Mosquito Spraying Done, DEM Urges Continued Caution
![{CREDIT: DEM] A plane run by Clarke took off from Quonset Airport Tuesday night at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. It began spraying Westerly at about 7 p.m.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EEE-mosquito-spray-plane-140x140.jpg)
QUONSET POINT — Spraying of anti – mosquito pesticides finished Tuesday night over Westerly, the fourth and final zone of the state targeted for the spray, as a fifth positive […]
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![[CREDIT: DEM] A closeup of central RI communities that will be sprayed to protect against EEE bearing mosquitoes.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EEE-spray-map-Warwick-RI-140x140.jpg)
EEE Spray Times: Central Falls/Pawtucket, Then Warwick/West Warwick/Coventry
QUONSET POINT — EEE Spray times to control the virus-bearing mosquitoes statewide will start over the Central Falls/Pawtucket zone, then focus on the West Warwick/Warwick/Coventry zone, which began at about […]
![[CREDIT: Google] State officials have found toxic blue-green algae in Little Pond, and advice avoiding contact with the water - pets included.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Little-Pond-Warwick-140x140.png)
Blue-Green Algae Found in Warwick’s Little Pond
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are advising people to avoid contact with Little Pond) in Warwick due to […]
RIDOH: EEE Human Case Heightens Risk
WEST WARWICK —  On Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Health announced the state’s first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a person over the age of 50 […]
EEE Risk: RIDOH Advises Rescheduling Activities to Avoid Mosquitoes
PROVIDENCE — Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the cause of one death in Fairhaven, MA this week, has been found in mosquitoes in Rhode Island, prompting the RI Department of Health […]
RIDOH Closes Camp Fuller To Swimming
NARRAGANSETT — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has closed YMCA Camp Fuller in Narragansett for swimming because of high bacteria levels. The health department, which regularly checks city […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Kent County YMCA's beaches have been closed due to high bacteria counts.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RIDOH_Warwick_Beaches_Closed-July_22_2019-140x140.png)
Health Department Closes YMCA Ponds to Swimming
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health recommends closing Kent County YMCA Lower and Upper Ponds in Warwick for swimming because of high bacteria levels. The health department […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Kent County YMCA's beaches have been closed as of June 24, 2019 due to high bacteria counts.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RIDOH-Warwick-Beaches-Closed-June-24-2019-140x140.png)
DOH Closes Kent County YMCA Upper, Lower Ponds
WARWICK, R.I. — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing Kent County YMCA Upper and Lower Ponds in Warwick and Aquapaug Scout Reservation in West Kingston for swimming […]
RIDOH Asks Public to Keep Naloxone Handy, Aid With Overdoses
PROVIDENCE — More than a third of the opioid overdose calls emergency medical services responded to in Rhode Island in 2018 occurred in public places, leading Director of Health Nicole […]
![[CREDIT: RI DEM] The RI DEM has all closed shellfishing in all waters west of a line extending from the DEM range marker on Conimicut Point in the north to the extension of Ogden Avenue in the Highland Beach area of Warwick in the south. The closure is in response to a sewage leak into Buckeye Brook Aug. 26.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Warwick-Shellfishing-Closure-Sept.-1-2018.2-150x100.png)
DEM Limits Shellfishing Closure to Two-Miles of Warwick Coast
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 […]
NWS: Heat Advisory in Effect Through Wednesday Night
WARWICK, RI — The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory starting at 10 a.m. this morning and lasting through 9 p.m. Wednesday night with expected temperatures in the […]
RIDOH Closes Kent County YMCA Beaches After High Bacteria Reports
Warwick, RI – The RI Department of Health has recommended closing Kent County YMCA Upper and Lower Ponds in Warwick at 900 Centerville Road for swimming because of high bacteria levels in […]
