On a beautiful summer day in 1971, Millard ‘Doc’ Harmon, accompanied by wife Ruth, landed at the Block Island Airport, and set his feet on Block Island for the very first time. After just a few hours spent exploring the island, Mil realized he had not seen his wife happier since the day he asked […]
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The Block Island Triathlon begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning at Town Beach, where the athletes will swim a quarter-mile route before exiting the water and beginning the 12-mile bike portion. The bikers will travel down Corn Neck Road to Beach Avenue, which they will follow until they make a left on Center Road
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The word, “Reflections” can be defined as the return of light from a surface or the consideration of subject matter. In Betsey MacDonald’s current oil paintings, which will be on view at The Spring Street Gallery from August 7 to 19, “Reflections” means both. Betsey loves and paints animals. In this current body of work, Betsey
A private plane ran off the runway at the Block Island Airport on Monday night, July 26, crashing through the fence, across Center Road, and into the guardrail.New Shoreham Police Chief Matt Moynihan confirmed it was an aborted takeoff, with the pilot running out of runway and ending up across the street. “Thankfully, no one
Maximum house sizes on Block Island are going to shrink, at least for a while. The Town Council voted to amend zoning regulations related to the size and massing of residential structures, reducing size limits in the Zoning Ordinance found in Section 514 and Section 111.Section 406 of the zoning ordinance establishes thresholds on size
It costs $32.00 to experience different fish species up close at the Boston Aquarium, alongside $40.00 for parking. It’s even more at Mystic Aquarium ($37.00) for general admission and a slog from the parking lot. At the Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI), nestled in New Harbor directly on the Great Salt Pond, you park right
The Zoning Board finally heard the application for a special use permit and a variance to build a staircase to provide maintenance access to the proposed shoreline stabilization project at the Marino property, Plat 8, Lot 42. The application had been floating around for nearly two years as studies were done and surveys performed, including
“How a real estate contract can create something so convoluted, I don’t understand,” Member Judith Cyronak said to her colleagues on the Zoning Board on July 28. The board was discussing the Overlook property, which borders the Great Salt Pond between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Pond Settlement condominiums. Overlook Realty, LLC, managed by Steven
One of the island’s favorite events, Blues on the Block – a family-friendly public concert featuring local blues bands — will next take place on Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the Fred Benson Beach Pavilion at 5:30 p.m. The band Johnnie and the East Coast Rockers will entertain attendees until 7:00 p.m.The concert is sponsored by
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The shuttle service is reducing its days of operation, switching from daily to Thursday through Sunday service as noted in the new schedulebelow.Lack of riders continues to be a problem for Block Island Shuttle, according to taxi owner Judy Clark. Clark also serves as a shuttle driver in conjunction with the Motor Vehicles for