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 weather may have been a bit hazy, but the love in the air was crystal clear as the school and the community came out to celebrate high school graduation.
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