The government has received more than 600 applications for housing assistance since January 2018, representing over $43 million in funding requests, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said on …
August 28, 2019
August 1, 2019
Legislators spar over incinerator
Premier Andrew Fahie, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone and Third District Representative Julian Fraser sparred at the House of Assembly last Thursday over the delayed repairs to the …
July 16, 2019
July 11, 2019
Dump fires blamed on garbage haulers
Unsupervised “private garbage haulers” dumping waste at the Pockwood Pond incinerator have been the cause of pockets of fires over the past few weeks, according to Neville Allen, the assistant …
June 28, 2019
Contract for incinerator parts not yet signed
The government plans to distribute facemasks and to reduce the smoke coming from the Pockwood Pond landfill, but the parts needed to repair the non-functional incinerator there still have not …
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April 30, 2019
April 18, 2019
Incinerator repairs could hinge on US firm with troubled history
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on April 11. After the Pockwood Pond incinerator was badly damaged in a fire last November, government officials said repairs would …
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January 28, 2019
EDITORIAL: Pockwood Pond is a disgraceful health hazard
It is high time for government to buckle down and get serious about the trash problem in Pockwood Pond, which has posed an extremely dangerous health hazard for far too …
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December 19, 2018
No word yet on incinerator repairs after fire
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on Dec. 13. More than two weeks after a large fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator, government officials have …
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December 6, 2018
Incinerator down as officials wait for report
After a fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator facility last week, officials are still waiting for a final report about damage to the machinery and what necessary repairs …
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November 29, 2018
Pockwood Pond incinerator catches fire
The Pockwood Pond incinerator facility caught fire on Monday around 3 p.m. when a small gas tank exploded, according to Greg Massicote, manager at the Department of Waste Management. Reached …
September 7, 2018
‘We’ve got to do better than this:’ Residents speak out about trash fires
More than 40 residents showed up to a community meeting hosted by government on Tuesday night to voice their worry and anger about a string of recent dumpsite fires. The …
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August 30, 2018
Three islands, three trash fires
On Tuesday night of last week, a fire started at the temporary dumpsite on Jost Van Dyke, burning bright enough that some residents said they could see the blaze from …
June 25, 2018
Seven years later, where’s the scrubber?
Though the dumpsite fire in Coxheath has become the main air quality concern for residents over the past two months, the Pockwood Pond incinerator has been spewing largely unfiltered gas …
