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Some things just go together…summer and watermelon, the Great Salt Pond and boats, The Oar and mudslides. But there’s more to The Oar than its famous drink — try their sushi and you’ll realize there’s a new partnership in town —TJ and Thaddeus. TJ is on his third year as the sushi chef, Chef Thaddeus

Dr. Mark Clark has rescinded his letter of resignation and announced that he plans on staying on at the Block Island Medical Center “indefinitely.” Clark made the announcement at the annual members meeting of the Block Island Health Services Board of Directors. It came at the end of his director’s report, and was greeted by

The New Shoreham School Committee and Superintendent Michael Convery affirmed that Block Island School Administrative Assistant Marsha Gutierrez will retire on June 30 after 36 years and six months, without the health insurance benefit in retirement that she claims was included in her employment contract. At the Committee’s June 17 meeting, Convery read the following

Over the years, I remember seeing various members of the Cyr family working on the charming pocket garden at the corner outside the Surf Hotel. For 60 some years the family tended this garden, which they created shortly after purchasing the hotel in 1956. Lorraine Cyr’s mother, Bea, got permission from both the town and

While renovations to the Surf are proceeding more as less as planned, Lark Hotels’ vision for the Gables Inn has hit a roadblock — town zoning ordinances. About two months ago representatives for Lark, along with attorney Joseph Priestley, presented their plans for the property to the Town Council. At that meeting, they proposed constructing

The following was submitted by The Spring Street Gallery: Kicking off the summer season for artist-member shows at The Spring Street Gallery is a joint effort: “States of Being” will include paintings by Eileen Miller and ceramics and woodworking by John Warfel. A reception will be held on Saturday, June 22, from 5 to 7

The Medical Center is growing. The number and complexity of patients, the scope and quality of care continue to increase yearly. This year we have seen increasing numbers of critically ill patients come through our doors. Often transport is complicated by weather. Sometimes delays result in sick patients remaining in the Medical Center under our

Members of the Block Island School Class of 1969 were in attendance for their 50th reunion at the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019 on Sunday, June 16 at The Spring House. Pictured here, from left to right, are Russell White, Elizabeth McCabe, David Lewis, Andrew Transue, and Martha Ball. Deceased members of the class

Keeping Block Island up and running during the summer season requires paying attention to an uncountable number of details, from parking issues to attending to trash that island guests fail to haul away from the beach. Town Recreation Director Dave Sniffen updated the Recreation Board on some of those details at a meeting on Tuesday,