Whether you have just re-opened your business for the summer season, are going through difficult life moments with family, or adapting to having a new baby in the home, stress is a normal part of life. But what exactly is stress? And how does it impact health in the short- and long-term? Stress is a […]
More than 20 new oils-on-canvas by Kate Knapp will be on exhibit at the Jessie Edwards Studio on the second floor of the Post Office building from Friday, July 26 to Wednesday, Aug. 7. The opening reception is on Saturday, July 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. Painting in the fall of 2018 and this
The Gables Inn project has finally passed muster with the Historic District Commission, which granted unanimous final approval (6-0) for the project at its meeting on Monday night. The project must now go before the New Shoreham Zoning Board of Review. Rob Blood, Lark Hotels’ Chief Executive Officer, told The Times after the meeting that
On Saturday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., MarMar boutique will host metalsmith Karin Best of Kajs Jewelry for a trunk show featuring her Scandinavian-inspired work. Born and raised primarily in Sweden, her jewelry reflects deliberate, bold and simple forms reflected in natural botanical and oceanic forms, and in traditional lacemaking techniques. Meet
(360 video) Cruise on the Great Salt Pond with The Block Island Times courtesy of the Wetsel family, who let us visit their sailboat, Beyzano, a 2002 Beneteau 473, which is anchored on the pond. The Wetsel family has spent the month of July living on their boat.Mark Wetsel, wearing the red and white cap,
The back of Jamie Johnston’s McPick truck is filled with bulging trash bags, taken from 34 vacation homes from around the island. This is the trash that has been left behind by the renters. Johnston’s business is to pick up the trash and take it to the transfer station. During the past few years, Johnston
The reaction was swift and indignant. After a Long Island resident posted a picture of a piece of Painted Rock in his hands, and after someone contacted The Block Island Times about a person who had vandalized the rock, social media went into full gear, full of venom and fury. But the individual who had
“Eat the invaders” was the theme of the day on Tuesday, July 9. Which invaders? The European green crab. For the Block Island Shellfish Commission, the theme enhances their mission: beat back the predatory crabs that have invaded the Great Salt Pond, disturbing the habitat for other, native shellfish, and that has also, perhaps, hastened
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A small group of island residents had gathered at the Harbor Church in an effort to turn all the talk about how to preserve the town’s natural resources into action. The issues are not new — parking, vehicle congestion, lack of bike paths, protecting the dunes — and the group was aware of that, but
The public is invited to a new opening at the Spring Street Gallery. Sharon Lehman’s new show, “Block Island Reflections,” will start with a public reception on Saturday, July 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. These newest works celebrate nostalgic Block Island images. “I have always been captivated by the dramatic views, old buildings and rolling