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As if to prove a point, Mother Nature unleashed a whopper of a storm just a few days after the New Shoreham Sea Level Rise Committee’s December meeting. The storm that started late Thursday night did most of its damage locally during the high tide...

Since its inception, the Sea Level Rise Committee has been educating itself on the challenges to the island that will inevitably come as the oceans rise. While at first the group made its own assessments of vulnerable areas on the island, they...

Whether you’re just off the boat or simply want to take a break from strolling, there’s plenty of food available when you visit Block Island for the Annual Holiday Shopping Stroll. It’s not easy to just open up a restaurant for three days a month or...

The Block Island Holiday Shopping Stroll, now in its 31st year, has become one of Rhode Island’s premiere after-Thanksgiving shopping experiences. Downtown is transformed almost overnight into an enchanted village with wreaths and garlands,...

The Town Board of License Commissioners held its annual liquor and outdoor entertainment license renewal meeting on November 3, but not before first gathering as the Town Council to discuss a resolution concerning cooperation on liquor law...

A history professor once told me, “There is a reason you don’t see World War I reenactors.” World War I (1914-1918) centered around military leaders using the tactics of Napoleon from the late 18th century with the technology of the 20th century, an...

Nobel Prize winner and professor of Geosciences and International Affairs Dr. Michael Oppenheimer attended the Sea Level Rise Committee’s meeting on Tuesday as a special guest advisor. As a summer resident, Oppenheimer spends most of his summers on...

The Town Council on Monday couldn’t avoid frustrating an already frustrated public even more. The meeting was held the day after the 30-year “moped settlement agreement” expired on July 31. Renegotiating that agreement is underway, but the...

Just a few days after the always-rowdy and always-noisy Fourth of July Parade, a quieter, more somber march took place through the streets of Old Harbor. On Thursday, July 7, an estimated 200 people gathered in the early evening at the Old Post...

The Block Island Joint Water and Sewer Commissions have been able to issue water allocations to two applicants that were denied previously due to lack of available capacity during the months of June and July. “I’ve thought about this a lot,” said...