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Block Island Fourth of July
The West Side of Block Island. (Photo by Bob Plain) Even with the big police crackdown this year, which was evident at all the well-known party beaches, still no place celebrates the Fourth of July...
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Contrasting BI Times, Projo Pieces on Island Flights
A view of the Coast Guard Station on the west side of Block Island. (photo by Bob Plain) Both the biggest and smallest newspapers in Rhode Island weighed in last week on whether or not the federal...
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RI Beach Towns Fare Better Than Business Rankings
The editors of Yankee Magazine are free to disagree but Block Island is the best beach town this side of Hawaii. (Photo by Bob Plain) So CNBC thinks Rhode Island is a rotten place to do business … well...
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Progress Report: Plastic Bags in Barrington; Offshore Wind Farm off Block...
Congratulations to Barrington for becoming the first town in Rhode Island to ban plastic grocery bags, and here’s hoping many more municipalities follow suit; such restrictions serve as a great aid in...
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Rhode Island Graphic Design Challenge: Oops, you forgot Block Island
In the course of my job, I spend a lot of time with budding graphic designers, marketing students, and the like. Often, they’ve received some Rhode Island-centric assignment that will include a logo....
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If Denali can change it’s name, should Block Island?
Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island (Photo by Bob Plain) Nick Kirkpatrick in the Washington Post speculated a few days ago that Block Island might be a candidate for renaming in the wake President Obama’s...
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Rest in peace Daniel Berrigan, priest, activist, Block Islander
Daniel Berrigan, arrested in Rhode Island. Father Daniel Berrigan, the legendary peace activist-priest who publicly burned draft cards in 1968 and subsequently eluded prison for the famous act of civil...
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