New Shoreham technically started its fiscal year about two weeks ago, on July 1, but the town is operating on a municipal budget that was rolled over from last year. That will change when the town meets for its rescheduled Financial Town Meeting on July 27 at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place in […]
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At the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 14, two forces collided: contractual salary obligations to teachers and finding a way to pay for those obligations without cutting such programs as sports. The committee is also facing the as yet unknown final cost of re-tooling the Block Island School’s physical layout and scheduling for when
The following statement was released from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management today, July 15: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that 35 mosquito samples from 22 traps set on Monday, June 22 and 138 samples from 22 traps set on Monday, June 29 have tested negative for both West
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Dear Residents, Businesses, and Community Partners: In the last few weeks, we have moved to Phase III of the State of Rhode Island re-opening plan, experienced the busy 4th of July weekend with all that it brings, and had our first positive COVID-19 case for an island employee. We have transitioned from the extraordinarily constrained
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La siguiente actualización fue proporcionada por Block Island Medical Center el jueves 9 de julio: ACTUALIZACIÓN COVID-19 del Centro Médico 9 de julio de 2020 Tras el anuncio el lunes de una persona positiva COVID-19 que trabaja en un establecimiento local, no ha habido casos COVID-19 positivos adicionales asociados con ese individuo o establecimiento. Todos
The following update was provided by the Block Island Medical Center on Thursday, July 9: COVID-19 Update from the Medical CenterJuly 9, 2020 Following the announcement on Monday of a COVID-19 positive individual working at a local establishment, there have been no additional positive COVID-19 cases associated with that individual or establishment. Co-workers of the
We’ve all had it happen. Suddenly and without warning, you find yourself craving an extremely specific food. Maybe it’s pizza. Maybe it’s sushi. Maybe it’s a lot of things, but it’s probably Chinese food. You can satisfy that craving at TigerFish, open daily from 11:30 a.m. to midnight. The menu takes you on a journey
In a meeting that was both quiet and quick, the fiscal year 2021 budgets for the Water Company and Wastewater Treatment Facility were approved at their annual Financial Town Meetings on Monday, July 6. The meeting took place at the Block Island School gymnasium, with the minimum number of required registered voters in attendance. With
At the Block Island School, we are following the tradition started by Elizabeth Dickens, who began the bird program at the School in the early 1900s. We are grateful to Kim Gaffett for continuing it. Each year, Mrs. Szabo includes a bird unit in her fourth grade class, and asks her students to choose a