The Senior Advisory Committee is asking anyone who are willing to help Island seniors who may be limited in their access to grocery shopping,picking up a take-out meal, or even to do the few errands. The Committee has not had any direct requests to date, but they do not know how long they will be […]
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
The following statement was issued by the Block Island Conservancy, The Land Trust, and The Nature Conservancy about guidelines for using our Greenway Trail system on the island:With the arrival of Spring, and travel and activities limited as we practice social distancing for health and safety, our island Greenway trails are a wonderful way to
Housing Board Chair Cindy Pappas opened up the group’s most recent meeting with updates on the Cherry Hill Lane affordable housing project. The Housing Board met on Tuesday, March 9 at Town Hall. “Work is progressing great. Bain [Transue] is moving lots of earth, so that you can actually start to see the contours of
Notice from Chief Vin Carlone 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
The proposed 2021 municipal budget for the Town of New Shoreham will top $15 million for the first time. Department heads, as well as the School Department, have submitted budgets that total $15,721,670, which represents a five percent increase from the current fiscal year. The proposed school budget is $5,233,958. (This is down from a