November 2021

The year was 1879 and John Dodge finally moved into his dream house on Beacon Hill. It was beautifully designed and lovingly built especially for his family. Andy and Hillary Transue found and fell in love with this typical single-family Block Island house 109 years later, with its mansard roof and four bedrooms – just […]

The annual Block Island Holiday Stroll is back this year in its traditional form after taking a year off for the Covid pandemic. Last year retailers made a pivot to a virtual format for holiday shopping but have been busy getting ready to once again welcome residents and visitors in person this year.So are some

The Block Island Power Company will need to block the road past the Szabo house off Center Road to Tripler’s house from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Nov. 16, to pull some wire. The line crew can move if needed, but please avoid the area. Thanks for your understanding.   Block Island Times –

The following was submitted by Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks: Free asymptomatic COVID-19 testing will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Rescue Station from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.If you have symptoms, please call Block Island Health Services, (401) 466-2974 or Rescue Capt. Tracy Fredericks at(207) 229-6349. On Thursdays, the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) along

Vaccines will be available to Block Island’s children the week of November 12. Rhode Island’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), which has been assisting the Medical Center and Rescue Squad with Covid testing and vaccinations throughout the pandemic, has announced that Pfizer vaccines will soon be available for children ages five through 11. DMAT will

The liquor license holders of Block Island are required to show up in person at the annual meeting of the Town Council when it serves as the Board of License Commissioners. Not all license holders could make it to the meeting on Nov. 4. Some sent a representative. Some license holders sent the same representative.

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The newly created and appointed Sea Level Rise Committee held its first meeting this week. On Monday, Nov. 8 the committee held what was dubbed a “housekeeping” meeting – electing a chair and vice-chair, choosing terms, and setting a meeting schedule. It is an often-repeated joke on Block Island that if you are absent from a

“The town employees are on line at the food bank. That’s your responsibility. You can change that,” Library Director Kristin Baumann told the New Shoreham Town Council on November 3. The council met in a work session to discuss the process used by the town to prepare the annual budget, and it became a meeting

“Let’s talk about concrete plans,” Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas suggested to the group. The board was discussing ideas for the newly acquired O’Brien property. Pappas started the discussion by explaining how the project felt stalled, as she had been unable to get things moving on a topographical survey of the adjoining property, E. Searles