Front Page . . . . The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation, riding a wave of federal financial support, is preparing to launch its rehabilitation program for the famous old lighthouse, and to start planning the transformation of the crumbling interior into new uses. The Town Council got into a spirited discussion about Old Harbor parking with members of the Planning Board at its work session Wednesday night. The Block Island School will have a breakfast program beginning in September.
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Richard Lewis, enthusiastic curator for Historical Society Richard Lewis, the new curator and manager of the Block Island Historical Society, got his start on Block Island in much the same way as a lot of other people on the island. The Lions Club and the Yellow Kittens will host a benefit concert for Dan McLaughlin, a former island resident who was recently diagnosed with encephalomyelitis, a form of meningitis that has left him partially paralyzed. Ocean liners remembered In remembrance of the 44th anniversary of the sinking of the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria, the Block Island Historical Society s curator, Richard Lewis, will display his collection of historic ocean-liner memorabilia Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30. A new organ, an Allen Renaissance 280 digital model, has been ordered by the Harbor Baptist Church as a replacement for the church s previous organ, a transistor organ. Zoning board denies Marketplace apartment permit The Zoning Board, at its monthly meeting Monday, July 24, denied in a 3-2 vote a permit to install an employee s apartment in the Marketplace on Chapel Street, citing parking requirements.