When I was a very young kid, maybe four or five, I remembered a day that my mom and dad took us kids to Bristol. It was a Sunday, and we parked across the street from what is now the Herreshoff Marine Museum. My dad pointed the car right toward the.
This year the annual Winter Market goes outdoors! Hosted by the Island Free Library, the Winter Market will be held Saturday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here you will find many of your favorite artists and craftspeople from the Block Island.
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Lee Snell Greenberg, 103, of Westport, Connecticut passed away on Friday, January 29, in the comfort of her beloved home of 43 years at 9 Duck Pond Road.
Born January 22, 1918 in Hell’s Kitchen, New York to Rebecca Sprintz and Harry Snellnikoff. Lee dreamed about living in the country and did so. Her marriage to the late Nathan H. Greenberg brought her to Westport in 1941 where Nat operated the Westport Hardware Store for more than 55 years, and during those years he also became a trusted real estate developer.
Nat Greenberg first came to Block Island in the 1950s, frequently staying with his family at “Gravels,” the rooming house now owned by the Hobe family. In the late 70s Walter Filkins, later married to Lee’s daughter Debbie, built the Greenberg home on Southwest Point Road. For more than 40 summers Lee was a daily fixture at the State Beach leading yoga/exercise class, holding court under her blue striped cabana, rain or shine, with her family, playing Sc