The Block Island Residents Association is exploring the possibility of the town opening up a public park at the Coast Guard Station. The town has owned the facility since the 1990s, with the Coast Guard discontinuing year round operations in the late 1980s. The Coast Guard still has a presence on the island during the […]
After taking a brief pause for the busy summer months, the Island Free Library is ready to get back to its large renovation project. The board of trustees received a report via telephone from Lucas Silva, the contractor supervising the work.Silva told the board he was ready to finish up the interior trim and ceilings,
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This is the first in a series whereby readers submit questions on a particular topic for Dr. Warcup to address. The first topic is Covid. The next topic will be aging in place.Question: Are people with breakthrough cases less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people? Answer: Thank you for the question. People that
Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup had some good news for the New Shoreham Town Council on Monday night: statewide, the Covid numbers were trending downward. In Rhode Island, new cases were down to 182 per 100,000,and the seven-day positivity rate was down to two percent. Breakthrough cases had ticked up slightly, to
Photographer Malcom Greenaway documented the October 2 Women’s March for reproductive rights with the work – titled “Leading the March.” The march took off from the BI Historical Society and headed through town to the statue of Rebecca and then back to Bridge Gate Square. (Courtesy Images Block Island Times – Read More>>
The Block Island Hurricanes girls volleyball team played a tough match in front of their home crowd on Saturday, ultimately losing to the Tolman High School Tigers three games to one.The Hurricanes got off to a slow start, losing the first game 25 to 16 in pretty short order. The second game started to get
A few weeks ago, Neal Murphy posted on the Block Island Bulletin Board inviting kids on the Island to join his new running group. “It’s to help kids have exposure to other sports opportunities, individual sports, and something they can do for a lifetime, fast or slow!” Murphy said.Practices are held at 3 p.m., starting
They are a little young for TIkToK. But not Tack Jibe.In fact, if you are in grades two through five, it’s the perfect time to learn the “ropes” and jargon of sailing, and get outside on the water in what looks to be a wicked-fun addition to the fall sports scene being run out of
The Town Council has granted the easement to National Grid to resume its cable work at Fred Benson Town Beach. But, it wasn’t quite a slam dunk for the big utility.National Grid had to suspend its work on the cable reburial project last spring after debris clogged the conduit that was to carry the new
The Block Island Utility District (doing business as the Block Island Power Company) will have a couple of new faces on its Board of Commissioners. There are five seats on the board, with staggered terms, and three of them came up for election thisyear: Chair Barbara MacMullan, Treasurer Bill Penn, and Secretary Everett Shorey. Mary
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