Several Massachusetts Marinas are teaming up to participate in the Stay Local Boat MA Transient Referral Program. This reciprocal program encourages seasonal boaters at the participating marinas to visit other participating destination marinas in exchange for reduced transient dockage...

EastBayRI.com reports that a 21-year-old New York man was detained by police on May 2 after borrowing a small boat without permission in Warren, Rhode Island. The man rowed to the neighboring town of Barrington, where he left the...

TheDay.com: When the Amistad makes its way up the Thames River to Norwich Harbor in June to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary, the replica 19th-century ship will have a different look. While the schooner’s tallest mast stands at...

The following status report on Connecticut’s lake levels was issued Friday, May 11, by the CT DEEP. Note that changes in lake levels may have occurred after the recent rainfall. EASTERN CT LAKE LEVELS & BOAT LAUNCHES: A number...

SeacoastOnline: The Liberty Star and Freedom Star left the Port of New Hampshire early Tuesday morning, headed out to sea on May 16 for this weekend’s historic SpaceX launch, said officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Both...

TheHour.com: Reflecting his passion to protect and preserve waterways around the globe, Terry Backer recently received the “River Hero” award from the River Network. Backer, director of Norwalk-based Soundkeeper, accepted the award during a ceremony at River Rally 2012...

TheHour: New England fishermen looking for relief after a debilitating cut in the yellowtail flounder catch may soon find help from the booming scallop industry. Scallopers inevitably snare yellowtail by accident. So regulators trying to protect the struggling species...

Greenwich Time is reporting that the Greenwich Board of Selectmen voted to maintain the town’s existing mooring fee of $100 per season for boaters who moor their vessels in waters off Greenwich. Boaters who keep their boats in marina...

The Coast Guard has ended its search for a missing TowBoatU.S. captain off Pocasset, Massachusetts. Divers from the Wareham Fire Department located the man inside the cabin of the partially submerged, 29′ Triple J around 8:30 a.m. this morning....