The Harbors Department has deployed one of its boats to retrieve solid waste material from boaters spending time on the Great Salt Pond. Town Manager Ed Roberge disclosed that news at the June 28 Harbor Management Plan meeting. “I’m pleased that the Harbormaster has implemented a boat for collecting trash,” said Roberge, noting the town’s […]
The Nature Conservancy will be upgrading its facilities on High Street; plans include building a new addition to the main building, and a storage shed, while removing a dilapidated cottage. The Historic District Commission granted unanimous (6-0) final approval for TNC’s project at its June 25 meeting with the stipulation that Building Official Marc Tillson
The following was submitted by Susan Bush of Island Bound Bookstore: Come hear Block Island notables read short stories from the anthology, “It Occurs To Me That I Am America,” on Thursday, July 12 at 5 p.m. at Island Bound Bookstore. If you are an NPR Selected Shorts fan, you will want to be part
The following was submitted by the Island Free Library Board of Trustees: The Island Free Library Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that it was awarded a Rhode Island Foundation Community Grant of $7,500 which, combined with local funding, will enable the creation and installation of a new custom metalwork universal access handrail to
Come learn more about Block Island’s very own maritime mystery. Author Jill Farinelli will tell the story at the Block Island Maritime Institute Center on BIMI Presents on Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Two days after Christmas in 1738, a British merchant ship traveling from Rotterdam to Philadelphia grounded in a blizzard on the
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There were chants of “USA, USA, USA,” from the porch at The Surf Hotel, where a crowd assembled on Monday night (July 2, 2018) to watch Block Island’s fireworks display. The fireworks exploded in the night’s sky over the ocean off of the Town Beach, with bursts of red, white and blue, causing a shimmering
Spring street Gallery is pleased to host featured guest artist, Sarah Warda’s show titled “Island Light.” This show features award winning artist Sarah Warda’s homage to the beauty that is Block Island. Since her early years, Sarah, a Connecticut resident, enjoyed summers and holidays on the island while visiting her aunt, a longtime year-round resident. She
James Joyce is an author more revered than beloved, but readers, small in number though they may be, who take to the works are passionate about them indeed. A group of about 10 Joyce admirers gathered at the Island Free Library on Saturday, June 16, to read passages from Joyce’s most famous work, “Ulysses,” which was
A little box with a glass door contains one of the most popular items that MarMar sells: rooster feathers. Although the store is, as owner Martha “MarMar” Nardini calls it, a jewelry gallery, these sleek, colorful hair accessories have been a hit since she opened her doors almost a decade ago. Although the store is not