Should Rhode Island’s five-percent hotel tax be extended to short-term rentals as proposed in Governor Dan McKee’s budget for ...

George Davis had some exciting news for his fellow members of the Block Island Shellfish Commission on Tuesday morning, ...

It has gotten to be too much,” said Herb Whitman, member of the Town Council, referring to the summer of 1971. “(Whitman) ...

January marks the start of Rhode Island’s annual legislative session on Capitol Hill in Providence, a time when senators and ...

My introduction to a forklift was in 1970 when I worked for about a month in a factory before moving to Block Island. It was ...

An unusual snowfall befell us on Block Island this weekend. Unusual because we haven’t had much snow lately. A forecast was ...

When there is no wind at night I have little idea of the weather just beyond my window, there is no rat-a-tat of rain, no ...

In 1768, the first edition of the “Encyclopedia Britannica” (Latin for British Encyclopedia) appeared in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Although the sale hasn’t yet closed, Thomas “TJ” Martucci is making the rounds of town boards and committees in his quest for ...

Are you ready for some football? What are you serving at your Super Bowl party? My Ragin’ Cajun Apricot Sticky Ribs are super ...

In a tradition that now spans half a century, the Annual Groundhog Day census was conducted on February 2 on Block Island at ...

The news and more social media pages devoted to Rhode Island have been running photographs of snow-covered cars on snow ...