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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...

Christmas was coming, the Pesky Pond Troll of Clay Head Swamp (aka PPT) was sure of it. The energy of the island always shifted around the Thanksgiving weekend when people came and went, when the big lobster pot tree went up in town and lots of...

The ocean surrounding our little island changes minute to minute and hour to hour and day by day. The shore we see so easily, the gently-curved arm of the east beach, doesn’t need a storm to alter its face, just a shifted summer breeze or changing...

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...

Once a year there is an outdoor meeting at the Hodge Preserve on Corn Neck Road. Actually, there are two meetings – the first one is for the Hodge Committee, and the second one is for the Block Island Land Trust. This year, just as last year, it was...

S uzanna E. Goodman (Gebhard), long time summer resident of Block Island, passed away on August 11, 2022 at the age of 91. Suzanna first came to Block Island with her parents, Bruno and Gertrude Gebhard, and her two sisters, Dorothy and Ursula, in...

It is the middle of September, the sun has made that turn it should not until until after the equinox, and is setting after 7. It seems a tad earlier on the eastern side where the earliest sun strikes the cliffs and beaches and east-facing windows...

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting - Harbor Church. 10 a.m. - Art & Nature. Ocean View Pavilion. Kim.Gaffett@tnc.org to sign up. 4 p.m.-Andy’s Way Bird Walk. Andy’s Way. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 8:30 a.m. – AA Meeting - Harbor Church 9 - 11:30...

Island Free Library Programs The Island Free Library invites all to participate in the programs listed below. More information available at islandfreelibrary.org. Library Hours: Tues. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Wed., Thurs. and Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat.s...

Janet Nelson, 89, former owner of Cutting Cottages, passed away on June 16 in her hometown of Southern Pines, North Carolina surrounded by her family. She first visited Block Island in the 1940s as a teenager from Worcester, Mass. on family...