The Town Council voted unanimously to work with the Tourism Council on a Social and Environmental Sustainability Plan for Block Island Tourism. Executive Director of the Tourism Council, Jess Willi, appeared before the council to explain that Dr. Megan Epler Wood, a world-renowned researcher in the field of sustainable tourism, and her company, EplerWood International, […]
Dr. Tom Warcup, Director of the Block Island Medical Center, presented the Town Council with the latest news on the Covid front on Monday night. The good news is that 75 percent of Rhode Islanders are fully vaccinated, with 1149 Block Islanders having been fully vaccinated. Since the vaccines have become available for children, over
Help celebrate Mary Donnelly’s 94th birthday with dinner-to-go on Thursday, Dec. 16. Dinner includes your choice of pasta with meatballs made with Sprague Farm beef, Caesar salad, garlic bread and a birthday cupcake made by Kate Musso at Oddfellows Cafe. Or choose a meatball grinder with cheese, Caesar salad and cupcake. You can also go
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Moped Rental Licenses The council voted unanimously to postpone the licensing item until the January meeting since two council members were not there, Council Member Martha Ball and Second Warden Sven Risom. Council Member Keith Stover said that mopeds were “enough of a public issue that the entire council should be here.”The legal counsel for
With the emergence of the Omicron variant, it is evident that our community will continue to deal with Coronavirus for 2022. Medical researchers have identified that the variant has increasing transmissibility, but decreased lethality. I often get asked questions of the best timing for a booster. Should we wait for a vaccine modification for Delta
An eclectic museum cannot be replicated, it just kind of evolves, one donated piece of history at a time until voilà, you have created a coveted treasure whose flavor and character cannot be replicated.That is the Historical Society, with the old double-ender moored on its front lawn in the center of town, a monument to
As previously reported in The Block Island Times, National Grid has pulled out, packed up, and headed home for the winter. And when they come back in the March, this time things might be different. The company has been working on reburying its sea2shore cable for quite some time, as the original cable that carries
South Fork Wind, an up to 12 turbine offshore wind farm to be located 19 miles southeast of Block Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk Point, got its “Record of Decision” from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on November 24. The decision includes an environmental review and essentially means that the project has
High School students Blaize Hatfield, Sam Stockman, and Fisher Johnston helped install the vest stations for the new Lend-a-Vest program and will be monitoring them, replenishing supplies, and sanitizing the vests regularly. The stations are located at the entrances to hiking trails throughout the island so hikers may borrow a vest to keep them safe