They’re going great guns on construction at the Block Island Medical Center – nail guns that is. But during a pause in the hammering, Medical Director Tom Warcup and Board Chair Susan Stover gave The Block Island Times a tour of the work in progress.In the medical center’s main building, most of the construction is […]
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After holding two events presenting the work of the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Program (ETIPP), the Block Island Utility District (BIUD) provided an update at their monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners on February 22. The ETIPP program is a non-monetary technical grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to assist the island in
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Each year on March 1, everyone is encouraged to “Dress Blue” to acknowledge the disease of colon cancer, in the same way that February’s “Go Red Day” brings awareness to cardiovascular disease. Although there is often social discomfort in talking about diseases like colorectal cancer and bodily functions like
Shellfish Commission upping fines for violationsThe Shellfish Commission has settled on a new fine structure for shell-fishing violations. Instead of getting a $50 fine no matter what the transgression, the new fines are on a tiered system and cover several categories. A second violation of shell-fishing without a license or outside a designated area comes
As expected, there was a solid turnout for the discussions about hunting at the Town Council’s meeting on February 21. One of the discussions was whether there should be shotgun hunting on the weekend of January 11 and 12, 2025, the other was to discuss and act on firearms hunting at the Block Island Wildlife