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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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