Fall River-to-Block Island Ferry Service Proposed
The Herald News: The days of having to drive to Point Judith or Newport, to pick up the Block Island ferry may soon be a thing of the past.
The city is working to arrange for ferry service to leave from the State Pier, arriving at Block Island less than 2 hours later. Mayor Will Flanagan has set a target date of late June for a trial run, with corresponding studies to determine how high the demand would be for the service.
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Tom Richardson is the co-director and host of BoatingLocal. Before that he served as the editor of Northeast Boating from 2005 to 2009, and as managing editor of Salt Water Sportsman magazine from 1995 to 2004. He lives, boats and fishes in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three kids.
