Archive for February, 2010

Burlingame Fun Ride OFF

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Sorry all, we tried to ride in Burlingame today and there are at least five inches of heavy snow.
Our ride lasted about 200 yards of twisting and sliding and getting pushed around by the deep, heavy mess, before we bailed onto the road.
By Sunday, even if much of it melts, it is going to be [...]

WGCC gets check

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Here’s Al (vp for Big River) presenting a check for $900. to the West Greenwich Conservation Commission. Its the proceeds from the First Annual “Tour Du Big River” held last September. Its our financial contribution to the 2010 Big River Clean-up. The date for the event was set last night for Saturday April 10th, so [...]

Heads up: Rhody Rovers in Big River Feb 21st

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

penguin-rally-letter-head
Rhody Rovers got permission to ride through a portion of Big River Feb 21st while the ground is frozen. I’m told this will be ride is a small scale club ride only. See attachment for details.
Its good timing that we have a ride in Burlingame the same day….
best wishes
huffin & puffin pete

Big River Wells / FYI

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

This was in 2/2/10 Kent County Times:
Big River source found to be clean
COVENTRY: Ground water is plentiful and of an excellent quality in the Big River Watershed Area.
Recently drilled wells in the watershed area have come back with positive test results, said Kenneth Burke, general manager of the Rhode Island Water Resources Board.
The site, [...]

Orange Orange Orange & ORANGE

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

From Steve O
Hey Pete
Thought you might be interested to hear of an Environmental Police
encounter at Arcadia on Sunday morning. Group of six including
myself, Fred, and four friends from over the line in CT. His issue
was our compliance with the blaze orange requirement. Here’s what we
had:
Me: slightly faded orange fleece vest (which [...]