Lightning takes out town equipment
Early in the morning on June 28, just days before Fourth of July festivities were to begin, two lightning strikes hit Block Island in the
Block Island Rescue gets a new ambulance
“It still has that new ambulance smell,” says Rescue Squad Captain Beth Rousseau of the brand new ambulance the Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Town looks to regulate short-term rentals
“A very preliminary rough draft for discussion only” is the note on a proposed ordinance on short term rentals that will be discussed at the
Tuesday Night Talks with Erica Cirino
The Block Island Maritime Institute will host photojournalist and science writer Erica Cirino for its Tuesday Night Talk on July 18 at 7 p.m.Cirino is
Author Meg Mitchell Moore to appear at Island Bound Bookstore on Thursday
You are invited to Island Bound Bookstore on Thursday, July 20 at 5 p.m. to meet author Meg Mitchell Moore, whose most recent book, “
Author Lenore Skomal to speak at Southeast Light
Author Lenore Skomal is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her book “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter,” a popular biography of Newport’s Lightkeeper, Ida Lewis. Skomal says