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The Hurricanes Varsity Volleyball team celebrated Senior Day on Saturday with a victory over Westerly.Seniors Chloe Weber, Samantha Hester, Amira Wilson, and Rory Crawford played their last home volleyball game for Block Island School, and put on quite a show for the loud crowd.Despite a rough boat ride, the Westerly squad came out strong, taking

Just last week, the usually summer-only restaurant, Calaveras, opened for the Block Island winter season. Open Thursday through Monday, for lunch only, Julio Mendoza and his 18-year-old daughter, Julianne Mendoza, commute every morning from the mainland to the island by ferry to open at 11:30 a.m. Closing time varies from 2 to 3 p.m., depending

Smoke could be seen on the horizon for hours on Monday as the commercial fishing vessel Mattie and Maren burned two to three miles offthe shore of Block Island.A call to the Coast Guard was made at about 11:45 a.m., just as the Block Island Ferry was about to complete its 11 a.m. run to

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The Zoning Board of Review has had an item floating on and off of its agenda all summer long regarding the construction of a chain link fence between two neighbors. There are two issues at play. One is the question of whether the fence is a “spite fence” or not. According to the Rhode Island

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The Senior Advisory Committee is excited about several ideas to improve the quality of life for the island’s senior residents. One of the “most needed” services is that of certified nursing assistants (CNA). Like most other essential services, however, finding qualified candidates can be tricky. Transportation and housing difficulties have made it hard to find

Note: As of Friday afternoon, Nov. 6, the cable splice scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until further notice. Therefore, the Block Island Power Company will  not be switching over to its diesel generators this weekend. Cable update: At this time, National Grid is planning to conduct its cable splice starting on Saturday, November 6.

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation put in an appearance by Zoom at the New Shoreham Town Council meeting on Monday night to present its new parking plan. RIAC had sent a letter outlining the “Managed Parking Program” to the Town Council last week. The letter explained that the program would be modeled after the Block