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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...