On December 6, the New Shoreham Town Council announced Paul Marte, 94, of West Beach Road as the recipient of the Boston Post Cane. The Boston Post Cane is awarded to the oldest resident of Block Island, and has been an island tradition since 1909, outliving its namesake by over sixty years.In 1909, The Boston […]
Last Tuesday, on December 7, Danielle Stewart and Erin Goodman from Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds and Washington County Zero Suicide traveled to Block island to host the first Wellness Recovery Action Plan program at the Island Free Library from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The W.R.A.P. program is sponsored by the Block Island Medical Center; NAMI-Block
The Joint Water and Sewer Commission has denied three new requests for water allocations. All of the requests were for commercial users. When the available water allocation for the summer of 2022 was set at the November meeting, there were only 5,135 gallons per day available. Twenty-five percent of that is reserved for public facilities,
The students at the Block Island School returned to distance learning for Thursday and Friday this week as Covid 19 has found its way back into the student body. Last weekend, a student tested positive after an off-island junior varsity basketball game. The school sprang into action, testing 52 additional students as a precaution on
The Senior Advisory Committee will be offering free monthly health checks for seniors, starting on Monday, December 20, 2021. The health checks will include blood pressure screening, heart rate and pulse oxygen levels, and provide help with questions on medication, nutrition, weight management, and any other concerns. The health checks will take place at the
The Town Council voted unanimously to work with the Tourism Council on a Social and Environmental Sustainability Plan for Block Island Tourism. Executive Director of the Tourism Council, Jess Willi, appeared before the council to explain that Dr. Megan Epler Wood, a world-renowned researcher in the field of sustainable tourism, and her company, EplerWood International,
Help celebrate Mary Donnelly’s 94th birthday with dinner-to-go on Thursday, Dec. 16. Dinner includes your choice of pasta with meatballs made with Sprague Farm beef, Caesar salad, garlic bread and a birthday cupcake made by Kate Musso at Oddfellows Cafe. Or choose a meatball grinder with cheese, Caesar salad and cupcake. You can also go
Dr. Tom Warcup, Director of the Block Island Medical Center, presented the Town Council with the latest news on the Covid front on Monday night. The good news is that 75 percent of Rhode Islanders are fully vaccinated, with 1149 Block Islanders having been fully vaccinated. Since the vaccines have become available for children, over
With the emergence of the Omicron variant, it is evident that our community will continue to deal with Coronavirus for 2022. Medical researchers have identified that the variant has increasing transmissibility, but decreased lethality. I often get asked questions of the best timing for a booster. Should we wait for a vaccine modification for Delta
Moped Rental Licenses The council voted unanimously to postpone the licensing item until the January meeting since two council members were not there, Council Member Martha Ball and Second Warden Sven Risom. Council Member Keith Stover said that mopeds were “enough of a public issue that the entire council should be here.”The legal counsel for