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Learn What You Can Do About the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Found in RI This Summer

Heather Faubert, research associate in URI’s Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, will speak on the emerald ash borer which was found in RI in July 2018. This beetle is native to northeastern Asia and is highly destructive to ash trees in North America. Heather will cover the beetle’s biology, damage it causes, how to prevent it, how to identify it and management techniques including biological control.She will also talk briefly about the defoliation of oaks in Jamestown due to caterpillars and attacks from bark beetles.

Author Presentation - Patsie McCandless

Presentation by former resident, artist/author Patsie McCandless, on her forthcoming book entitled
"Becoming Jesse: Celebrating the Everyday Magic of Childhood"
You are born with magic. We all are. Here’s your chance to re-ignite and revel in your magic.
Jesse O’Neil is an orphan boy of comic charm and soul-lighting wonder, raised by his much loved grandmother, Dearie – a once-upon-a-time Irish gypsy, who owns her own theater in 1950’s NYC —and his entertaining young uncle, Conor, who is studying to be an actor.

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