Picnickers, start packing your baskets.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management will begin taking reservations for picnic areas, covered shelters and recreational fields at Rhode Island state parks for the 2021 season on Monday, Jan. 4.
Reservations can be made only be phone or in-person at the state park, according to the DEM. They will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
The cost is $5 for single picnic sites with one table and one fireplace; and $75 to $100 per day for covered shelters depending on the number of picnic tables and fireplaces. Costs vary for recreational fields depending on the size and location of the field.
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management on Monday will begin taking reservations for picnic areas, covered shelters and recreational fields at state parks for the 2021 season.
Reservations can be made on a first-come, first-served basis only by phone or in person at the state park.
Options include single picnic sites for $5, covered shelters that range from $75 to $100 per day, and recreational fields with varying prices. Payment is required within 10 days.
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NAUGATUCK Carole (Keller) Mancini, 84, died Dec. 12, 2020, at Beacon Brook Health Center, from complications related to the COVID 19 virus, 15 days after her husband of 60 years, William J. “Ding” Mancini, died from COVID 19 related complications. She and Bill will be able to celebrate their 61st anniversary together on Dec. 26.
Carole was born on Dec. 28, 1935, in Waterbury, Conn., daughter of the late Otto and Caroline (Fellows) Keller, and lived in Naugatuck all of her life. Carole worked for several years as a bookkeeper at the Bristol Company and later at Ashmore Trucking Company. She spent close to 50 years working at the Naugatuck Senior Center as a minibus dispatcher, and also loved helping at all of the events put on for the seniors.