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Anyone who lives and works on Block Island in the summer is sure to be asked a lot of crazy questions. For Cici Conroy, answering those questions is all part of a day’s work. Conroy mans the Nature Van, a new endeavor by the Block Island Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy.The Nature Van operates from […]

Race Week on Block Island connotes more than June sailboats to many people, as Saturday saw the culmination of the “fittest” islanders competing in the annual Triathlon and then later in the day, the 5K Fun Run on the beach. This was a fundraiser for the Block Island Medical Center and the National Alliance on

Caleb Roosa of Freedom Tech gave a technology briefing to the Town Council on August 4, and he didn’t pull any punches.Calling the file backup system “archaic” and “old school,” Roosa said: “This is what keeps us up at night.” Roosa explained that the Town of New Shoreham still uses magnetic tape backups as the

It was a hot, sticky Saturday morning as at least 231 people jumped into the water at Fred Benson Town Beach to start the 2021 Block Island Triathlon, held by the Block Island Recreation Department.. Just under three hours later, the last person crossed the finish line.The event started with a quarter-mile swim with the

For the fourth consecutive summer, oil painter Eileen Miller and ceramic artist John Warfel will exhibit their newest work together at the Spring Street Gallery withan opening reception on Saturday, August 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. Please visit us for some refreshments and conversation on the front lawn and check out the abstract art,

Carrie Megan’s memory and imagination combine to create her recent work in oils, “Dreams of Summer,” on exhibit at the Jessie Edwards Studio on the secondfloor of the Post Office Building from August 13 to August 25. The virtual reception will be released on August 14. Emphasizing the summer season in her work was Megan’s

Through storms, shipwrecks, foggy weather, eroding bluffs and massive renovations including moving the whole structure, the Southeast Lighthouse has remained a popular destination on Block Island, drawing thousands of visitors annually to tour the tower and the grounds. But there is more to the lighthouse than the tower with its rare Fresnel lens beaming light

Don Lawson was the last keeper of the North Light, located on the northern tip of Block Island, serving from 1955 until 1956. It was no accident that he ended up there.“I was serving in the Coast Guard, on an ice breaker called the East Wind. My wife was going to have a baby, so

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