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The island's tick problem started with four deer in 1967
Lone star ticks have spread across Block Island and brought alpha-gal syndrome with them. What the numbers actually say, and what it means if you're visiting.
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Rhode Island votes September 9, and island polls open two hours late
New Shoreham is the one town in Rhode Island where polls open at 9 a.m. instead of 7. The primary moved to a Wednesday this year. What island voters need to know.
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There's a phone cradle on the Crescent Beach stairs, and it's doing science
A CoastSnap station went in at Crescent Beach in June. You put your phone in the cradle, take the photo, upload it, and URI researchers use it to track erosion.
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Water and sewer ran close to the edge this summer
The sewer plant averaged 307,000 gallons a day in August and the water superintendent says the island is 'close to the edge.' New wells are due by the end of October.
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Police chief on the summer just past: 'It's not Las Vegas anymore'
Chief Paul Deane says the season was uneventful — three open container tickets all summer — with half the community service officers he had last year.
Island Life
Where is Block Island? 13 miles out, and further away than that
Block Island sits about 13 miles off the Rhode Island coast — south of Narragansett, east of Montauk. Where it is, how to reach it, and why it feels farther.
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Block Island facts: size, population, and what people get wrong
How big is Block Island? Who lives here year-round? The reference page: geography, history, and the numbers behind the island.
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Island's July 4th fireworks need community funding to continue
The fireworks over Crescent Beach aren't town-funded — they run on donations, and organizers say the tradition needs help to continue.
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Nineteen89 brings the Taylor Swift tribute to Ballard's Beach Stage
The Taylor Swift tribute act Nineteen89 plays the Ballard's Beach Stage — what to expect and how the beach-stage shows work.
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Ballard's takes first at the 2025 BIMI ChowdaFest
Ballard's New England clam chowder took first place at the 2025 Block Island Maritime Institute ChowdaFest fundraiser.