NARRAGANSETT â Local students are organizing a community-driven, tree planting initiative in order to offset paper usage at Narragansett High School (NHS). The event, taking place on May 1, is a collaboration between students and the nonprofit organization Tree-Plenish.
âI think that it is important that our schoolâs paper consumption is replenished so that our school can be more environmentally conscious and efficient,â said Julia Highcove, an NHS Senior and member of the schoolâs eco club. âSince trees are such a crucial part of our ecosystem, it is important that we replace those that are cut down for man-made products like paper. By doing so we are working to keep the earth both beautiful and healthy.â
J.V. Houlihan
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Just shy of a year ago we started hearing about the word coronavirus; however, it hadn’t yet entered the news cycle on a mind-numbing twenty-four and seven blast of baffling information. On 11 March, I had just returned from a trip to Martha’s Vineyard and I distinctly remembered going to George’s in Galilee, and sitting by the fire with my wife and having dinner no one wore masks. We live nearby in Galilee and like to sit near the fireplace, and we’d always seem to catch the place at the time when we could sit next to its warm glow on a freezing Galilee night. Sometimes, after we grubbed up, we’d sit in the rocking chairs like a couple of old coots just rocking aimlessly and looking at the fire. It was a veritable Norman Rockwell scene. Hey, this is how geezers rock and roll. Moreover, we love the vibe of this place where we’ve both have had history for decades. Then, as we all know, about 15 March, the world as we know it went way off kilter.
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Newport Harbor has always been a place where boat people come and hang for the summer; however, once the weather turns and the thermometer drops, some yacht owners will move their boats to warmer climates. These owners must rely on yacht transport services, and have their own professional crews deliver their boats for them. Note the following examples.
The M/V Scheldegraght from Amsterdam was recently 6,7, 8 December in the outer anchorage of Newport Harbor. She is a general cargo ship with one of her cranes standing by to rig up the straps, and lift the classic yacht Atlantide onto her decks along with some other boats that were also standing by to load. This ninety-year old yacht has a storied history along with her sleek lines and classic aesthetic. She is a boat that must be handled with care; mistakes are not acceptable. (google the Atlantide for more intel) As I watched the crane operator from a close vantage point at the tip of Fort Adams, it was apparent tha