The following Covid-19 update was provided by Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup on Sunday, Dec. 27: Please watch the latest video update from Dr. Warcup at the link below: Dr. Warcup notes that the positivity rate in Rhode Island was trending down on Wednesday, from 7.8% the previous week to 6.4%. Distribution […]
It was the Town of New Shoreham that was on the Planning Board’s agenda for its Dec. 9 meeting, presenting an application to construct a new public shoreline access walkway at Andy’s Way, and seeking an advisory to the Zoning Board for the construction. Building Official Marc Tillson, Town Manager Maryanne Crawford and Treasurer of
The halt to virtually all Recreation Department programs for the past nine months has not only impacted the kids who participate in those programs, but also department heads and the revenue that helps keeps its slate of activities afloat. With continued restrictions on activities, Recreation Department Director Dave Sniffen and Assistant Director Cindy Lemon have
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Tom Hobin, the physical therapist at the Block Island Medical Center, had been considering donating a kidney for quite some time to an individual in need, but had no idea that his kidney would be a match with a close family relative. “I learned from my step-daughter Alexia Pettit that her father-in-law needed a transplant.
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2020 has been a year like no other. The Block Island Times asked readers and followers of the paper to share their stories and experiences over the past year. The following stories were edited for clarity and length. Carey and Chris Greggila Like many “COVID-couples” as March turned into April and May, we realized we
This is a story plain and simple about a woman on an island out at sea. Her name is Diane and that alone explains who she is, nothing more. If you live on this island you would know Diane. She is seemingly around the inner town on any given day when she isn’t working. Her
The following was submitted by the Ocean View Foundation: Feel free to participate as much or as little as you would like. The Bird Census will take place on Saturday, Dec. 26. 1. Kim Gaffett will have a spotting scope set up at Sachem Pond to look at, and count, winter ducks between 9 and
Who knows at the time what memories will stay with them all their lives? Arriving on the island one morning just after the new year in 1973 with Peder Schaefer, a friend and co-worker from summers at the Narragansett Inn, I literally took off for an island tour in a jeep Eleanor Mott had graciously
History of Hanukkah The Talmud (Rabbinical discussion of laws) says: “Our rabbis taught: On the twenty-fifth of [the beginning of] the eight days of Hanukkah, on which lamentation for the dead and fasting are forbidden. For when the Greeks entered the Temple, they defiled all the oils in it, and when the Hasmonean dynasty prevailed
La siguiente actualización fue publicada por Block Island Health Services el martes 22 de diciembre:Por favor, vea el video con la información más reciente sobre vacunas del Dr. Warcup: El Centro Médico ha sido aprobado como sitio de vacunación y administrará la vacuna COVID-19 cuando esté disponible. La primera ronda de la vacuna Moderna, para