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Category:  Edie Blane reads a poem written by her late sister Eileen at the 2018 Voices of the Village community poetry reading. Photos courtesy George Mott. “You need Edie Blane at Offshore Property!” Important advice given to us back in 1993. After renting on Block Island for a few years, we had stayed an extra week and out of curiosity started looking at real estate postings. Finding Edie Blane certainly sealed our fate. She quickly recognized us as potential “good island people” - ...

Category:  One of Edie Blane’s many roles on Block Island was that of an early-on telephone switchboard operator. Photo courtesy of George Mott. “Bound by Blue: A life on Block Island,” a film by Katherine Reaves, presents the life of Edith “Edie” Littlefield Blane through personal narration, capturing Edie’s passion, spirit, and love of Block Island. The film premiered on YouTube on April 13, 2021, which also happened to be Edie’s birthday. Ms. Blane begins her story with her bi...