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Members of the Block Island Health Services Board of Directors informed The Block Island Times this evening that Dr. Mark Clark will be leaving his position as Medical Director of the Medical Center in mid-May, and a new team comprising a primary care physician and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse will arrive about the time […]

The following was submitted by the University of Rhode Island: In Rhode Island, private well owners are responsible for testing and maintaining the quality of their own well water. To provide residents with information on private well water testing, treatment, and maintenance, water quality experts from URI will hold a free program on Tuesday, Feb.

What do you do in the winter? This week I picked and forced a few twigs of witch hazel; I love its frilly yellowness and light ambrosial scent in January. Don’t mistake this annual activity as a desire for spring. For me, it is a corsage for the celebration of winter. On Block Island we

The Block Island School is sending out a notice to parents informing them that absenteeism has had and will have a negative impact on how the state ranks the school’s academic performance. “At the Block Island School, we are under the mandate to encourage and educate parents and students about the importance of school attendance,”

Town Manager Jim Kern has recommended the Town Council “appoint Kate McConville as the interim Harbomaster, starting Feb. 16.” Kern made his recommendation at the council meeting on Monday, Feb. 3. The next step in the process, explained Kern, would be to hire a permanent harbormaster. The process of hiring the permanant person would involve

The following was submitted by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts: New works by artist Molly Kugler Dickinson will be on exhibit through June 7, 2020, at the Block Island State Airport Gallery. The Gallery presents the work of contemporary Rhode Island artists in quarterly exhibitions. Dickinson’s “Fabricated Landscapes” exhibition of recent work

It was from the 1960s, a time when a heavy snow could shut down the Neck for two days. There was more snow and much less equipment, one tireless little bulldozer inched its way north from the Breakers, where the deep snow began, slowly breaking through the feet-deep drifts. The school staff was skeletal, with

The following was issued by the Block Island Land Trust, Block Island Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy and presented to the members of the Town Council and Planning Board: At the Planning Board meeting on Jan. 8, 2020, the suggestion was made to create a “white paper” outlining the difference between the current treatment of

The members of the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department have been hard at work training to achieve Firefighter One level status during the past several months. According to Chief Kirk Littlefield, representatives from the Rhode Island Fire Training Academy have been coming to the island on weekends to help train about a dozen members of

The Thomas McAleer Visual Arts Endowed Scholarship was launched when “painter Fred Poisson wanted to create a scholarship for Block Island teens and young adults to attend Rhode Island School of Design, where he is an alumnus. Mac was the perfect person to honor since he brought his love of art to so many people,” said Sue Black.