New Shoreham Town Council meeting will occur in person. To see supporting documents for this agenda, go to: Clerkbase https://clerkshq.com/NewShoreham-RI The meeting can be watched on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvoSBIQ0bsFRg1kxPgNVCA1. Public Comment2. Report from Dr. Thomas Warcup, BI Medical Center Director, regarding COVID-19 and Public Health; and Discuss and act on an emergency Town ordinance to mitigate […]
Towards the end of August, a letter to parents and students in grades eight through 12 was sent out regarding the new phone policy. The letter states, “Unauthorized cell phone use has been a spark of conflict in the past between some students and teachers…Because of this, we will collect phones and lock them at
Recreation Director Dave Sniffen gave his end-of-season report to the Recreation Board, and discussed the staffing difficulties he hadover the summer.“It was a tough year for staffing all the way around,” Sniffen told the board. He said he had started the season with seven lifeguards. “We lost two in July because they wanted to go
Mary Donnelly of Block Island was recognized by the Diocese of Providence with the Lumen Gentium Award in Community Service and Charitable Outreach. It’s a fitting award, given Donnelly’s over half-century of medical service to the people of Block Island, and the enormity of the charitable outreach her nonprofit, the Mary D. Fund, provides.Donnelly, a
The Historic District Commission voted unanimously on Monday to approve siting and massing for the renovation project at the Surfside building. It has been a long process to get to this point, with the HDC sending the applicants packing at previous meetings.“This is an extraordinary improvement over what was brought in before,” HDC member Martha
“Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.” —A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755).Well those hardy Scots were sure on to something, and out of their early find was eventually born the Quaker Oats Company and oatmeal as a nutrition staple for
Elizabeth Beisel has been the darling of Rhode Island since she was 14 when she became the youngest member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team. And she’s been wowing us ever since with three Olympic appearances and two medals.On Saturday, Sept. 25, Beisel, now 29, made history again by becoming the first woman to
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Local resident Steve Wilk has been metal detecting on Block Island for years, exploring the beaches, coves, fields, and marshes. Sometimes he finds valuable things. Sometimes he finds cool things. This summer he found a cool and valuable thing hidden in the sand. Wilk was out early on the morning after VJ Day, metal detecting
Three-time Olympian, silver medalist and 2016 Team USA Captain, Elizabeth Beisel is poised to make history when she swims from Matunuck Beach, Rhode Island, to Block Island in her Block Island Swim. When completed, she will be the first woman to swim the route successfully. The swim is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept.
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Land Trust member Corrie Heinz attended a Community Resilience Building Workshop held Sept. 16, as did clerk Heidi Tarbox, The Nature Conservancy Associate State Director Scott Comings, and Block Island Conservancy President Dorrie Napoleone. They and other members of the Block Island Land Trust had a wide-ranging discussion about it at their meeting on Sept.