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Vaccine update The Block Island Times reached out to the Medical Center to ask when the island may be receiving Covid-19 vaccines. Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup issued the following statement to The Times on Thursday, Dec. 17: “There was an article published today in The Washington Post that illustrates the allotment of Covid […]

“This is just the first step in trying to brainstorm and visualize the possibilities,” said Chair Cindy Pappas. Members of the Housing Board toured a parcel of undeveloped property across the street from the Ball O’Brien Park (Plat 18, Lot 2-3) to gather ideas for their next affordable housing project. The board met for a

If you are planning on traveling to Block Island from one of the states that has a positivity rate of COVID-19 greater than 5 percent, you are required to self-quarantine for 14 days while on the Island. As an exception, you may provide proof of a negative test for COVID-19 that was taken within 72

December 8, 2020 – Rhode Island’s small businesses bracing for a long, cold winter got a spark of excitement today when the state’s tourism regions announced a partnership with the Rhode Island Foundation and BankNewport to revive the Foundation’s iconic “Buy Local RI” campaign. “Small businesses are the backbone of Rhode Island’s economy, we all

The following Covid-19 update was provided by Block Island Medical Center Director Dr. Tom Warcup on Saturday, Dec. 12: UPDATE: Please know that the 40 + cases of COVID-19 is the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. However, the majority of those cases have been confirmed in the past two weeks, so it is

Conflicting uses — and how to manage them — emerged as the theme of the Block Island Land Trust’s latest meeting on Monday, Dec.7. The first item of discussion was to consider a request to use the K and H property for storage of equipment related to the island-wide broadband project. K and H is

Just as the Leo Lions Club populated the island with a wide array of scarecrows for their own contest, the Block Island School Student Council hopes to light up the town with a home lighting holiday decorating contest. Junior Whitney McGinnes, president of the Student Council, said the group was looking for ways to “boost

The annual Lights of Love fundraising campaign for the Block Island Medical Center is underway, and one of its organizers is hoping that people remember the center for the work it has done during this year of unprecedented challenges. According to organizer Kay Lewis, who worked on the 2020 campaign with Board Chair Cindy Baute,

The Block Island High School Varsity Soccer team made a go of it this past fall, attempting (perhaps too optimistically) to have some normality in the school year so badly affected by the coronavirus. The Rhode Island Interscholastic League set up a seven team division with six games, and playoffs, scheduled. Despite weather-related boat cancellations

Jon Dodd has been fascinated by sharks his entire life. So much so that his fascination led to the creation of the Atlantic Shark Institute based in Wakefield, Rhode Island, of which he is now the Executive Director. Born and raised in Rhode Island, and later graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a