Outdoors in RI: Breakheart Pond hike, DEM survey, EEE lockdown, 2A scrappers or doers – Jeff Gross

August 23, 2024 |
Serene forest lake reflection.

by Jeff Gross, contributing writer, outdoors and 2A Breakheart Pond is ever changin’ – let’s keep it going strong Finishing the Breakheart Pond hike I discovered that the pond area is intersections of various hiking trails. (See photo below)  One can spend hours losing themselves in the canopy that overhangs the various trails. The road pictured below is…

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Rebuild Key Bridge as it was – David Brussat

March 28, 2024 |
Here's an alt tag for the image: Sunset view of the long bridge.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, commentary Photo: State of Maryland President Biden has said he will rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, over the Papatsco River leading into the Port of Baltimore, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The bridge, completed in 1977, was hit by a freighter that lost its…

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