Wind farm controversy buffets tiny Block Island
Sunday May 27 | via TheDay.Com
Deepwater's new SWT-6.0 wind turbine is available with rotor diameters of 120 and 154 meters and is designed for the most challenging offshore sites, according to the company. Comment?
Bringing in the troopers and then some
Sunday May 13 | via The Block Island Times
Last July 4, the island's Rescue Squad was overwhelmed with calls. "We had 10 percent of the calls we have all year on that one day," squad captain Bryan Wilson told assembled town leaders and volunteers Monday. Comment?
A spoon-bending mentalist takes on the Gaspee affair
Apr 25, 2012 | via The Phoenix
Plaques and parades are nice, but the real story of the HMS Gaspee - the British customs schooner looted and burned off the coast of Rhode Island in the run-up to the Revolutionary War - is not rated "G." There was blood on Narragansett Bay that night. Comment?