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The Water and Sewer Departments have adopted their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year that starts on July 1, and scheduled the Annual Financial Meeting for June 12 when residents of the Water and Sewer District will vote to approve it.The Sewer Department projects total “revenues” of $1,786,137, although $54,813 will come from reserves. That […]

With renovations just about complete and the gardens all cleaned up by volunteers from the Block Island Gardeners, Island Free Library is busy planning a summer full of special events and programs.Summer kicks off, of course, with the Bake, Book, and Bloom Sale, which will be held by the Friends of the Island Free Library

Members of the Senior Advisory Committee are preparing for the void that is sure to be left when long-time Senior Coordinator Gloria Redlich “retires” at the end of the current fiscal year, which is June 30.While members of the committee expressed their heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the job Redlich has done over the years

Visitors to the Southeast Light may spy a large lift boat off in the distance as maintenance gets underway at the Block Island Wind Farm. The boat was expected to arrive as early as May 18, and is expected to be around until approximately August 1.The lift boat is called L/V Ram XV and flies

The 2023 Block Island Film Festival is being held in tribute to Edith Littlefield Blane, featuring the Spotlight Film documentary, “Bound by Blue,” about her storied and remarkable life.This year’s festival is being held from May 30 to June 2 at the Block Island Maritime Institute at the edge of the Great Salt Pond.Blane enjoyed

Congressman Seth Magaziner spent the better part of the day on Monday visiting Block Island and meeting with residents of all ages.First, he held a “Town Hall” that was attended by about three dozen people. This, he said was his first town hall event ever as a new congressman. Magaziner ran for Rhode Island’s District

On Tuesday, May 2, the eight seniors at the Block Island School presented their senior projects to their younger peers, teachers, and the general public. It’s almost, but not quite, the last hurdle they will go through before graduation in June.The senior project is a graduation requirement that was instituted by the Rhode Island Department

The majority of items on the town’s warrant for the annual Financial Town Meeting passed with little to no discussion or opposition on Monday night, May 1. The exceptions were the budget for the building official and the referendum on a bond issue of $2.1 million for the purchase of the Old Island Pub on

The Town Council breezed through its first agenda items on Tuesday before honing in on the subject of people living on boats.But first, during public comment, Councilor Molly O’Neill made the announcement that U.S. Congressman Seth Magaziner, who last year won his election to replace the retiring Jim Langevin, will be visiting the island next

At what many would consider the last minute, the Town Council approved a bond referendum of $ 2.1 million for the purchase of the Old Island Pub. The decision was evidently announced at the end of the council’s meeting on April 17 when they came out of closed session. Heretofore, all the discussions had been