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 […]
The Hygeia House on Beach Avenue is looking at getting a makeover. The property underwent a major renovation in 2001 by then-owners Champ and Lisa Starr, for which it won Preserve Rhode Island’s first annual preservation award.This statewide recognition loomed large in the minds of the members of the Historic District Commission when the current
The Block Island Tourism Council met in secret to force him out as president last year, Steven Filippi claims. The matter is related to a television appearance by Filippi during the early days of the pandemic promoting the island as being “fully open for business,” which members of the board claimed broke a board agreement
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It was very early Saturday morning, actually 7:00 a.m., when volunteers came into the swim area, each performing specific tasks to prepare for the swim. This year we had to do things a little differently due to the possible presence of Covid-19 and other viral strains. No tents were raised this year and no food
Dr. Tom Warcup made one of his all too frequent appearances at the Town Council meeting Monday night. As director of the Block Island Medical Center, Warcup informed the council that Rhode Island, as a state, is headed the wrong way with its Covid-19 numbers.Warcup said that since last week the Rhode Island Department of
Jon Dodd, the executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute will be sharing everything the ASI has been doing with great white shark research around Block Island since 2019. His presentation on Tues., Aug. 10 at 7:00 p.m. will include the technology used, the methodologyfor the study, the location of the receivers used to detect
World renowned author and naturalist Carl Safina spoke on Tuesday evening, July 27, to a receptive crowd at the Block Island Maritime Institute. Safina discussed his latest two books, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel,” and “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace,” which present in detail often overlooked
One of the last pieces of legislation to sneak its way through the Rhode Island General Assembly’s 2021 session was a bill allowing for an increase in net metering for the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District in Burrillville. Formerly, under state law, net metering programs, whereby those with solar or wind-generating systems
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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