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Robert Paquette of West Greenwich has been appointed chief of the state Department of Environmental Management's Division of Parks and Recreation, DEM Director W. Michael Sullivan announced today.

Paquette will oversee the running and maintaining of state parks, beaches, historic sites, campgrounds, and roadside picnic/rest areas. He will also oversee the administration of the state water and recreational safety program.

For the past 12 years, Paquette has served as regional park manager for a region that takes in Goddard Memorial, Beavertail and Fort Wetherill state parks, six rest areas, Rome Point/John H. Chafee Nature Preserve, and a nine-hole golf course. He headed up the running and maintaining of those locations, supervising 12 full-time staffers and about 50 seasonal employees.

Paquette has worked for DEM's Division of Parks and Recreation for 27 years, the DEM news said. He's also worked in the Division of Forest Environment.

Paquette holds a bachelor's degree in management from Johnson & Wales University.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

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