It’s well-known that the town of Darien loves, and makes strong use of, its access to the water. Plenty of shoreline, and a number of private and public clubs and beach associations along that ...

In poetic punctuation to end Rhode Island’s 10th annual Quahog Week, the state is reopening a section of Narragansett Bay ...

Parts of the Down East coast have been reopened to shellfish harvesting because of declining levels of a potentially harmful biotoxin produced by an unusual algae bloom. On Thursday, the Department of ...

A 462-acre area in Narragansett Bay is reopening to shellfishing for the first time since 1975. Water quality has improved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image shows the area in Greenwich Cove, Warwick, that's being reopened to shellfishing. It increases by 10% the amount of ...

WARWICK — In yet another sign that the waters in and around Narragansett Bay are cleaner than they have been in generations, state regulators are opening up an area in the lower Providence River to ...

Wastewater management improvements due to infrastructure investments have resulted in lower bacteria levels in the area.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An algae bloom is forcing the closure of most of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island to shellfishing. The state Department of Environmental Management says this is the first time ...