Archive - May 2011
May 18th
NARRAGANSETTâSenator Jack Reed met with local fishermen and researchers from the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF) on Monday to discuss recent efforts of fisheries data collection at Point Judith.
Officials met aboard the Darana R, a 90 foot trawler which is owned and operated by the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP). The vessel is staffed by a team of researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) and is conducting an extensive survey of the in-shore fisheries in Rhode Island and Block Island Sound.
RICHMOND -- Sections of the town are still reeling from the massive, historic floods that ripped through Rhode Island in March 2010.
May 17th
NORTH KINGSTOWNâWhen Wickford Middle School teacher Nancy LaPosta-Frazier talks about the members of her Science Olympiad team this year, she canât help being impressed by their focus and dedication.
âIâve been blessed with the group I have,â she says. âThey come in, we have snack time from 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., they eat their animal crackers and then we get down to business.â
And business, it appears, is about to pick up.
SOUTH KINGSTOWNâRepresentatives from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) recently met with the public and interested wind farm companies to discuss the leasing of ocean area off of Block Island.
The joint Rhode Island and Massachusetts Renewable Energy Task Force, established in November 2009, has accepted unsolicited leasing applications from two wind projects companies, Deepwater Wind New England, LLC and Neptune Wind, LLC. These companies will now proceed to go through BOEMREâs leasing process which determines which project is most financially and technically capable to build a safe and regulatory compliant wind farm.
May 16th
NORTH KINGSTOWNâIf youâre under 21 years old and are thinking of buying alcohol or tobacco, you might want to think again.
Thanks to the coordinated efforts of North Kingstownâs Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, the North Kingstown Police Department and local liquor store owners, thereâs a new tool, an identification recognition scanner, designed to curb the use of fake identification.
The scanner looks much like an old-school credit card swipe machine but with new-school electronics.
HOPKINTON -- Two members of the Town Council, the Town Planner, and the Town Manager will meet with local gravel bank operators and their attorney to discuss the long-in-the-works ordinance for land clearing and earth removal.
May 15th
NORTH KINGSTOWN â The economy is down and thievery is up.
According to North Kingstown Police Capt. Patrick Flanagan, a recently-promoted veteran with 24 years on the force, certain crime cycles can be observed. North Kingstown is starting a new one: stealing metal to resell as scrap has become the hot trend.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN â With an expansion of the Access to Excellence policy at the schools underway, the school committee discussed its progress so far as it is adapted to the middle school and overall student population at Tuesdayâs meeting.
May 14th
JAMESTOWN â Charlene Tuttle moves among the short desks in her science class at the K-4th grade school on Melrose Avenue, encouraging and guiding her charges with cheerful positive reinforcement.
To get their attention, she says, âFace me; body towards me. Youâll be sharing [the materials]. Thanks, kids, for listening!â
Later she says âNice job!â when one responds correctly to a question.
HOPKINTON -- Some of the town roads could get a bit darker this coming July should the Town Council approve the removal of 192 streetlights, all of which were studied by the police department.
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