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BRIEF: Old Harbor, Block Island, open for night passageNov 17, 2012 (The Providence Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. -- The Coast Guard has reopened Old Harbor for nighttime transits. According to the Guard, this was the last port in southeastern New England that had been operating under a navigation restriction following superstorm Sandy. Temporary measures have been taken, however, the Guard announced. Old Harbor tower #3, destroyed in the storm, "has been temporarily replaced by lighted green buoy #3, approximately 125 yards off the tip of the northwest jetty, in approximate position 41-10.74N, 071-33.26W," the service said in a news release. The sound signal for the channel is yet to be replaced. According to the Guard, "a new Old Harbor buoy #5 has been established in its proper approximate position at 41-10-38N, 071-33-17W. However, old buoy #5 remains visible, off station, well west of the entrance channel." It will be removed soon. ___ (c)2012 The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.) Visit The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.) at www.projo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services |