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The Senior Advisory Committee is moving forward with plans to utilize the Community Center as a senior center. During the committee meeting on November 16, Co-Chair Sandra Kelly presented a draft of the annual budget for next year, which included money for a part time staff person.The goal is to have the center open two […]

Recreation Director Dave Sniffen promised the Recreation Board his report would be “short and sweet.” At 8:15 in the morning, which is the board’s preferred meeting time, “short and sweet” is what everyone is hoping for. While Sniffen’s report was both short and sweet, it was also full of useful information on activities to keep

Please be advised that deer “rut” season is upon us. The rut is the time of year when deer mate, also known as mating season. The rut runs, generally, from mid-October until early December. According to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the rut peaks in the first two weeks of November. During

November: Archery, muzzle loader, and shotgun allowed on all weekdays, Monday through Friday, no holidays, no weekends. 11/22-11/24; 11/29-11/30Pheasant Hunting: 11/17, 11/24 December:12/1-12/3, 12/6, 12/7, 12/9, 12/10,12/13 January:1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/7, 1/10, 1/11, 1/13,1/14, 1/18, 1/20, 1/21, 1/24-1/28, 1/31, 2022 February:2/1-2/4, 2/7-2/11, 2/14-2/18, 2022 There is no hunting on:Pheasant only day, November 17Thanksgiving Day, November

Saturday was the “picture perfect” day to build this year’s Lobster Pot Christmas Tree…cool, sunny, and most importantly, no wind, so the tree went up faster thanusual. Lots of folks of all ages came by to play “sidewalk superintendent,” take photos, and make donations. Can you believe this is the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree’seleventh season

Tourism is perhaps the major economic driver of Block Island. One of the unfortunate by-products is the amount of garbage and waste produced. New Shoreham battles the onslaught of waste produced by commercial tourism through the use of trash and recycling cans located throughout the town, cans that are serviced by Block Island Recycling Management.BIRM’s

Covid At the meeting on November 17, Dr. Tom Warcup had good news for the New Shoreham Town Council regarding Covid-19. He reported that as a state, Rhode Island had 85 percent of eligible adults vaccinated, with Block Island near 100 percent. He told the council the eligible kids at Block Island School had received

Stop & Shop announced this week that those in Rhode Island using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits now have the option to pay with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card when placing online orders for Stop & Shop Pickup and Delivery. SNAP benefits had to be used in person, at the store, prior to

The Block Island Medical Center will be holding its annual flu shot clinic on Tuesdays for ages 65 and up and on Thursdays for ages 64 and under. Both clinics will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The shots are free to Rhode Island residents. No appointment is necessary. Clinics will be held until Thanksgiving.

At the joint Water and Sewer Commissions’ meeting in October, Sewer Superintendent Dylan Chase had said what was thought to be a clog of an inn’s “lateral” sewer line on Beach Avenue this summer could have been from the collapse of the pipe. The lateral lines go from the building or home to the municipal