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Preparing for the Affordable Health Care Act
Executive director of the Block Island Medical Center, Barbara Baldwin, comes to this position with experience from leading other healthcare agencies (three Planned Parenthood offices around the...
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Taste of Block Island was a fun buffet of events
I began my tour of “A Taste of Block Island” Friday evening (May 31) with the poetry reading emceed by my favorite island poet, Lisa Starr. The event attracted a cadre of curious tourists as well as...
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New on Chapel Street: Island Mist
Misty summer mornings on Block Island are cool and refreshing, so it is only fitting that the atmosphere of a brand new shop on Chapel Street named Island Mist should be similarly cool and refreshing....
View ArticleFred Benson Memorial Scholarship recipients
The Fred Benson Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee is pleased to announce the 2013 recipients at the B.I. School. They are: Megan Mitchell, Susan Mitchell, Hanna Tarbox and Danielle Woodward.
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Celebrity Club photos
The Celebrity Club was by all accounts the first integrated jazz club in New England. Opened by Paul Filippi — known on the island as the founder of Ballard’s — in 1949, it closed just a scant five...
View ArticleIncome disparity a concern on Martha's Vineyard
The Washington Post recently reported that the Martha's Vineyard community faces similar challenges to our island in providing a living for working class families
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Edgewood Armadillos Elite are this year’s Kings
The Kings of the Block Basketball Tournament was a success yet again. On Monday Aug. 12 at 1 p.m., 21 teams lined up to register for the second annual event. This year’s tournament was run by Oliver...
View Article7th Annual Block Island Motoring Event
The annual Block Island Motoring Event has always quietly accepted vehicles other than cars for its annual show. There have been motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and even a tractor or two. But this year...
View ArticleSchool lunch and breakfast program eligibility
Block Island School has announced its policy for providing free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast...
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The 9th Annual Block Island Turkey Trot
Get ready to run or walk off that Thanksgiving Feast with the annual 5K Turkey Trot on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. The race kicks off at 1 p.m. at Fred Benson State Beach. To register, download the form...
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Holiday shopping stroll a success
The feeling during the holiday shopping stroll was certainly festive — and busy. Some Block Island stores had ribbons on their windows to look like packages. Others were selling custom Block Island...
View ArticleChristmas Blessings
The meaning behind the Twelve Days At one time I was the chaplain at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California. I would receive calls in December asking me for copies of the chapel service I gave...
View ArticleSouth County Hospital officials discuss potential merger
In an opinion piece in The Providence Journal, officials of South County Hospital disclose an ongoing examination of merger plans.
View ArticleProJo reports on four week BI hunt
Providence Journal environmental reporter, Richard Salit, wrote about special hunt arrangements separate from the DEM approved culling program with White Buffalo.
View ArticleProposed pension settlement would cost BI taxpayers $27,000
The Providence Journal (February 18) reports that the proposed settlement in the pension suit will cost cities and towns $10.8 million this year alone. New Shoreham's share is over $27,000.
View ArticleB.I. School Honor Roll
HIGHEST HONORS Richard Conant - Grade 10 Wade Ortel - Grade 10 Bridgette Keane - Grade 9 Andre Miller - Grade 8 Alcy Stiepock MacKay - Grade 8 HIGH HONORS Oliver Mott - Grade 12 Griffen Hall - Grade...
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GO HURRICANES!
— The varsity basketball team headed off island on Thursday, March 6 to compete in the Coastal Prep League Playoffs against Masters in Smithfield, R.I. If they win, they will play again on Saturday,...
View ArticleTech glitches hamper special BIHS Board meeting held after the resignation of...
Technology glitches and a lingering hangover from the way a previous administrator had left the employment of the Block Island Medical Center hovered over a meeting of the Block Island Health Center...
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Reflections on Easter and Passover
Gratuitous acts of violence in our country in recent days raise questions about whether the message of Easter hope has any relevance. At press time, the anti-Semitic shootings in Overland Park are on...
View ArticleYale researchers discuss new tick-born infection
The New Haven Register reports that Yale researchers have identified a new tick born infection.
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