The salt ponds of Rhode Island

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Along the southern coast of Rhode Island are nine lagoons the locals call salt ponds that are now in a fight for survival. A Jan 1996 oil spill caused oil to seep into five of the nine ponds, endangering the ponds and their wildlife. A group called the Salt Pond Watchers monitors conditions there.

Environmental aspects, Marine pollution, Oil pollution of the sea, Oil pollution, Lagoons, Saltwater encroachment, Water quality monitoring stations

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Rhode Island's last execution

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The last execution in Rhode Island took place on Feb 14, 1845, when 22-year-old Irish immigrant John Gordon was hanged for murder. Evidence was circumstantial at best but he was convicted by an all-Protestant jury. The outcry was such that the state abolished the death penalty in 1852.

History, Capital punishment

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They go back a long way

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Rhode Island US senator and former governor John Chafee and current Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun have been friends since childhood. Chafee once save Sundlun's life when the two were Boy Scouts and Sundlun fell through some thin ice when they were playing hockey on a pond.

Officials and employees, Behavior, Governors, Chafee, John H., Sundlun, Bruce G.

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