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At what many would consider the last minute, the Town Council approved a bond referendum of $ 2.1 million for the purchase of the Old Island Pub. The decision was

A northeaster had just dumped two inches of snow. At Block Island’s Old Harbor, fishermen labored shoveling white powder out of their vessels. As this was January 1942 however, the

A northeaster had just dumped two inches of snow. At Block Island’s Old Harbor, fishermen labored shoveling white powder out of their vessels. As this was January 1942 however, the talk of the locals on Block Island, like any American community, was...

Buzzing sounds from aircraft engines and locals speculating over cups of coffee were heard well before the official dedication of the Block Island State Airport. The “Air Age” arrived in the Ocean State when Rhode Island Governor John O. Pastore...

On a two-lane highway crossing the wheat fields of northeast Kansas is a brown rectangular sign. In large, white block letters, it reads “Frankfort Boys, World War II, Memorial Highway,” which I saw for the first time this past spring. Intrigued, I...

Earlier this month I visited the campus of Harvard University to see archival file folders located in the basement of the Frances Loeb Library at the renowned Harvard Graduate School of Design. For nearly 70 years modernistic architectural design...

One starry night in the North African desert, a young Block Islander in uniform manned his post. As part of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he sat at his desk as a control tower operator. With a receiver on his ears, he directed and...

The Block Island Maritime Institute is hosting a book talk by Keith A. Lewis on Wednesday, October 12, at 5 p.m. on “The Old Man: A Block Island Sea Captain and the Woman He Loved,” (Volume One). This is the first in a series about Rob Lewis and his...

I used to be a First trip Cadet, and I knew quite a lot. Then I became a Third Mate and I knew Everything. Then I upgraded to second Mate, and then soon realized I was not as clever as I thought. Once promoted to Chief Officer, I knew...

The water by the monument was up to the rip-rap below it this afternoon. There used to be a deeper strip of land there and a little beach below it. In 1993, before technology and electronic communication had taken so much from our day-to-day...