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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Don't even think about it

No safe ice on Rhode Island waters
By Will Collette

Though it's been mighty cold and a lot of local ponds look like they have nice packs of ice, don't do it!

DEM's Division of Parks and Recreation lists no safe ice - other than ice rinks, of course - around the state.

Not for skating. Not for ice fishing.

It takes about six inches of ice before DEM will declare ice to be safe for public use and the most they are reporting at present is around four inches.