Daniel J. Holmes, Special to GoLocalProv
Juniper Pond, a small retention pond near an even smaller park off East Greenwich Ave in West Warwick, can be easy to overlook. Located closer to the East Greenwich and Coventry borders than to downtown West Warwick, the pond is more often frequented by ducks and Canada geese than by townsfolk, except for local dogwalkers and fishermen on the lookout for pickerel, bluegills, and the occasional bass.
Visitors have been in even shorter supply lately, however, due to the overpowering odor of decomposition carried on the wind from a deer carcass which has been floating in the pond for roughly a week, despite numerous calls from local residents to town officials about the stench.
“I first noticed it on August 13,” said Eileen Ellis, whose property sits directly next to the pond. “My first thought was, ‘Wow, that’s an awfully big log.’ Then I got a bit closer and was surprised when I realized what it actually was.”…