Monday, May 6, 2013
URI tick guru Tom Mather offers five actions you can take to cut down your chances of contracting a tick-borne disease.
Here's a startling fact: in 2012, the tick population in Rhode Island was 116 percent higher than the previous five-year average. "In some settings, we saw increases as much as 1,800 percent over the previous year, which is a little bit scary actually," said Tom Mather last week at a press conference at Goddard Park. Mather would know. He's the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and the Tick Encounter Resource Center. He's one of the people behind the state's new Get TickSmart/RI campaign, an effort backed by Sen. Jack Reed, who was at Goddard Park with Mather. Over the years, Reed has been able to get more than $1 million in federal funds to help URI researchers like Mather develop and implement tick-bite provention and …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
While some business owners told Reed things were looking up, others talked about rising health care costs and the recovery's slow improvement.
Sen. Jack Reed walked the length of Main Street Friday, making 14 stops along the way, to both hear from business owners and promote Small Business Saturday, which takes place next Saturday, Nov. 26. He was joined by Steve Lombardi, executive director of the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, and Bob Catanzaro, Chamber president-elect. During his nearly two hours in East Greenwich, Reed received warm welcomes, including some shout-outs from passersby. While some business owners told the senator things were looking up, several business owners lamented the slow pace of economic recovery and Bob Hartman at Back to Basics talked about the crushing costs of health care for his employees. Hartman had a letter for Reed, highlighting the rising …
Friday, November 16, 2012
He doesn't say no unequivocally when asked if he would take the position if President Obama asked.
East Greenwich, R.I. – Sen. Jack Reed didn't say yes, but he also didn't say no Friday in East Greenwich when he was asked if he would take over as head of the CIA if asked to by President Obama. Reed was on Main Street Friday afternoon to visit a variety of small businesses and promote Small Business Saturday (Nov. 24). With the recent resignation of David H. Petraeus as CIA director, Reed's name has been circulated as a possible replacement. Reed, a West Point graduate, is frequently mentioned as a potential Obama appointee to national security positions. On Friday, outside of Indigo Path Flowers on Main Street, Reed said he thought the acting CIA director would be a good person for the permanent job. He added, "I am priviledged to be a…
Wendy Fachon
8:51 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013
For what it's worth, Insect Shield is treated with a synthetic chemical called Permethrin. Permethrin is listed as a "restricted use" substance by the United States Environmental Protection Agency due to its high toxicity to aquatic organisms. Personally, I prefer all-natural tick repellents, which can be purchased at stores like Back to Basics or from Ava Anderson Non-Toxic, a Warren-based … more ›