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Block Island Times: Some supporters of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm are stepping up to have their opinions heard, and have established a grassroots group called “Friends of the B.I. Wind Farm,” with a goal of educating the...

Coast Guard responders are working with federal, state and local port partners to assess a vessel that grounded in the vicinity of Brenton Reef, at approximately 6 p.m., Sunday. Crewmembers from the Sector Southeastern New England command center in...

The following was written by David Irving, owner of Bone Yard Boats, a company dedicated to the preservation of old wooden boats. Irving has a long-held passion for wooden boats, especially the classics, and can’t bear to see them...

IndependentRI.com: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has submitted plans to the state Coastal Resources Management Council to extend 2 observation decks 12’ seaward at Salty Brine State Beach in Galilee to make the water more accessible to...

Block Island Times: While Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm had previously been predicted to finish by 2014, its turbines are now estimated to be constructed and fully operational by 2015. Several factors have played into this delay, explained...

Block Island Times: Despite official protests last week that closing the Great Salt Pond to shellfishing was purely “precautionary,” test results seem to indicate that the pond did experience a problem last week after a sewer leak...

Through April 2013, Save The Bay offers seal-watching tours aboard M/V Alletta Morris. The tours provide expert guides and binoculars for an educational view of these seasonal marine visitors. When: Weekends and school vacations, November – April. Where: Boat departs 142...

EastBayRI.com: The East Providence Police Department were alerted to a body found floating the upper reaches of Narragansett Bay early Sunday morning, December 8. According to a report on the Providence Journal website, EPPD Lieutenant Raymond Blinn said a...

EastBayRI: The late Luther Blount of Warren was many things: shipbuilder, captain, entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, philanthropist, father. His legacy hasn’t been forgotten. When “the father of small ship cruising” died at age 90 in 2006, three daughters kept the...