Open enrollment through HealthSource R.I. began November 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2022 to help connect Rhode Island residents with high-quality, low-cost, or no-cost coverage for 2022. Thanks to the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), coverage through HealthSource R.I. is now more affordable than ever.Residents have until December 23 to pick and pay […]
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The Hotel Manisses was back in front of the Historic District Commission on Monday, December 6, with updates to the design for the addition. The plan is to construct a three-story wing on the existing basement. The HDC approved the sizing and massing previously, and had asked the applicant to come back with an updated
There is a small nonprofit organization on Block Island that has had an oversized impact on the island over the past forty-plus years: Block Island Economic Development Foundation, Inc. Established in 1977, BIED’s primary objective is “to promote adequate housing opportunities to retain a year-round population on Block Island, to promote reasonable-cost energy and utilities,
The Champlin Foundation announced its latest round of grant funding on December 6 with a total of $13.20 million in capital funding for 126 non-profit organizations, mainly in Rhode Island. (One grant went to Mystic, Conn.)Among those grants were two for Block Island organizations. The Block Island Medical Center is receiving $400,000 towards its expansion
The Old Harbor Task Force gave a report to the Town Council on December 6 and presented a host of problems and solutions for the downtown area. Chair Margie Comings was available to answer any questions of the council, which had received the written report in the meeting packet, but there were not many questions
Last Tuesday, on December 7, Danielle Stewart and Erin Goodman from Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds and Washington County Zero Suicide traveled to Block island to host the first Wellness Recovery Action Plan program at the Island Free Library from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The W.R.A.P. program is sponsored by the Block Island Medical Center; NAMI-Block
On December 6, the New Shoreham Town Council announced Paul Marte, 94, of West Beach Road as the recipient of the Boston Post Cane. The Boston Post Cane is awarded to the oldest resident of Block Island, and has been an island tradition since 1909, outliving its namesake by over sixty years.In 1909, The Boston
The Senior Advisory Committee will be offering free monthly health checks for seniors, starting on Monday, December 20, 2021. The health checks will include blood pressure screening, heart rate and pulse oxygen levels, and provide help with questions on medication, nutrition, weight management, and any other concerns. The health checks will take place at the
The students at the Block Island School returned to distance learning for Thursday and Friday this week as Covid 19 has found its way back into the student body. Last weekend, a student tested positive after an off-island junior varsity basketball game. The school sprang into action, testing 52 additional students as a precaution on
The Joint Water and Sewer Commission has denied three new requests for water allocations. All of the requests were for commercial users. When the available water allocation for the summer of 2022 was set at the November meeting, there were only 5,135 gallons per day available. Twenty-five percent of that is reserved for public facilities,