Block Island Times

Town Manager Maryanne Crawford gave her monthly report to the Town Council on January 19, highlighting ongoing projects and upcoming plans. Town Engineer Jim Geremia has reported his findings regarding the drainage problems at the southern parking lot of Fred Benson Town Beach. Currently, the parking lot floods during heavy rain. National Grid, whose use […]

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

Ruby Crawford from Block Island has been named to St. Lawrence University’s Dean’s List for achieving academic excellence during the Fall 2021 semester. Crawford is a member of the Class of 2024. Crawford attended Block Island School. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least four courses and have

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the Fall 2021 Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and countries. To be included on the Dean’s List, fulltime students must

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The Recreation Board met virtually for its January meeting, and Director Dave Sniffen talked about the various programs the board is offering for the winter season on Block Island. Mentioning that programs had paused when Covid “started to explode,” Sniffen told the board that theRec Department is back to operating its full slate of programming.Sniffen

The score, the opponent, the results, leap off the page.The Block Island Hurricanes Varsity girls basketball team traveled overnight last week to play Hope High School in Providence and came away with a 43-18 thrashing of the home team.Hope has 1,000 students enrolled in its high school versus Block island’s just over 40.Ping-pong those odds

The Police Advisory Commission discussed the needs of the community January 6 as it reviewed the feedback it has received thus far. The PAC put out a survey a couple of months ago to help illuminate what the community wants from its police force.Chair Jim Hinthorn said three categories seemed to stick out to him,

This week’s questions answered by Laurie Anderson, APRN-C, MSN, CDOE. What is Behavioral Health?Behavioral health is a holistic and inclusive term that umbrellas mental and physical health. The term behavioral health is used to describe the connection between a person’s behaviors to the health and well-being of their mind and body. Behaviors such as exercise,

Kim Gaffett attended the latest Block Island Land Trust meeting with a plea for the conservation groups to get involved with the acquisition of an electric vehicle charging station for the island.A proposal has been made by resident William Young to partially fund the purchase of a level-three charging station. He has appeared at meetings