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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...

“Happy is a funny word,” Second Warden Sven Risom told the Town Council on Monday night. First Warden Andre Boudreau had asked the councilors if they were happy with the newly renegotiated price for the Overlook property on West Side Road...

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...

The New Shoreham Town Council had a discussion on infrastructure at its work session meeting on June 2. Town Manager Maryanne Crawford discussed the impacts she anticipates on the island’s infrastructure and discussed her objective to ensure that...

The Town Council met on June 2 to receive an update from Rhode Island Airport Corporation on proposed changes to the Block Island State Airport as part of RIAC’s General Aviation Strategic Business Plan. RIAC is responsible for all six state...

This Sunday marks the 77th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Second World War. D-Day saw thousands of all...

It was all work and little play for United States Senator Jack Reed and accompanying staff as they got a whirlwind tour of Block Island facilities as well as an outline of the town’s future needs Wednesday. Reed was guided by First Warden Andre...

Buried in the middle of two dozen agenda items before the Town Council on the night of May 19, was an interesting addition: a series of questions raised by Councilor Martha Ball regarding the transparency and forthrightness of the decision by the...

The Town Council met with the Block Island Housing Board on Tuesday, May 18, to examine a proposal by Jill Stern, representing High View Glen, Inc., and Joan Grossman. The proposal is to donate three lots off of Highview Lane to the town for...

Fri, 05/07/2021 - 8:45am Category:  Just over 200 voters attended Financial Town Meeting in the gymnasium of the Block Island School. Photos by Pat Tengwall. “Now the hard part starts. You’ve got 30 days.” That was the advice of Assistant Town Moderator Doug Michel after the vote was counted on whether the town should contribute $4.5 million to the $10.5 million acquisition of a portion of the Overlook property on the Great Salt Pond, between Champlin’s Marina and the Salt Po...