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New Shoreham Town Council Agenda Wednesday May 19, 2021 6:30 p.m. The New Shoreham Town Council will meet via Zoom pursuant to State of Rhode Island Executive Order 20-46 dated June 12, 2020 Zoom access: dial toll free for cellular phone or landline...
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 5:15pm Category: Volunteers coordinating paperwork at Saturday’s vaccine event for seniors 75 and older. Photos by R. Meyer. If you receive a phone call from Bill McCombe asking your age without first dispensing with the usual niceties, just answer the question. McCombe is co-director of the Emergency Management Task Group, and has taken charge of organizing Covid-19 vaccination events for full-time residents of Block Island. McCombe has been busy making lists of year-round residents’ ages so that as many as possible can get vaccinated against Covid-19 when d...
Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:00pm Category: The Block Island Tourism Council declined to weigh in on the trolley proposal put forth by RIPTA to the Town Council at its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The proposal is new and the council had received a letter from taxi owner Judy Clark requesting support for a possible alternative to be put forth by the Commission of Motor Vehicles for Hire. The trolley proposal was scheduled to be a topic of discussion at a Town Council work session scheduled for Feb. 3, and Tourism Director Jess Willi said she thought the trolley would provide service between ...
Thu, 01/14/2021 - 6:15pm Category: A group of wellness, civic and government groups combined efforts to bring lifesaving overdose kits to Block Island. Seen here from left, Sarah Edwards of the Hope Recovery Centers, Dave Neill, Community Outreach Coordinator for U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman, Heidi Driscoll, Director of the South County Regional Prevention Coalition, Cyndi Rego of the Regional Prevention Coalition, Michael Fry, Director of Hope Recovery Centers, and Capt. Don Rooney, Lou Lopes and Colin Waitkun of Interstate Navigation. Photo by Bill McCombe. The following was subm...
Heroes all To the Editor: Now that we’re almost at year’s end, it is a perfect time to look back. Everyone on the island was affected by the Covid crisis. As I look back, it seems we owe exceptional credit to many people and organizations. My list covers the biggest heroes — yours may be longer. These organizations were quick to adjust their way of doing business, often to their disadvantage. • Interstate Navigation: They quickly and properly reduced their boat schedule to adapt to new needs. But all the while, they carried our food, gasoline and diesel fuel, propane, mail and freigh...