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Block Island Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Block Island, RI.
Results 1 - 20 of 253 in Block Island, RI
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Ocean State Tackle closes Bristol store
... the retail environment here in RI has changed. Boat fishing is down by some 60 percent or more, trips to Block Island are less frequent and tackle purchases are down. I must consolidate my energies, efforts and resources to gain profitibility. The ... Comment?
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Middletown antiques restorer writes about search for mirror's history
... interest in antiques, beginning when she was a young girl and searching for discarded treasures at the dump on Block Island. "Through my growing collection of historic objects, I began to fantasize about the past," she writes. "I thought of antiques ... Comment?
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Wind power's cost to R.I. consumers is still up in air
Experts agree that wind power will cost more than energy generated by coal or natural gas, but the question is: how much more? After months of negotiations, National Grid and Deepwater Wind signed a deal this week that will see the offshore wind developer sell clean power from its Block Island wind farm to the state's main electric utility. Comment?
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... term. Deepwater, a New Jersey firm, expects to provide the power from eight turbines in state waters south of Block Island, and then plans to put a 106-turbine project farther out in federal waters. Block Island residents, who pay the highest ... Comment?
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... Nantucket Sound. (National Grid also agreed to buy electricity from Deepwater Wind's eight-turbine project off Block Island.) This means that Cape Wind, long besieged by rich summer people, including the Kennedy family and its retainers, such as ... Comment?
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Best places in North America to see the Geminid meteor shower on December 13-14
... guide on the Best Places to View Perseid Meteor Shower for information on prime night sky viewing spots from Block Island ( Rhode Island) to Mont Megantic , an astronomy interpretation centre in Quebec. Get a forecast of the sky conditions for where ... Comment?
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Deepwater Wind to build first U.S. ocean wind farm
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... the turbines--have held back U.S. offshore wind projects. The first phase of Deepwater's project, called the Block Island Wind Farm, is expected to start operations in 2013. Its turbines are planned to go up 3 miles off the coast of Block Island in ... Comment?
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Deepwater Wind to build first US ocean wind farm
... Massachusetts, has been mired in protests by critics. The first phase of Deepwater's project, called the Block Island Wind Farm, is expected to start operations in 2013. Its turbines are planned to go up 3 miles off the coast of Block Island in ... Comment?
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No Fluke: Holiday gifts for the fisherman
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... about $50. Conventional scales range from $10 to $25, and digital fish scales about $50. 6. Narragansett Bay to Block Island Sound fishing charts, about $30. These water proof charts feature information from official NOAA charts 13223 and 13221 of ... Comment?
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Bob Kerr: A moviemaker draws heavily on the familiar
... at his father's diner, George's Grill, in Cranston. There is a lot of Matunuck in "The Mailbox Fairy" and some Block Island. There is a story that moves like a hummingbird. There are two showings Sunday, one at 4 p.m. and one at 8. Tickets are $10 ... Comment?
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R.I.-made film debuts Sunday at Cranston's Park Theatre
... 848 Park Ave. Shot in the summers of 2008 and 2009, the film is set on fictional Hope Island and was filmed on Block Island and in Woonsocket, Matunuck and Cranston. It revolves around a young man named Artie who is trying to help a young woman he ... Comment?
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National Grid Strikes Deal With Wind Developer
... signed a 20-year deal for the state's largest utility to buy energy from the project proposed for waters off Block Island. The agreement with the state's primary power company was important because it secures a buyer for power the project generates. ... Comment?
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R.I. wind farm developer signs deal to sell power
... agreed to buy power from the wind farm, which is proposed as up to eight turbines built off the coast of Block Island, for 24.4 cents per kilowatt hour in the first full year of operation. The deal is important because it secures a buyer for power ... Comment?
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National Grid OKs deal to buy Deepwater's wind-generated power
National Grid has agreed to purchase electricity from Deepwater Wind's proposed wind farm off Block Island in a critical step forward for the offshore wind developer's plans to bring clean energy to Rhode Island. Comment?
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National Grid strikes deal with RI wind developer
... agreed to buy power from the wind farm, which is proposed as up to eight turbines built off the coast of Block Island, for 24.4 cents per kilowatt hour in the first full year of operation. The deal is important because it secures a buyer for power ... Comment?
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National Grid OKs power deal with Deepwater Wind
Governor Carcieri hailed an agreement reached Wednesday that will see National Grid purchase electricity from Deepwater Wind's proposed wind farm off Block Island. Comment?
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N. Grid, Deepwater in wind power deal
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... the state's attempts to move the project forward. Electricity generated by the eight-turbine farm planned off Block Island, which is the smaller of Hoboken, N.J.-based Deepwater's two proposed projects, will cost 24.4 cents per kilowatt-hour when it ... Comment?
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'Nasty' weather on tap for Wednesday
At least 2 to 3 inches of snow in Foster and Glocester, coastal flooding along the upper reaches of Narragansett Bay and high winds across Block Island and Rhode Island's southern shore. Comment?
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... Napeague - seem to hold fish more consistently than others. A new body of herring appears to have moved through Block Island Sound and into eastern Gardiners Bay in the middle of last week and brought more striped bass with them. Some nice fish, ... Comment?
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In the Field: The Band Plays On
... Napeague - seem to hold fish more consistently than others. A new body of herring appears to have moved through Block Island Sound and into eastern Gardiners Bay in the middle of last week and brought more striped bass with them. Some nice fish, ... Comment?
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