For several decades, starting in 1959, Carroll Rheinstrom and his wife Irene had a beautiful house (although, oddly, it had only one room) on a 12-acre Block Island parcel. The house had a beautiful view of Scotch Beach with its wide-open stretches of white sand. The couple enjoyed sailing their yacht, Vaeringer II, out of the […]
A team representing the new owners of the Surf Hotel and the Gables Inn provided the Town Council with an overview of their plans for the two properties, including internal and external restorations, making some of the structures compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the construction of new cottages, and their plans for extensive
Trying to provide access to the Coast Guard Station is a goal the town and Harbors Department are working to achieve. The topic was discussed at two recent budget hearings. Town Manager Ed Roberge informed the Town Council that $150,000 was recommended for replacement and expansion of the old, dilapidated Coast Guard dock. At the April
A day after she publicly read a scathing letter about what she called “self-serving” practices by the Tourism Council, Block Island Chamber of Commerce President Diane Hayde abruptly resigned. The Chamber Board held an unscheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 2, a day after Hayde had read a lengthy letter about the Tourism Council during the
First Warden Ken Lacoste’s decision to “be a little more aggressive” led the Town Council to fully fund the budget requests of three town groups. The three entities that will receive their full funding requests are the Medical Center ($300,000), Block Island Volunteer Fire Department ($180,400), and the Senior Advisory Committee ($23,100). The Medical Center’s
April is National Poetry Month. It was introduced in 1996 and is organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. “April” By Fran Migliaccio April is a smile, beginning with a fool. April is sun, a wave along the way, walkers and riders
Island Bound Bookstore, as part of National Poetry Month, will celebrate Block Island Poets on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. at the bookstore. Island poets Nancy Greenaway, Willie Feuer, Socha Cohen, Susana Gardner, Lisa Sprague, Fran Migliaccio, Jen Lighty, Jamie Rose, and Michael Petrik will share their poetry with the community. Poetry has been an important part
A letter from the Chief To the Editor: Earlier this month on a Friday night, a few teenaged kids, good friends, left a gathering in South Kingstown and ended up in a serious car crash that resulted in a 17 year-old boy named Aiden Mulligan receiving a critical, life-threatening brain injury. Aiden is from a