Buckeye Brook Fish Count Volunteers Sought
By: Rob Borkowski on March 14, 2024 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Buckeye Brook Coalition and RIDEM need to know how many Herring are in Buckeye Brook, and they’d like your help during the Buckeye Brook Fish Count. […]
DEM Reopens Upper Narragansett Bay Shellfishing
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2022 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has reopened most of the upper Narragansett Bay shellfish Area A closed after a sewage spill on Lake Shore Drive Sept. 12. […]
Warwick Sewer Line Break Extends Shellfishing Closure
By: Rob Borkowski on September 13, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Shellfishing in Upper Narragansett Bay Conditional Area A is closed indefinitely after a 24-inch sewer line break on Lake Shore Drive discharged at least 450,000 gallons of sewage […]
RIDOT: Buckeye Brook Stormwater Basin Rehab Underway
By: Rob Borkowski on September 7, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT is replacing two 1990s era stormwater management holding basins that discharge into Buckeye Brook, north of the Knights of Columbus Hall on Sandy Lane and Warwick Ave., […]
Buckeye Brook Project Hit by Delays
By: Liz Taurasi on November 6, 2020 in News to You
WARWICK — The city of Warwick is looking into ways to bring down costs after bids for the Buckeye Brook project came in higher than expected. The project also faced […]
WSA Appeals $27K DEM Fine, Review Order
By: Rob Borkowski on February 22, 2020 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Department of Environmental Management has fined the Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) $27,500 and ordered an infrastructure review following two 2018 sewer pipe collapses discharging 300,000 gallons […]
City Council Delays Buckeye Brook talk, many resolutions
By: Rob Borkowski on January 24, 2019 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — There was a lot on the Wednesday night’s City Council agenda, and most of it was postponed for another meeting, including a presentation from the Warwick Department […]
Council Wednesday: Buckeye Brook, Tenant Debris, Permits
By: Rob Borkowski on January 22, 2019 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council meets Wednesday, 7 p.m., in the Warwick Police Department Community room, considering first passage on resolutions making landlords responsible for tenants’ debris, and […]
Council Wednesday: Heath Ave. Parking, Landlords & Debris, Buckeye Brook
By: Rob Borkowski on November 12, 2018 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council meets Wednesday night to consider final passage of a ban on parking on Heath Avenue’s south side, then first passage on making landlords […]
DEM Limits Shellfishing Closure to Two-Miles of Warwick Coast
By: Rob Borkowski on September 1, 2018 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Department of Environmental Management has reduced Monday’s closure of Upper Narragansett Bay to shellfishing to a two-mile section of Warwick coastline in response to a he sewage […]