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These votes reflect those cast in-person at the Block Island School between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. today. Early voting results will be issued at 10 p.m. Mail-in ballot vote results will be issued at 11 p.m. Here are today’s results.   Presidential Electors Donald Trump: 75 Joe Biden: 99 Roque De La Fuente: 0 […]

The following update for the Election Day results was provided by Deputy Town Clerk Millie McGinnes on Tuesday, Nov. 3: The results for in-person voting at the Block Island School will be announced at the BIS at 8 p.m. tonight. The results for the early in-person voting at Town Hall will be announced at Town

Due to the numbers of visitors Block Island continues to see during the 2020 shoulder season, as well as a rise in Covid-19 cases not only in Rhode Island, but in states where hunters may travel from, the Block Island Town Council and the Town Manager wants to put the brakes on the firearms hunting

The following was shared by the Block Island Medical Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3: Dear Block Island Community: Flu shots are free to RI residents! No appointment needed – just show up! Available on Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m.     Thank you, The Block Island Medical Center  Block Island Times –

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The following was provided by Postmaster Becky Brown on Monday, Nov. 2: There will be no mail coming to or leaving the island today. I urge anyone that still has a RI election ballot to put it in the box at Town Hall and not in a mailbox. If you have a ballot for another

Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Thursday, Oct. 29 a new $20 million relief program targeted specifically to the hotel, arts and tourism industries (“HArT”). The two-part program will provide direct support grants, as well as placemaking activity grants to eligible businesses. The competitive grant program aims to prevent the long-term closure of arts, culture, hospitality

The following was submitted by The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Oct. 29: will delay firearms hunting at Block Island National Wildlife Refuge until Dec. 1, 2020 in the Sandy Point and Beane Point Units.  Currently, archery white-tailed deer hunting opportunities are available at all Block Island refuge hunting units with a

The following was written by Diane Johnson of the USDA Atlantic States Rural Water and Wastewater Association and submitted by New Shoreham Sewer Company Supt. Dylan Chase: Congratulations to Chris Blane for being awarded the 2019 Atlantic States Rural Water and Wastewater A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s

Looking back, I see three national convulsions that have changed the world I’ve lived in: the Wall Street crash of 1929; Pearl Harbor; and the fiery destruction of the trade towers on 9/11. And now a fourth: the Covid-19 epidemic. The Great Depression shaped my early years without my being aware of it. My middle-class