BASF Plans Testing of Pawtuxet River Sediment
By: Rob Borkowski on February 22, 2024 in Business, News to You
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — There are PCBs and VOCs in Pawtuxet River sediment thanks to the […]
Contractor Storage at 175 Post Road Returns Feb. 8
By: Rob Borkowski on January 31, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — City Planner Tom Kravitz figured he’d found a reasonable compromise between owners proposing a 65,000 sq. ft. contractor storage facility at 175 Post Road and members of […]
McNamara Proposes River Protection Bills
By: Rob Borkowski on January 24, 2023 in News to You
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) announced a package of River […]
McNamara Seeks Pawtuxet River Flooding Plans
By: Rob Borkowski on October 25, 2022 in News to You
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the RI Legislative Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) has asked the Department […]
Bill Giving DEM Ability to Govern Johnson’s Pond Level Advances
By: Rob Borkowski on June 11, 2022 in News to You
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis’ (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich) legislation […]
Rte. 5 Lane Shifts Feb. 1 Near Pontiac Bridge
By: Rob Borkowski on January 26, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT will shift travel lanes on Rte. 5 (Greenwich Avenue) near Knight Street for reconstruction of the Pontiac Bridge over the Pawtuxet River, part of the $19.9 […]
RIDOT: One Rte. 5 South Lane Closed For Bridge Project
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2020 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — The RIDOT is performing utility relocation work on Rte. 5 (Lambert Lind Highway) near the Warwick Mall between Cranston and Warwick, to prepare for a bridge replacement […]
DEM: Inadequately Treated Wastewater Released into Pawtuxet River Tuesday
By: Rob Borkowski on May 1, 2018 in News to You
A power outage at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at a wastewater treatment facility allowed inadequately treated wastewater into the Pawtuxet River, meaning anyone downstream between West Warwick, Warwick and Narragansett Bay who stuck their hands in the river between then and sunrise Wednesday ought to wash them before eating or drinking, the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced.