Island Notes: Yesterday's Walls 03/20/10 – There is a gap in the fence I sometimes pass, along the side of one of the paths to the beach. The breach is one I have never noticed before and, had I not made note of it upon ar...
Island Notes: Fallen Stones 3/13/10 — Today, it feels like spring on Block Island. I take my winter coat off the hook and start off thinking I am overdressed and it is time to find the mid-season jacket. Along the road I hav...
School Scoop — 3/13/10 Pennies for Patients For the fourth consecutive year, kindergarten teacher Deborah Hart is spearheading the Block Island School’s participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s ( LLS ) annu...
In Case You Haven't Heard — 3/13/10 Block Island everywhere A new watering hole in New York is a must-stop for Block Island folk who find themselves in the Big Apple: it is MATT TORREY’S, and it had its grand opening on Saturday, ...
School Scoop — 3/06/10 Student of the week Last week, kindergartener Jayden Smith was nominated by his teacher Deborah Hart as student of the week at the Block Island School because he “approaches the kindergarten tasks...
Island Notes: March Wind March did not come in like a lion, roaring and battering us with us with a great lion tail, nor did it come in like a lamb, gamboling across the hillsides on uncertain new lamb legs. March came in...
Ocean Views: March transition 3/06/10 — Just this week I opened the door to an early cloud covered morning of opaque light; a landscape dusted with snow; newly crystallized skim ice on the puddles; and, the sound of trilling r...