Block Island News

Forecast discussion: High pressure over the Midwest is giving about the eastern 2/3 dry weather at the moment.

When a group of Block Island readers decided to tackle James Joyce's "Ulysses" together, they did not anticipate they would be working their way through that great novel for a little over a year.

When Executive Director Jessica Willi passed out several versions of a cover for the upcoming edition of the Block Island Magazine at their January 31 meeting, council members found it difficult to come to an agreement.

Block Islanders undertook their annual Ground Hog Day census Thursday night, announcing a total of 948 people living on the island by the end of the day, up from the 902 recorded a year ago.

Lila Delman Real Estate announced the sale last week of 1210 Grace Cove Road on Block Island, Rhode Island.A Lila Delman Real Estate REALTORA Rosemary Tobin represented the buyer.A According to Rhode Island Statewide Multiple Listing Service, this is the highest sale on Block Island in the last four months.

Beautifully rolling hills and stonewalls adorn this lovely 2.5 acre lot off Cooneymus Road.A Very private building site with possible distant ocean view to the west.

This two story condominium in the Salt Pond Settlement has 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths.

Last week Deepwater Wind publicly released the report that helped sway the offshore wind farm company into planning on a much longer route for the undersea transmission cable that will link its five-turbine project to the mainland power grid.

The state Department of Environmental Management is ready to solicit proposals from companies interested in building and operating a multi-story parking garage in the fishing port of Galilee, where the Block Island ferries dock.

Long after you've left the state in search of greener pastures and cheaper taxes, there will come a time when you have to explain to a child, lover, friend, or therapist why you chose to attend school in Rhode Island.

By the time the weekend rolls around, I'm tired of my own cooking and I want to stir it up somewhere besides my own kitchen.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management soon will seek proposals for a multi-level parking garage in Galilee, the waterfront Narragansett village that is a commercial port, tourist attraction and lifeline to Block Island.

Frank Carfaro is a 41-year-old bachelor of such varied and impressive accomplishments that merely hearing about them wears one out, and he enjoys a long soak in a hot bath now and then.

Hello winter! The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for this area, from 2 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday.

Susan Littlefield will guide a fourth year of winter parenting seminars at the Block Island School, sponsored by the New Shoreham Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Task Force and beginning January 18.

Town Clerk Fiona Fitzpatrick reports that there are new rules for the 2012 elections, thanks to changes passed upstate that affect both primary and general elections.

The General Assembly's Redistricting Commission, tasked with redrawing Rhode Island's state and national congressional lines based on the 2010 census, has agreed on a new district map for state representatives and senators.

Charlie and Karen Le Roy of Block Island would like to announce the birth of their grandaughter Lula Jollie LaRoy.

The Coast Guard pulled two fishermen from the water three miles northeast of Block Island after their 55-foot fishing trawler capsized Saturday evening, January 7. The F/V Elizabeth Helen overturned at approximately 3:55 p.m. Saturday and the Coast Guard was on the scene by 5 p.m. The Coast Guard was directed to the two uninjured crewmen sitting in ... (more)

It's a question more restaurant customers are asking. More chefs are able to answer, in part because of the efforts of people like Rhode Island fisherman Steve Arnold .