Riverhead Building Supply’s latest expansion will see the company acquire the assets of United Builders Supply, a Rhode Island-based lumber and building materials business. (more…)
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Ken Wagner (Credit: NY Department of Education video image)
A former principal and administrator in the Shoreham-Wading River School District, who rose through the ranks in the New York Education Department after leaving the district in 2007, was tapped to lead Rhode Island’s Education Department last week. (more…)
Rust tide caused by Cochlodinium in Peconic Estuary in 2012. (Credit: Bill Portlock)
It’s a well-known story around these parts: One summer, around the mid-1980s, an explosion of harmful algae began to appear, sucking oxygen out of bay waters causing a die-off of eelgrass, shellfish and even finfish.
For the past few decades, the seasonal story has been on repeat — not only here, but in other states along the East Coast. It’s the result of nitrogen and other nutrients leaching into groundwater, mostly from underground cesspools and septic tanks. (more…)
Rhode Island lawmakers were moved to act to restore water quality in area bays after thousands of juvenile fish turned up dead in Greenwich Bay on Aug. 20, 2003. Algal blooms were blamed for the kill. (Credit: Tom Ardito)
Here’s a breakdown of how three states close to Long Island are finding solutions to water quality issues.
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