07/14/11 More blues are being caught in The Race; a summer staple, our area may be offering the best blue fishing on the East Coast. Sea bass catches are on the rise off the Rhode Island beaches but fluking
05/19/11 Our fluke opener was a bit of a bust as you might imagine due to all the lousy weather.There were some keepers caught, mainly at Block Island and New York waters but overall many boats just stayed
05/17/11 Penny-pinching beach lovers have a way to save money this summer. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management says season passes for parking at state beaches are now on sale at last year's rates -- $30 for a resident, $15 for a resident senior citizen and $60 for a nonresident.
05/16/11 WALLINGFORD - At age 49, most people don't have the summer itinerary of Glenn Caffery: Wake up in Oregon after a flight from Massachusetts, fill a baby stroller Thursday morning with supplies, then run, not walk, 3,312 miles to Rhode Island.
04/11/11 Narragansett Town Beach has lost so much sand that at high tide, much of it is either swept by waves or cobbled with rocks.
03/29/11 In an attempt to help cover a $331-million state budget deficit, Governor Chafee has proposed doubling beach parking fees
02/26/11 WHO: Ned Daly, 59, of Needham; his sister, Betsy Daly, 61, of Cambridge, and friend Cindy Hendrickson, 56, of Gloucester
02/24/11 Walter Richard Donahue of Palm Beach, Cincinnati and Watch Hill, R.I., died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011.
01/17/11 WESTERLY - An anti-gay marriage activist on Sunday strongly urged an audience of more than 100 at St. Clare Roman Catholic Church to work against legalization of gay marriage in Rhode Island.
01/03/11 Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, 108 North St., in Norfolk, announces its programs for January.
12/04/10 WESTERLY - While the $2.1 million rehabilitation of the Weekapaug Bridge is scheduled to start this spring, the project is not expected to close the overpass or hamper traffic this summer, state officials say.
09/04/10 After days of preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Earl, southeastern Connecticut experienced a surprisingly quiet Friday night, with periods of heavy rain and wind followed by long stretches of calm that allowed flooded roadways to dry up and utility crews to handle sporadic outages.PHOTO GALLERY
09/03/10 Westerly residents endure heavy winds and high surf as Hurricane Earl passes by Southern New England.
09/03/10 Rhode Island and Connecticut should be spared the worst of Hurricane Earl but state officials are warning residents not to get complacent.
09/03/10 Hurricane Earl is the No. 1 topic of conversation for area fishermen and boaters. Everyone is urged to keep a close watch on the tract of the storm, for a 50- to 100-mile shift to the west from its centerline projection could spell the difference between just rain and windy conditions to an escalating problem.
07/23/10 Your best chance for a bass or blue in The Race right now is the ebb tide, and if you pick the right spot in our waters, you have a chance of a keeper fluke, maybe a sea bass and loads of porgies on most of our near-shore rock piles.
07/02/10 There is an assortment of fish to pick from if you plan a weekend on the water.Fluke catches are a bit better, a nice charge of large bass moved into Fishers Island and the Watch Hill Reefs, while
06/30/10 Westerly police have identified a man who died after getting into trouble with the undertow in the waters off Misquamicut (mis-KWA'-mih-kuht) Beach earlier this week. Police - Law - Law Enforcement - United States - Westerly Rhode Island
06/29/10 Authorities say a man who went swimming behind a Westerly restaurant adjacent to Misquamicut Beach has drowned. Westerly Rhode Island - Water Sports - Sports - Swimming and Diving - Rhode Island
06/27/10 There were about 40 of them, and they could have been a representative sample of the sweat-brined beach crowd at Rocky Neck State Park, save for one important detail. The people lined up along the boardwalk weren't reclining in the sand or swimming, but standing still, in near silence, joining hands. | 
