NARRAGANSETT â Since the pandemic brought about widespread lockdowns, town council and other government meetings have been broadcast over video communication platform Zoom, prompting wider participation and greater access to local government. As new cases of COVID-19 sharply decline and the pandemic begins to wane in Rhode Island, the Narragansett Town Council is weighing the option of allowing the public to continue to comment over telecommunications when in-person meetings resume. Though the meetings will still be broadcast on television, on Youtube and on Zoom post-pandemic, the body will likely not take virtual comments from the public going forward.
âIâve polled the council on this question, I donât want to make that decision on my own, and the unanimous consensus is that we do not want to do a hybrid, digital situation moving forward,â said town council president Jesse Pugh. âWe will not be doing public comment through Zoom once weâre back in
The expanded park is expected to include an upgraded playground area and permanent infrastructure with new trees, plants, seating, restriped pedestrian crosswalks, fencing and a flag pole.
In Jersey City, first day of vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds brings relief, nerves
Updated May 13, 2021;
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Felicia Noth didn’t want to wait a day to get her sons vaccinated.
Thursday morning, the first day that her 12-year-old and her 14-year-old were eligible, Noth brought them to a Walgreens in Jersey City to get their first Pfizer shots.
“I’ve been checking the news to see when it was available,” Noth said. “I’ve been watching the process.”
On Thursday, newly eligible tweens and teens across the country arrived at vaccination sites for their first COVID-19 vaccinations.
The federal Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 on Tuesday; a day later, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention concurred, paving the way for the first vaccinations to start Thursday.
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Presented by Ørsted we learn that federal agents raided a massive Hindu temple in Robbinsville of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) sect, which appears to be related to a lawsuit accusing it of using low-caste laborers from India and paying them about $1 a day for “grueling” labor.
Narragansett council handed Fulop a defeat in parking battle. Then the mayor lashed out at the media.
Updated May 09, 2021;
Posted May 09, 2021
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and his wife, Jaclyn, are building a home on the waterfront in Narragansett, Rhode Island, in a neighborhood with a mix of older beach cottages and newer, more substantial homes.Margaret Schmidt | The Jersey Journal
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Town council members in Narragansett, Rhode Island, handed Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop a defeat last week in his quest to limit public parking on the street where he owns a home.
Since the beginning of the year, the mayor has tuned into two online Narragansett town council meetings to oppose a plan to expand a public right of way and add parking spots on the street where his beach house stands. The waterfront neighborhood of Point Judith is popular with surfers, who often park along residential streets, angering property owners like Fulop.