U.S. Fish & Wildlife: $10M DEM Grants for RI
By: Rob Borkowski on February 16, 2022 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed has announced the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is awarding two DEM grants totaling $10,737,672 through the Wildlife […]
Bat Found at Goddard Park Beach Tests Positive for Rabies
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on June 18, 2021 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — A brown bat found on the beach at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick last week has tested positive for rabies, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management […]
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.