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October has ended, but not without lots of learning and memory-making at the Block Island School.

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, after days of hurricane warnings, the clouds parted for a beautiful day. Heroes from mainland Rhode Island who helped fight the Harborside Inn fire and

The fire is believed to have originated in the kitchen of the Harborside Inn. It is under control and under investigation at this time.

The first call came in through the municipal fire alarm system at about 11:24 p.m. Friday night.

At 0023 on 20, August 2023, Port Captain Chris Myers heard his phone ring. It was the Narragansett Police/Fire Dispatcher and Myers was told that they needed to get fire

The Block Island of Keith Lewis’ boyhood was a spare place, hardly bothered by anyone other than its 500 or so inhabitants. Times were hard in the 1960s Block Island has long thrived on its pastoral isolation, but skyrocketing home prices and changing tourism patterns are shattering a way of life even as a new technology delivers modern conveniences.

The fire is believed to have originated in the kitchen of the Harborside Inn. It is under control and under investigation at this time.

NEW SHOREHAM — A fire has all but destroyed the historic 36-room Harborside Inn in the downtown area of Block Island.The fire appears to have started a little after 11

Interstate Navigation is asking visitors not to travel to Block Island today. Fast ferries from Point Judith and Newport have been cancelled.

Interstate Navigation, which operates the Block Island ferry, has resumed traditional service between Point Judith and New Shoreham on a revised schedule.