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The following was submitted by NAMI-Block Island: The title of NAMI-Block Island’s second annual spring conference, “Depression: A Community Conversation — What do we know? What can we do?,” invites the public to learn about depression as a mental illness, its causes, treatments, and attitudes, and how to treat these conditions. From a funny and touching film […]

On what Harbormaster Steve Land described as ”a sunny, fun day,” 34,000 clams were deposited from a boat into the Great Salt Pond as part of the New Shoreham Harbors Department’s and the Shellfish Commission’s joint annual restocking effort.  Land told The Block Island Times that resident Jon Grant donated his boat for the endeavor,

After a winter of showing films, Common Ground Coffeehouse welcomes spring with the beginning of music season.  Fingerstyle guitarist and folk singer Allysen Callery returns on Friday, May 11. The Coffeehouse will host the kickoff of NAMI-Block Island’s Spring Conference on May 18, showing the one-hour film “Every Brilliant Thing,” followed by music from Celtic-bluegrass-roots

Essays from Mrs. Hart’s kindergarten class: My mother looks good like me but she has blond hair and great clothes.  She has good shorts.  They are so pretty.  She looks happy and cool. She always helps us clean up. And she lets me use grown up scissors to make projects for Mrs. Hart. She always makes

The following was submitted by the Block Island School: The Spring Street Gallery kicks off its 2018 season with the Block Island Student Show. The gallery and the student artists welcome the community to view their diverse collection of artistic creations at the opening reception on Wednesday, May 23 from 5 to 7 p.m.  Guided

Junior Varsity Baseball Team Captain James Arnott struck out 13 batters with an impressive pitching performance, but the Hurricanes’ lineup couldn’t muster any offense in a tough 6-0 defeat at Jamestown on May 4. Arnott worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, but became a victim of some seeing-eye ground

On Saturday, May 5, the Block Island School Varsity Baseball team slugged their way to a 15-5 road win against the Blackstone Valley Prep Pride. David Barillas started on the bump for the Hurricanes. Barillas consistently pounded the strike zone while shutting out the Pride for two-and-a-third innings before giving way to teammate Andrew McGarry.

9:35 p.m. — The bond to approve up to $1.5 million bond to build two dwellings, one for a senior town employee, and another for six additional town employees passed on a voice vote, but then a hand count was called for, which again supported the original approval. The vote was delayed due to a

The Block Island School’s senior class exhibited their senior projects to the public on May 2 at the school, demonstrating innovation, individualism, and intelligence. Music as a way of expressing emotion; art therapy as an alternative to medication; the importance of exercise; the filmmaking process and its relationship to being media literate; preserving natural history

There were only two school employees included in the revised list of recommended budget cuts on the School Committee’s agenda on Monday Jan. 27: Co-Principal John Canole, who resigned effective Tues. Jan. 28; and a special education teacher who is retiring in June. Neither is recommended to be replaced next year, reducing the budget by