By Antonia Noori Farzan — Unable to afford fertilizer back in the Azores, Raymond Xavier's great-grandfather would gather seaweed and plow it into the ground…

By Antonia Noori Farzan — RIDOT initially said that "fishing accommodations will not be provided" on the new East Bay Bike Path bridges, but now says that it doesn't intend to prohibit fishing.

By Wheeler Cowperthwaite — Want to go to the beach, but you're not sure where to go or what is open before the official opening of the beach season? Then this guide is for you.

Barrington, South Kingstown, Westerly (but not Charlestown) are CoastSnap kickoff municipalities

By Antonia Noori Farzan — For years, if not decades, "RISD Beach" was one of Rhode Island's worst-kept secrets… Since 2020, visitors have been greeted by a locked gate, and RISD says it's decided to permanently restrict parking to faculty, students and staff.

By Rob Smith — With summer approaching, the state’s activists are gearing up for battle over that most Rhode Island of issues: beach parking.

Op Ed by Jake Lunsford, of Warren, father to four aspiring anglers — I love fishing stories. I see them as allegories for hope. Casting your lot into the unknown, you hope the tide will take you to some future…

By Tolly Taylor — In just over a dozen years, Barrington will contend with several key roads flooding every month, including the town’s evacuation route for hurricanes, according to experts and sea-level data projections.

By Antonia Noori Farzan — …Several decades ago, the state came up with a solution: Towns could get grants to improve rights of way by clearing away brush, laying down walkways, and putting in amenities like picnic tables and bike racks. In exchange, they had to take steps to ensure that those sites would be accessible to the public — including providing parking whenever possible.

By Alex Nunes — The summer season may be months behind us, but advocates for beach access aren’t letting up on their calls for lawmakers to do more to strengthen and protect shoreline rights. They made their case again Thursday night at a special public hearing in Richmond.

By Brian Amaral — Panel aims to make recommendations about access early next year

By Rob Smith — Rhode Islanders got their first crack at public comment at a recent meeting of the House commission to study shoreline access…

By Josh Bickford — About two weeks ago Barrington officials shifted their position on non-resident parking at the town beach. While the beach had not allowed non-resident parking at the start of the summer season, local officials decided to change that recently.

By Brian Amaral — When COVID hit, some R.I. towns gave their residents priority by placing restrictions on out-of-towners

By Brian Amaral — The quiet, wealthy community has several public points of access to the shore -- and prominent “no parking” signs near many of them, limiting who gets to go to the beach

By Antonia Noori Farzan — When Ken Block got a dog two years ago, his perspective on Barrington started to change. Tilly, a Goldendoodle, loves to swim. So Block, best known locally for his runs for governor in 2010 and 2014, began looking for spots to take her. And he quickly discovered that getting to the water was much harder than it seemed.

By Matt Hayes — Grant for $230,745 will pay for Walker Farm work. The matching grant will help officials expand the gravel parking lot, construct an accessible walkway to a new boat launch, and improve shore access for kayakers and rowers.