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Headed for a fish kill? By John Howell
Those who pay careful attention to conditions in
Narragansett Bay agree there has been a resurgence of life, both in the water
and in the air in the upper bay, but rising water temperatures and a lack of
dissolved oxygen could set the stage for a major fish or clam kill as soon as
this week.
Admitting it wouldn’t bode well for tourism and is not
what most wish for at this time of year, W. Michael Sullivan, director of the
Department of Environmental Management said last Thursday, “Two or three days
of good, cold rainy weather would be a relief.”
A change in the weather is about all that can alter the
course for what could be one of the most trying weeks of this summer on the
bay’s marine life.
“We’re right on the edge,” Christopher Deacutis, chief
scientist for the Narragansett Bay Estuary
Program based at URI said yesterday. Deacutis said that dissolved oxygen levels
in Greenwich Bay are “hovering right around hypoxia,”
meaning that oxygen levels are low enough to stress fish. Readings last Wednesday in Greenwich Cove
were so low they were “anoxia” and incapable of sustaining fish. Read More... AG's letter sheds light on hospital merger delay By Russell J. Moore Little has changed on the merger of Lifespan and Care New
England since their application was deemed incomplete in mid June; but a letter
from Attorney General Patrick Lynch to George Vecchione, president of Lifespan,
and John J. Hynes, president of Care New England, sheds light on what has held
up the process.
According to the letter, the hospital chains are not
comfortable providing information regarding board of directors meetings, task
forces, committees and similar entities. The Hospital Conversions Act mandates
all agendas and meeting packages from those meetings be presented as part of
the application. Unless the AG decides otherwise, the information would then
become public record. Lifespan and Care New England regard such information as
confidential.
That issue appears to be a major sticking point that has
stalled the application. Read More... West Side juniors drop state opener By Ed Owens
Warwick West Side was playing softball; Riverside was running a track meet.
Riverside raced its way to
a 9-4 win over Warwick on Sunday night in the
opening round of the junior division state championship tournament at West Side. The Riverside
stars combined to steal nine bases, beat out three infield singles and took
advantage of four passed balls and a wild pitch in the game, adding up to 17
total bases taken solely on speed. Three defensive errors by West Side only
added to the team’s problems as Riverside
ran away with the victory.
“I have a team of speedy girls,” Riverside
manager Lisa Medici said. “We have a roster that looks like it might not entail
much but we have a roster full of runners. We knew that was our strength from
the beginning. We get on the bases and we know that we are going to be a
menace. And once you disrupt the play of the game and get in [your opponent’s
head], it all falls into place.” Read More...
Western hands Continental first loss By William Geoghegan
In the District 3 tournament, Warwick Continental’s
12-year-old all-stars averaged more than nine runs per contest. After a slow
start in Saturday’s state tournament opener, they exploded late to beat Barrington 14-4.
But there was no explosion on Sunday.
Cranston Western held Continental to its lowest run total
of the summer and marched to a 7-1 victory in the winners’ bracket final at Cumberland’s Garvin
Field. It was the first loss of the tournament for Continental.
With the win, Western moves into the championship round.
Continental drops to the losers’ bracket and will need to win an elimination
game tonight against Barrington
then beat Western twice to win the title. Read More...
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