The Town Council switched its role to Board of License Commissioners on June 21 to consider a liquor license request from Persephone’s, the coffee shop and café on Dodge Street. Owner Persephone Brown was asking for six F1 licenses.At the request of First Warden Keith Stover, Town Clerk Millie McGinness explained that an F1 license […]
On at least two occasions in the past month, a box truck from Del’s Amusements was seen pulled up in front of The Empire Theatre, to unload arcade games. This was despite the New Shoreham Town Council’s deciding to not amend the Zoning Ordinances to once again allow arcades, or game rooms, on Block Island.There
Comedy night returns to Yellow Kittens with Irish headliner Colum Tyrrell on Sunday, July 2 at 8:30 p.m.Originally from Ireland, Colum is a New York-based stand-up comedian. Tyrell has been featured on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and is a past regular performer at the iconic Comedy Cellar in New York City. Tyrell is
Spring Street Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibit of Mixed Media work by Karen Hayden, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. Please stop by and say hello. The gallery’s weekly art receptions, with refreshments, are open to all.Hayden works in a variety of two-dimensional mediums, including acrylic,
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Ooh la la! Block Island has a new cheese store that is much more than cheese. Marye Kelley has expanded into the space next door to her shop Marye Kelley Decoupage on Dodge Street to open Marye Kelley Charcuterie.The light-filled space is brimming with a mouth-watering selection of gourmet goodies that includes not only cheeses,
The Senior Advisory Group is a jolly one, even when facing obstacles, offering up plenty of quips and “don’t put that in the paper” remarks.Currently one of the biggest issues they are facing is the replacement of Gloria Redlich as the senior coordinator, a part-time position. As noted at the SAC’s meeting on Tuesday, June
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The origin of the Block Island Burgee goes back to the 1980s when Block Island Economic Development (BIED) ordered white burgees with a solid blue Block Island on it and sold them through many retail outlets on the island. It was one of BIED’s fund raisers. Interest in the project waned and the Double Enders
Over 1,700 crew lined the docks for Block Island Race Week, a semi-annual gathering of sailboats and families that is part competitive ocean racing, and part camaraderie and story telling that was headquartered out of Champlin’s Marina this year.And what a week they’ve had. (Where’s the fog?)Organized under a widely-recognized sailing organization called the Storm
On Wednesday, June 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the Library, author Diane Margolis will read from her book “We Built a Village” followed by a question and answer session. The book describes the development of one of the first cohousing communities in the United States, offering a social understanding of its commons.Cohousing, a form of
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Sarah Callan, of Mystic Aquarium will be the Block Island Maritime Institute’s first speaker in this year’s Tuesday Night Talks series on Tuesday evening, June 27, at 7 p.m. Callan’s subject will be “Southern New England seals and marine mammal rescue.”As a Connecticut native, Callan grew up spending time along the Connecticut and Rhode Island
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