Friday, December 14, 2012
Senator Jack Reed is seeking federal assistance to repair the access road.
This afternoon, Dan Ashe, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will travel to Rhode Island to meet with U.S. Senator Jack Reed and tour storm damage at Sachuest Point. Superstorm Sandy battered Sachuest Point Road, creating unsafe and hazardous conditions and cutting off vehicle access to the popular Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. Reed, the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior & Environment, which oversees the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual $1.5 billion budget, is seeking federal assistance to repair the access road. This week, the Appropriations Committee unveiled a $60.4 billion emergency Disaster Supplemental bill to help pay for damage resulting from Sandy. The …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Get a glimpse of daily life around Aquidneck Island thanks to a picture taken by a local resident.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Do you like to take pictures? Have you recently captured a shot of something neat in town? Send us your favorite shot from around Aquidneck Island and we'll be sure to share it with the community. E-mail photos and a few sentences with information including when the photo was taken, where it was taken and who is in it, to lindsay@patch.com, or just upload them directly to our Neighborhood Gallery!
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The following information was provided by the Sachuest Point Visitor's Center regarding closures beginning today to prepare for new exhibits.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is currently working on exhibits for Sachuest Point Visitor Center. As part of this work, sections of the visitor center will be closed beginning today, February 21, 2012. The front entrance, lobby and main exhibit hall will be closed for approximately 4-6 weeks. However, the north side entrance to the restroom and classroom will remain open to visitors. This work is being done to reconfigure the area for the new exhibits. The actual habitat exhibits and interpretive panels will be installed in late spring. Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of five national wildlife refuges in Rhode Island. For more information please visit www.fws.gov/ningret/complex or keyword Rhode Island NWR Complex …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Our local snowy owl has been seen at Island Rocks in the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge.
An article in The New York Times this week, “Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings,” describes an increase in the number of snowy owl sightings across the country. Here in Middletown, birders are reporting that there has been a resident snowy owl at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge since late December. The snowy owl has been seen feeding on black ducks and scoters offshore at Island Rocks around dusk. Island Rocks can be seen from the Flint Point and Ocean View hiking trails, and also from the observation platforms. (Click here to download a pdf of the Sachuest Point Trail Guide from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service).
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Just in time for Bonfire Night and the last big weekend of the summer, it's business as usual again throughout Sachuest Point.
Middletown's Department of Public Works (DPW) crews wasted no time this week getting Sachuest Point back in shape in time for Labor Day Weekend, one of the busiest times of year for summer tourists. The weekend kicks off tonight with the final Community Bonfire of the summer on Second Beach. In the video above, see what seasonal residents and year-round locals had to say about the reopening of Sachuest Point this week after Hurricane Irene.
Here's a look at what's happening in and around Middletown today.
Tonight, celebrate Second Beach’s swift comeback from Hurricane Irene—thanks to the hardworking DPW crews—with the return of the Middletown Community Bonfire, also the final bonfire of the summer. Be inspired by nature and get crafty today. Arts & Crafts Thursday returns to the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. The Bard Is Here! The weekly Shakespeare Reading Group meets every Thursday night at the Middletown Public Library. NewportFILM presents “The Last Mountain,” as its last show of the summer. On this date in 1998, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 went into effect, making front seat air bags required in all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S.
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Middletown Sachuest Beaches, Boat Ramps & Moorings
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Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
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Middletown Public Library
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
A local U.S. National Fish & Wildlife expert offers guidelines on how to best help marine animals that occasionally come ashore.
When a harbor seal pup recently napped on the east end of Second Beach and drew quite a crowd of onlookers, Wendy Forber-Pratt from the nearby Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge took the opportunity to share the do's and don'ts of enountering those marine animals that occasionally come ashore. If anyone encounters them, Forber-Pratt said that you should not touch the animal or try to put it back in the water. Instead, call the Mystic Aquarium Beach Strandings Hotline phone number, followed by the Middletown Police Department. Forber-Pratt explains why in the video above.
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Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
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bob weaver
7:23 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
One of our island's prime recreational areas enjoyed by countless numbers of residents and non residents. Hopefully the roadway will get repaired soon, and that the process won't get bogged down in red-tape at the higher levels, and that these much needed repairs will get done in a timely manner.....Bob Weaver, Newport more ›