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Writer's Block: Block it, light it, shoot it
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What are you doing over February Vacation?
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Varsity Boys continue their winning season
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Letters, Feb. 11, 2012
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Editorial: What's the right letters policy?
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Calendar sky
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A luscious chocolate cake for Valentine's Day
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Obituary: John Connell (calling hours Thurs. ...
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Obituary: Mildred Fitch
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Rejoicing over Joyce
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Obituary: Clifford Mitchell
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Obituary: Petronella Robison
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Photo by: Margie Bucheit
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News
School Committee tackles $4.6 million budget
By Gloria S. Redlich - Feb 14At a work session February 6, members of the Block Island School Committee sought to refine next year’s budget of $4,619,719, which represents a ...
Town Council takes on national issue of detention of suspected terrorists
By Dan West - Feb 13The Town Council met Monday and discussed a symbolic resolution opposing a portion of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which ...
Planning debates energy plan length
By Dan West - Feb 11The energy component of the island’s comprehensive plan has been slowly making its way through the Planning Board’s review process over the last ...
Climate change: continuing the discussion with Michael Oppenheimer
By Gloria S. Redlich - Feb 08With concerns about global warming mounting in communities around the world, Princeton geoscientist and island resident Michael Oppenheimer ...
Tourism Council unhappy with mag cover choices
By Gloria S. Redlich - Feb 07When Executive Director Jessica Willi passed out several versions of a cover for the upcoming edition of the Block Island Magazine at their ...
The future of the Old Harbor Task Force
By Dan West - Feb 06The Town Council met Wednesday for a joint work session with members of the Old Harbor Task Force to discuss the task force’s mission and organizat...
Deepwater faces tough questioning by Zoning Board
By Dan West - Feb 04The Zoning Board of Review met Wednesday and held a lengthy public hearing on an application by Deepwater Wind for a substation for its planned ...
Sewer discusses pumping fee compromise
By Dan West - Feb 02The Sewer Commission met Friday and discussed, but took no action on, a proposed resolution to a dispute over pump-out fees. The $2,750 in charges ...
Community
Varsity Boys continue their winning season
By Paul Vitu - Feb 12The Block Island School Boys Varsity Basketball team has played six games in the last two weeks, winning four of them. The team has improved its ...
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Check fire and CO1 detectors
Feb 06The Block Island Volunteer Fire Department is reminding island residents to be safe this winter and check that their fire and carbon monoxide ...
Groundhog tally: 948
Feb 03Block Island’s Groundhog Day unofficial census went off without a hitch Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2, and found that the island’s population had ...
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BIG Lunch & Dinner specials -Tues. February 14
By Block Island Grocery - Feb 14Soups: 1. Sausage pesto tortellini 2. Chinese steak & cabbage Hot lunch: Pork Chop, rice & beans, salad Hot sandwiches: 1. Meatloaf, onions, ...
Tuesday at Mabel's
By Mabel's - Feb 14Soups: Ham & Split Pea Soup, Portuguese Kale, Chili. Lunch Specials: Country Fried Steak w/ Mashed & Country Gravy, Chicken Parm., Meatball Sub, ...
Summer Weeks Available: www.LilaDelman.com or BIRentals@LilaDelman.com
By Lila Delman Real Estate - Feb 13If you are looking for a summer rental, call our office at 401-466-8777 or email us at BIRentals@LilaDelman.com. We offer turnkey rentals, ...
BIG Lunch & Dinner Specials- Thurs., Feb. 9
By Block Island Grocery - Feb 09Soups: 1. Hungarian Goulash 2. Beef veg barley Hot Lunch: Chicken Cordon Blue Hot Sandwich: BBQ chicken, potato salad, garlic bread Cold Wrap: ...
Bethany's Airport Diner specials-Thurs, Feb 9
By Bethany's Airport Diner - Feb 09Breakfast: 1. Open faced bagel sandwich w/ OE patties & swiss layered w/ r.red peps w/ hashbrowns & jo $9.25 2. french toast topped with carmalized...
Thursday at Mabel's
By Mabel's - Feb 09Soups: Chicken Vegetable, Beef Noodle, Clam Chowder, Chili. Lunch Specials: Country Fried Steak w/ Mashed Potatoes & Country Gravy, Sausage & ...
BIG Lunch & Dinner Specials- Weds, Feb 8
By Block Island Grocery - Feb 08Soup: Jambalaya (chic & sausage) Hot Lunch: Lasagna w/ garlic bread, salad. Hot Sandwich: Ham, basil, roasted garlic goat cheese, tomato Cold ...
Religion
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Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet Monday, Feb. 13
By St. Ann's by the Sea - Feb 06On Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., the Prayer Shawl Ministry will have it's monthly meeting at the Harbor Church Ladies Parlor. Knitters and Crocheters ...
Who's Afraid of the Giants?
By Harbor Church - Jan 31Numbers 13: 17-33, Steve Hollaway, Harbor Church, January 29, 2012 This is not a sermon about football. Oh, I could talk about why the Patriots ...
Columns and Opinion
Writer's Block: Block it, light it, shoot it
By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Feb 14When I taught my high school theatre classes basic stagecraft — movement, vocal styling and script analysis — I would put students into groups of ...
What are you doing over February Vacation?
By Kim Gaffett - Feb 13If your week of winter wandering will be based on the “Bermud a of the North” — Block Island, that is — consider joining one of the following free ...
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Letters, Feb. 11, 2012
Feb 11To: the Editor— Carole White passed to another dimension January 28 at the age when most people are anticipating their first social security ...
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Editorial: What's the right letters policy?
Feb 10From time to time, the letters page of this paper gets a little ugly. Sometimes it’s an exchange that becomes heated; sometimes it’s a gadfly who ...
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Calendar sky
By Martha Ball - Feb 09The month began with the flat, muted light of a day that will not be bad, but is rarely as good as it could be. The sun that is often an orange ...
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A luscious chocolate cake for Valentine's Day
By Becky and Mike Ballard - Feb 08A reminder to all the romantics and chocoholics: it’s February, a favorite month for many of us because it contains Valentine’s Day, but also ...
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School Scoop: "Close up" trip to DC
By Gloria S. Redlich - Feb 05Close Up trip to DC In addition to projects taking place in classrooms, a number of extra-curricular ones are in the works this week at the Block ...
Comments
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Re: Letters, Feb. 11, 2012
By Sam Wells - Feb 11Joan Theve that was a nice thing to say in your letter. One can debate certain religious movements as being quite war-like, but the plain and ...
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Re: Editorial: What's the right letters policy?
By Sam Wells - Feb 10It's not just Block island but all over the US, I suspect in part due to the national politics which have become quite heated. it is an election ...
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Re: DEM seeking proposals for Galilee parking garage
By Robert Albino - Feb 06I have a theory that goes like this. I park at a private lot near the ferry every week for 4 nights and 5 days in the summer. I have never had a ...
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Re: Letters, Jan. 28, 2012
By Adam Dydak - Jan 28Blake Filippi is absolutely correct. Not only does our President now have, thanks to Congress, the power to indefinitely detain any US Citizen, he ...
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Re: Island Home owner files for bankrupcy
By Bruce Winters - Jan 26Do your searches and let the facts speak for themselves. $113K+ of judgements against them. Many bills unpaid. There should be some protection for ...
Discussions / Bulletin Board
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What do you think of Facebook?
By Fraser A. Lang - Feb 05Facebook is fast becoming a feature of daily life for all of us regardless of age. What do you think of it? Are you using it for your business? Is ...
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... "This is an event in which BI calculates it's "year-round" population ..."
By Elizabeth Stone - Feb 02Annual Groundhog Day Census at PPP - Kari Curtis Oh god, I can't keep silent anymore: . This is what has become of the *newspaper* I worked for. ...
A & E
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Rejoicing over Joyce
By Judy Tierney - Feb 07When a group of Block Island readers decided to tackle James Joyce’s “Ulysses” together, they did not anticipate they would be working their way ...
Balmy winter comes at the expense of icy fun
By Dan West - Feb 05With Groundhog Day come and gone, we’ve passed perhaps the biggest milestone on the way to spring, but this year, with the island enjoying ...
Business
Summer rentals going faster this year
By Margie Bucheit - Feb 10Bookings for vacation rentals, often a good indicator for how busy the upcoming summer will be, have been going faster this winter than in any ...
State permits mean uncharted waters ahead for Deepwater
By Dan West - Jan 27It’s going to be a year of paper pushing, information gathering and public hearings for Deepwater Wind, the Providence-based company planning a ...
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South County Section: Westerly's Shelter Harbor Inn
Feb 02Esteemed sage Lyle Lovett recently observed that “Success is getting to do what you love to do.” Jim Dey would very likely agree. For the past 36 ...
People
Peace Corps: marooned in Micronesia
By Margie Bucheit - Feb 12A love for humanity and concern for global issues of poverty and hunger drew Jon Ives in 1967 to the recently formed Peace Corps. The growing ...
Encore for Mary D and fund
By Judy Tierney - Jan 30Mary Donnelly has been distributing money from the Mary D. Fund to year-round island residents in need for many a year. Last fall, the New York ...
Peace Corps: Castrating bulls in Kenya
By Margie Bucheit - Feb 09In 1965, during a time of boundless optimism in the United States, Block Island summer residents Kae and Don Dakin joined the first wave of 32 ...
Giraffes and intimations of mortality in Africa
By Gloria S. Redlich - Jan 27A regular summer visitor to the island, Chris Davis served in the Peace Corps for two years in the mid-1970s. Upon graduation from the University ...
Announcements
Obituary: John Connell (calling hours Thurs. evening, ceremony Fri.)
Feb 07John David Connell III, 48, passed away at home on February 6 with his mother, family and friends by his side after a courageous battle with ...
Obituary: Clifford Mitchell
Feb 07Clifford Owen Mitchell, 69, of Center Road, died Saturday, November 26, 2011, at the South County Hospital. He was the husband of Judith (Metz) ...
Obituary: Will Tressler
Feb 07Will Tressler, 80, who was a presence on Block Island for more than 15 years, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, January 2, at his home in ...
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Obituary: Mildred Fitch
Feb 07Mildred “Honey” Buecher Fitch, age 81, beloved wife of Richard S. Fitch of Block Island, passed away on January 30 at Yale New Haven Hospital. A ...
Obituary: Petronella Robison
Feb 07Petronella “Nell” Bonis Robison, 89, died January 5 at Roberts Health Center in North Kingston. She was the widow of Julius Robison and stepmother ...
Obituary: Rosemarie Martha Leibert – Radio City Music Hall Rockette
Feb 07Rosemarie Leibert (1927-2012) died New Year’s Day in Harrington, Maine. Born Rosemarie Bruns and raised in Massapequa, Long Island, she worked ...
