday, August 18,and the finals planned for August 25.If you haven’t had a chance to take in a game on the pitch, make it a point to hike up to Heinz Field for some very competitive action

This thick rusty cable at the entrance to Dorry’s Cove has been there for decades, occasionally buried, occasionally exposed. Someone once said it was an old telephone cable to the mainland. Any ideas?If you know, or think you do, email [email protected] and we will compile all the answers. Please put “Anybody Know?” in the subject

Carrie Megan’s new works in oils and cold wax is a celebration of the summer light and the way in which it suffuses the island, especially in tones of peach and pink. The show will be up from August 12 to 24 with a virtual reception on August 13.Also important in this body of work

Between social media and eye-witness accounts, there was plenty of evidence of an out-of-control situation at Ballard’s Beach Resort and on the Block Island Ferry on Monday during and after Ballard’s Reggae Festival that this year was held on Victory Day. As Tuesday wore on, more videos appeared.One that was shared with ABC 6 shows

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Spring Street Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibit of new abstract oil paintings by Eileen Miller, with an opening reception on Saturday, August 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. Miller continues to explore color, texture and movement with water-base oils, building layers and dimension that result in non-representational paintings containing feeling, depth and beauty.

“This topic is so complicated that most people don’t understand it enough to comment on it,” said resident and ratepayer David Lewis at the meeting of the Block Island Utility District on July 28.Lewis was speaking about net-metering, the mechanism by which ratepayers that generate solar power get credited for their excess production, but he