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Volunteers rake rockweed atop
the scalding-hot granite stones.
Harleigh Oliveira and dad, Rick
Oliveira, helped set up the bake.
Jeff Louro, who assisted the fire
crew, holds up a fresh-cooked
lobster. Members of the crew
place crates containing produce
and meat bags, shellfish and
lobsters atop the seaweed, then
cover them with wet and dry
tarps to trap in steam.
64 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l SEPTEMBER 2020