New Haven Register: A 28’ dead basking shark has washed ashore on a Rhode Island beach. The Day of New London reports that a homeowner in the Misquamicut beach area of Westerly reported the shark to police on Sunday...

It’s a journey that harkens back to the Age of Exploration. Three adventure-minded paddlers plan to canoe the length of Rhode Island this summer, traveling from Burrillville in the north down to Westerly on the coast. Chuck Horbert, 45,...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has brought an action in Superior Court seeking to enforce the public’s right to enjoy a nearly 2-mile section of the Misquamicut beachfront east of the State Beach. In particular, the action...

The Westerly Sun: The 50-foot vessel Priceless, out for a trip from the Westerly Yacht Club, sank within 3 minutes after hitting rocks off Fisher’s Island Sunday afternoon, according to witnesses to the accident, which took a woman’s life....

Emergency responders recovered the body of the missing Westerly, R.I., boater from the sunken vessel Priceless in Fisher’s Island Sound, N.Y., Monday morning. Divers from the Mystic, Conn., and Groton, Conn., fire departments were able to access the cabin...

TheDay.com: An 8-year-old boy and a good Samaritan boater took part in rescuing a pilot whose plane went down in Block Island Sound Monday afternoon . A marriage proposal also went down. The Piper Pawnee plane, PA-25, had...

According to TheDay.com, lifeguards in Westerly, Rhode Island, will soon be equipped with a pair of remote-controlled buoys that can be deployed to aid distressed swimmers caught in dangerous riptides or surf. The 4’-long buoys, which cost about $10,000...

Well-known fishing expert, writer and editor Tim Coleman was found dead yesterday morning (May 3) at 9:47 a.m. on the “sand trail” in the Weekapaug section of Westerly, Rhode Island. He was 65. Cause of death has not yet...

Town officials and community organizations in Westerly, Rhode Island, are raising money to purchase two remote-controlled lifesaving devices to be deployed on beaches this summer, according to an article in the Providence Journal. Known as EMILY —or Emergency Integrated...

WPRI.com: A group of volunteers are surveying the Rhode Island coastline from Westerly to Barrington, reporting any coastal damage with hopes to prevent future harm done to the shores. Rhode Island is the 7th addition to the StormSmart Coasts...