The Sea Level Rise Committee often has invited guests speak on particular subjects at their meetings and on Tuesday, December 5, Bill McCombe was on hand to talk about the
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.
It was 7 a.m. when volunteers came into the swim area setting up tables, tents, organizing registration areas, carrying heavy supplies down to the beach, and setting up the swim
This will be the fourth year that the Committee for the Great Salt Pond sponsors and runs this popular and free event. The contest was created during the early stages
On Memorial Day 1962, a young writer and his wife took the wood-hulled ferry the Sprigg Carroll from Point Judith to Block Island. The couple were looking for a getaway