Residents of the Greenwich Village Apartment Complex saw an unexpected visitor  wandering near the complex last Thursday. Video taken by passerby Brandon McGuire shows a bobcat sitting in … more

To the Editor, On Monday, August 21st, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), to get good publicity, issued a press release which soon made news headlines that they were … more

The Department of Environmental Management is offering one-time sign-on and retention bonuses of $500 each and hourly pay increases of between 10% and almost 15% to lifeguards this … more

By ALEX MALM With candidates’ declaration period set for this week Committeemen and Committeewoman along with town and city party chairs made their way Sunday evening to the Scottish Rite … more

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Agriculture is extending its Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) bulk purchase pilot program through more

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is actively recruiting lifeguards, park rangers, facilities attendants and other key staff to fill seasonal employment positions at state beaches, parks and campgrounds during the 2021 recreation more

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting an online survey to gather input on how the public uses and values state lands. Feedback from the survey will be used to shape the future of nature-based recreation in Rhode more

By JOHN HOWELL The Department of Environmental Management is investigating the death of two deer by crossbow in private Buttonwoods. A resident on her morning walk found the first deer Nov. 13 in a greenway off Buttonwoods Avenue. The second, which DEM more

By JOHN HOWELL Mayor Joseph J. Solomon remains unprepared to sign a contract to bring sewers to 900 property owners, citing concerns over costs and the possibility of added payments to address concerns raised the Narragansett Indians. Furthermore, in an more

The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking Rhode Islanders to monitor their beech trees for signs of leaf damage from Beach Leaf Disease (BLD). Early symptoms of BLD include dark striping on the tree's leaves parallel to the leaf veins more

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has announced a new, mandatory education and certification program for everyone who commercially harvests and lands shellfish in Rhode Island. more