The following was sent to The Block Island Times by New Shoreham Police Chief Vin Carlone: On Wednesday, March 18, the New Shoreham Police Department received credible information from a concerned citizen that unnamed persons residing on Block Island have threatened to damage the Block Island Power Company transformers in an effort to shut island […]
Town Manager Jim Kern and Facilities Manager Sam Bird recently met with representatives from National Grid to ensure that the project to rebury the two transmission cables attached to the Block Island Wind Farm stays on track. The meeting, which took place on Thursday, March 12, “was basically just an update meeting. Nothing has changed,”
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Due to our current global health situation, Helping Hands Food Pantry wanted to reach out to the community and let people know of our plan for the upcoming food pantry on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Our top priority is to keep our community healthy and safe. We vow to be flexible and responsive to people’s
A newly enacted emergency declaration approved by the Town Council is designed, primarily, to restrict and contain unnecessary travel from the mainland in order to reduce the possibility of COVID-19 spreading to Block Island. With travelers coming to the island not only on the ferry, but by plane through the Block Island State Airport, The
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Town Hall and all town departments: Closed but offering minimal services. Call (401) 466-3200 for more information. Island Free Library: The library staff will update their hours of operation beginning Tuesday, March 24. Post Office: Open, but call Postmaster Becky Brown if you do not feel comfortable going into the building. (401) 466-7733. The
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management submitted the following announcement to The Block Island Times: Given the evolving COVID‐19 situation, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is pausing walk‐in service at the offices with the most frequent lines and crowds. DEM encourages its customers to use online, telephonic, or mail‐in services whenever possible. Across
Dear Block Island Community, At this time there has not been and there is no suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 on Block Island. However, it is important to remain vigilant in practicing social distancing to minimize the risk of spreading the virus through community infection. The Town of New Shoreham passed an Emergency Ordinance
On Tuesday, March 17, the Block Island Town Council unanimously passed an Emergency Ordinance that has set guidelines for travelers coming to the island from the mainland, discourages non-residents from coming to Block island, limits the number of people that can gather together, essentially shuts down Town Hall except for a minimal amount of personnel,
The Block Island Times posed a question on social media, asking the island community: How are you entertaining yourself or practicing safe social distancing during these times? Listed below are comments shared from the island community: “Sewing and art… And of course Netflix.” — Kellie Donovan “Spending a few hours each morning reading and writing with my
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The Block Island Power Company Team met on Wednesday, March 18 to discuss the best way to continue serving our community while keeping ourselves safe and healthy. Our focus is on always being available 24/7 to respond to outages and emergencies and we will never waiver from our core mission. The following services have been