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At Rocky Point, a history lesson on ‘the people’s park’ NEWPORT, R.I. – November 14, 2024 – Ten years after Rocky Point opened as a state park, one of the main figures in its revitalization took students through the park to teach them about its history. George Shuster Jr., Save The Bay board president and … Read More

Voters Agree in a Landslide to Invest in the Environment–Backing Green Bond by 3:1 Margin in Rhode Island R.I. – November 13, 2024 – Attached to the presidential ballots in this year’s elections, Rhode Island had posed question 4: would the voter like to see the state borrow money for environmental preservation? Question 4 passed … Read More

Florence, Friendship and Flooding: Splendor of Florence Festival returns to Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. – November 13, 2024 – In 1998, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci, Jr. signed a friendship pact with Leonardo Domenici, then-mayor of Florence, Italy. To celebrate this pact, Cianci commissioned Joyce Acciaioli Rudge to put on the first Splendor of Florence Festival, … Read More

‘These are gross substances’: EPA urged to clean up Westerly site WESTERLY, R.I. – November 7, 2024 – The now-vacant Bradford Printing and Finishing mill in Westerly is still home to a long list of dangerous chemicals, and Save the Bay is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fast-track its cleanup. According to a … Read More

Tear down this wall NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – October 10, 2024 – A Quidnessett Country Club spokesperson defended the club’s illegal construction of a 600-foot rock wall on the shores of Narragansett Bay as an effort to “protect our cherished Bay” in a story published Sept. 24 in Rhode Island Current. Rhode Islanders, do not … Read More

NOAA Evaluating Rhode Island’s Coastal Regulatory Agency WAKEFIELD, R.I. – October 7, 2024 – It’s not often one of the state’s environmental agencies gets a report card from the federal government. This year the Coastal Resources Management Council has been undergoing a routine checkup from the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When Rhode Island … Read More