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Mary Conant, of Block Island, was named to the College of the Holy Cross’ spring 2021 Dean’s List. A member of the Class of 2023, Conant is majoringin French and Francophone Studies. Conant was among more than 1,451 students named to the Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2020-21 […]

The New Shoreham Town Council will meet in person at Town Hall, 16 Old Town Road, Block Island. Public access will be via Zoom pursuant to State of Rhode Island Executive Order 20-46 dated June 12, 2020.5:00 p.m. SessionReceive and act on report from Town Solicitor regarding Finnimore & Fisher Inc., et al v. Town

The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the newly restored Southeast Lighthouse Museum on Thursday, July 15th, 2021. For the first time in 30 years, a portion of the lighthouse keepers’ quarters will reopen as a museum of lighthouse and island history. After July 15th, the museum will open daily from

The Historic District Commission is a valued counterbalance between the character of Block Island and the forces of modernity and development.On Monday, modernity had its revenge. The HDC met via Zoom, per the governor’s executive order, and it did not go well as the mischievous forces of the internet wreaked havoc on the meeting.Right away,

After the Fourth of July long weekend, the Town Council opened its meeting with public comment. Surprisingly, there were no call-ins about mopeds, or drunken tourists, or Fourth of July mayhem. Some members of the public had already made their comments known, however.“We received texts about the beach,” First Warden Andre Boudreau stated. “Some of

The annual Block Island Fourth of July Parade kicked off, after a year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Grand Marshall was Postmaster Becky Brown and the staff at the U.S. Post Office on Block Island. Numerous island businesses and families participated, giving the judges plenty of options for the prizes. The theme for

When Block Island artist William Padien was asked why he was opening his new gallery, his answer was simple: there were no other galleries that showed larger works, so he had to open his own. Gallery Padien is located in Bridge Gate Square between The Old Post Office Bagel Shop and Washington Trust. The first

“Island Landscapes,” Whitney Knapp Bowditch’s recent oils, will be on exhibit at the Jessie Edwards Studio on the second floor of the Post Office building from July 9 to July 21. A virtual reception will be released on July 10.Working in oils on a variety of surfaces, such as paper, canvas and wood panel, Bowditch

Phoebe Jekielek has a long association with Block Island, including having done a scoping survey of Great Salt Pond shellfish in 2015, and the Block Island Maritime Institute is excited to welcome her back to share her insights at a Tuesday Night Talk on July 13.Jekielek is the director of research at the Hurricane Island

A truckload of conduit and other supplies needed for underground installations of fiber for the BroadbandBI project arrived on-island two weeks ago. As we roll into summer, Sertex crews are making excellent progress installing underground conduit to private properties. These additional materials will ensure that uninterrupted construction continues. What happens next?Network construction is a complex,