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Rep. Williams. Photo: RI General Assembly
Rhode Island State Representative Anastasia Williams (D-Dist. 9, Providence) on Wednesday called out the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) for not including the state s urban core in its four pick-up locations for free trees offered to Rhode Islanders.
While Wiliams commended the effort by DEM to provide 1,000 free trees, she questioned the state agency for not providing a location more accessible to city residents.
“I commend the RIDEM for continuing another year of this successful program that provides beautiful trees for our neighborhoods, communities and homes without costing our residents any more than a pickup and an ideal planting location, said Williams. The positive environmental and community-building aspects of trees in our neighborhoods is an undeniable fact and I am happy that RIDEM is continuing to make this a priority. After the past year we all had, everyone could use a little bit more na
4/6/2021
National Park Service hopes to attract more tourists to Slater Mill
The National Park Service officially owns the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District in Pawtucket after a property transfer was completed last week. (Breeze photo by
Melanie Thibeault )
PAWTUCKET – It’s official: The National Park Service is now in control of the Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District in Pawtucket after a transfer of the property was completed last week, and NPS leaders say they’re excited to begin drawing more tourists to the area.
With the transfer from the nonprofit Old Slater Mill Association, the property is now officially part of the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, and the NPS will now own and operate the three historic buildings on the property, including the 1793 Old Slater Mill, the 1810 Wilkinson Mill, and the 1758 Sylvanus Brown House. Also included in the transfer are the approximately 3 acres of land surrounding the struc
Like every year, the community of color, the poor, the vulnerable those residing in our urban core have to jump through extra hoops in order to benefit and utilize services that the rest of the state expects to receive without request like clockwork annually, taking these services for granted in the process, Williams said.
The DEM announced last week that 1,000 free trees would be given to Rhode Islanders to help residents save energy and reduce their utility bills. The DEM said the first residents to register could reserve a tree, and it would be available for pickup on four dates in May in Richmond, Bristol, North Kingstown and Johnston.
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. A simpler, less-expensive, advanced on-site wastewater treatment system will soon be undergoing field tests in Rhode Island.
In the coming weeks, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is expected to approve a pilot project to test an experimental nitrogen-removing septic system known as “layered soil treatment area” or LSTA for short.
Proposed by a consortium of the town of Charlestown and the University of Rhode Island’s Laboratory of Soil Ecology and Microbiology and New England On-Site Wastewater Training Program, the non-proprietary septic system would put nitrogen-removing technology within reach for more coastal homeowners.
Since 2008, the state has required that failing septic systems in the coastal zone be replaced with advanced nitrogen-removing wastewater treatment systems. The requirement also applies to new construction and to major rebuilds.