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Block Island votes to recommend mask use indoors.

The Block Island Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to recommend, not require, mask use indoors.

The resolution comes on the heels of the RI Department of Health sharing data that shows Rhode Island in now in a “high” Covid transmission rate with 103 new cases per 100,000 people over the past seven days.

 


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Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop is a media publisher and journalist and the founder and editor of Newport Buzz, the leading news platform covering Newport, Rhode Island. He is also the creator of Palm Beach Buzz, expanding the same community-focused journalism model to South Florida. A fifth-generation Newporter, Winthrop previously worked in national politics and later as an entertainment producer in New York City before returning home to launch Newport Buzz in 2011.
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