Old Harbor Task News Today

Can you believe this is the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree’s thirteenth season?! What a lovely tradition this has turned out to be…and the support of our community has been, and

Members of the Block Island Tourism Council went through their list of applicants for community funding support and whittled down the total requested amount of $237,351 to almost $80,000 on

Over the course of two meetings this week, the Block Island Tourism Council listened to funding requests from several organizations and individuals. Some of those organizations have been receiving funding

The agenda for the February 1 meeting of the Town Council listed a “Meet with Old Harbor Task Force for discussion.” “That’s my mistake,” said First Warden Keith Stover, adding that the OHTF had provided the council with a detailed memo about...

The Old Harbor Task Force’s annual memo to the Town Council led to some meaty conversations at the council’s meeting on December 21, in turn leading to what might be called a road map for 2023. The task force’s mission is to bring improvements to...

The Old Harbor Task Force gave a report to the Town Council on December 6 and presented a host of problems and solutions for the downtown area. Chair Margie Comings was available to answer any questions of the council, which had received the written...

Saturday was the “picture perfect” day to build this year’s Lobster Pot Christmas Tree...cool, sunny, and most importantly, no wind, so the tree went up faster than usual. Lots of folks of all ages came by to play “sidewalk superintendent,” take...

Tourism is perhaps the major economic driver of Block Island. One of the unfortunate by-products is the amount of garbage and waste produced. New Shoreham battles the onslaught of waste produced by commercial tourism through the use of trash and...