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Block Island, Rhode Island is located in Washington County. Zip codes in Block Island, RI include 02807.

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Monday Nov 2 | Providence Journal

Flu fight gets under way

Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Providence Business News

Carcieria s energy plan hits homestretch

The last 14 months of Gov. Donald L. Carcieri's term may prove the most challenging for his ambitious energy agenda.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Providence Journal

In South County, 1 million oysters and counting

Oyster farmers transfer truckloads of oysters to Quonochontaug Pond from West Beach Road in Charlestown Friday.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Portland Phoenix

Haunted Shipyard

Guitar World recently gave credit to KISS for turning "party" into a verb. And for Halloween, the album to party to is Jodi Explodi's Shipyard , an EP released over the summer, but really built for the end of October, populated with ghosts, zombies, and all manner of supernatural creatures, brought to life via anthemic metal and speed-freak punk.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Providence Journal

With little precedent, cost of wind power up in the air

The main point of contention in the contract talks between National Grid and Deepwater Wind is the price of electricity generated by the proposed wind farm off Block Island.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

WLNE

National Grid: Wind Power too Costly

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri wants a green power developer and an electricity supplier to resolve their differences over a wind farm proposed off Block Island.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Providence Journal

Carcieri urges talks on wind project to resume

The Carcieri administration is urging National Grid and Deepwater Wind to resume negotiations over an agreement for the utility to buy electricity from a wind farm proposed off Block Island.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

Providence Journal

DEM to open Rhode Island shellfishing areas

The state Department of Environmental Management has announced that seasonal shellfish openings will take effect at sunrise Tuesday.

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Residential Architect

new book on estes/twombly architects

The new book Yankee Modern: The Houses of Estes/Twombly resembles the work of Estes/Twombly itself: thoughtful, modestly scaled, well-designed. Written by Providence, R.I.-based architectural historian William Morgan, the book showcases ten houses from the Newport, R.I., firm led by Jim Estes, FAIA, and Peter Twombly, AIA.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Providence Journal

Briefing held on progress of proposed wind farms

Rhode Island's congressional delegation met with Governor Carcieri and other officials on Friday for a briefing on the progress of two wind farms being proposed in state coastal waters.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Providence Journal

Two named to Judicial Nominating Commission

Governor Carcieri on Friday announced two appointments to the panel that helps select the state's judges, one of whom is his former chief of staff, Jeffrey Grybowski.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Createdigitalmusic.com

Exquisite Music Video Paints Sound, Rhodes, Moog in Light Paint

Fantastic, hip, soulful keys couple with brilliant stop-motion editing, as a Moog and Rhodes keyboard are splashed with light painting, in this new music video from Ethan Goldhammer.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Providence Journal

State high court hears appeal on Champlina s Marina expansion

Opponents of the contested plan to expand Champlin's Marina on Block Island asked the state Supreme Court yesterday to overturn a lower court decision that approved the expansion, and to send the case back to the state's coastal agency for further review.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

Providence Journal

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in East Providence

Test results from a mosquito pool, or sample, from a trap set in the southern part of East Providence near the Seekonk border have been confirmed as positive for West Nile virus, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

Providence Journal

Environmental Journal: Wave of issues greet ocean task force

State geologist Jon Boothroyd warned that houses are raised on pilings along the South County beaches to avoid storm waves, but state and local officials use standards so old they do not account for 1 foot of sea level rise.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Company asks permit for offshore turbine

Blue H USA, a Dutch-owned company that wants to anchor floating wind turbines some 20 miles southwest of Martha's Vineyard to harness offshore ocean winds, has applied for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

Associated Content

The Best Block Island Getaway

One of the most beautiful and traveled summer destinations is Block Island, a small flame-shaped island in between Long Island and the Connecticut coast.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Providence Journal

A pony on Block Island finds a good home on the mainland

So what does a woman do when she's out of work, finds the job market is in the toilet and watches her unemployment benefits and savings dwindle by the day? She goes to Block Island and brings home a pony.

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

The Boston Globe

Block Island wildlife refuge selected for quarter

Block Island can soon be seen up close and personal: on a quarter. The Block Island National Wildlife Refuge is among the national sites selected to be displayed on the tails sides of a quarter under a new program from the United States Mint.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009

JauntSetter

Reader Report: Amri Checks in After a Block Island Getaway

Regular readers of jauntsetter know that last week's Trip Pick was Block Island , an East Coast getaway perfect for those who love the beach, bicycling and bivalves .

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