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Staff The BoatingLocal staff comprises various award-winning professional boating photographers and writers, most of whom also contribute to national and regional boating publications and media outlets.
Bethany Frankel Rescue Story Questioned
Share this Article On New York Daily News: Bethenny Frankel’s lost-at-sea story has a bit of bilge in it, says the sailor who escorted her boat back to port. Capt. Tim Russell, who skippers TowboatUS Nantucket tells us that...
Rhode Island Scup Season Extended
Share this Article On Following on the heels of Connectocit’s move to extend its recreational scup season, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has announced that Rhody’s recreational scup fishery will also be extended to December 31, 2011,...
Research Ship to Survey Block Island Sound
TheDay.com: A research ship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has started a survey of the sea floor off the coasts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. NOAA Corps Cmdr. Lawrence Krepp tells The Westerly Sun that...
Block Island Beach Access Dispute Nears Resolution
Share this Article On The Block Island Times is reporting that the Block Island Town Council has taken the first step toward resolving a dispute over public access at the end of Cooneymus Road. A continuing point of contention...
Camden, ME, Launch Ramp Under Repair
Share this Article On Knox Village Soup: After 3 years of planning, the reconstruction of the Bog Bridge (Route 105) boat ramp is about to begin. The ramp will be closed starting Monday, September 26, until the construction is...
CT River Cleanup Effort Seeks Volunteers
Boston Herald: Volunteers are being recruited for an annual effort to remove trash from shorelines in New England. Advocates say the cleanup is needed even more this year because floods caused by Tropical Storm Irene left many shorelines and...
Queen Elizabeth Arrives in Boston
Share this Article On Boston Globe: In style harking back to the ‘30s and ‘40s, passengers aboard the new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship took their afternoon tea and scones seated in a ballroom with Art Deco accents, where white-jacketed...
Mackerel Can’t Stand Heat off Vineyard
Share this Article On Vineyard Gazette: Warming waters around Martha’s Vineyard have discouraged what once were abundant fish. Top fisheries scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service recently released a report citing the dramatic influence changing climate has had...
Article Predicts Decline in Striper Catch
Share this Article On Gloucester Times: Just as twilight advances into the day, stripers work their way back into Cape Ann’s shallower waters after dodging the dog days of summer laying low, literally, in deep holes, and chasing the...
Rhode Island DEM Environmental Police Log: August 2011
Share this Article On Each month BoatingLocal plans to post the arrest and citation logs of various state marine and environmental enforcement agencies. The information below was provided by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. From 08/01/11 to...
