Block Island News

The state Division of Public Utilities and Carriers on Friday yanked the license for half of Yellow Cab's fleet and fined the company $100,000 for rolling back odometers on its cabs.

" After two months of talks, Deepwater Wind LLC and National Grid are still unable to agree upon a contract for the utility to purchase electricity from the developer's offshore wind farm.

Deepwater Wind has hired Sandra T. Whitehouse as a consultant to advise the company on permitting for a marine wind farm proposed in state waters off the coast of Block Island.

Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St.

The last 14 months of Gov. Donald L. Carcieri's term may prove the most challenging for his ambitious energy agenda.

Oyster farmers transfer truckloads of oysters to Quonochontaug Pond from West Beach Road in Charlestown Friday.

Guitar World recently gave credit to KISS for turning "party" into a verb. And for Halloween, the album to party to is Jodi Explodi's Shipyard , an EP released over the summer, but really built for the end of October, populated with ghosts, zombies, and all manner of supernatural creatures, brought to life via anthemic metal and speed-freak punk.

The main point of contention in the contract talks between National Grid and Deepwater Wind is the price of electricity generated by the proposed wind farm off Block Island.

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri wants a green power developer and an electricity supplier to resolve their differences over a wind farm proposed off Block Island.

The Carcieri administration is urging National Grid and Deepwater Wind to resume negotiations over an agreement for the utility to buy electricity from a wind farm proposed off Block Island.

The state Department of Environmental Management has announced that seasonal shellfish openings will take effect at sunrise Tuesday.

The new book Yankee Modern: The Houses of Estes/Twombly resembles the work of Estes/Twombly itself: thoughtful, modestly scaled, well-designed. Written by Providence, R.I.-based architectural historian William Morgan, the book showcases ten houses from the Newport, R.I., firm led by Jim Estes, FAIA, and Peter Twombly, AIA.

Rhode Island's congressional delegation met with Governor Carcieri and other officials on Friday for a briefing on the progress of two wind farms being proposed in state coastal waters.

Governor Carcieri on Friday announced two appointments to the panel that helps select the state's judges, one of whom is his former chief of staff, Jeffrey Grybowski.

Fantastic, hip, soulful keys couple with brilliant stop-motion editing, as a Moog and Rhodes keyboard are splashed with light painting, in this new music video from Ethan Goldhammer.

Opponents of the contested plan to expand Champlin's Marina on Block Island asked the state Supreme Court yesterday to overturn a lower court decision that approved the expansion, and to send the case back to the state's coastal agency for further review.

Test results from a mosquito pool, or sample, from a trap set in the southern part of East Providence near the Seekonk border have been confirmed as positive for West Nile virus, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

State geologist Jon Boothroyd warned that houses are raised on pilings along the South County beaches to avoid storm waves, but state and local officials use standards so old they do not account for 1 foot of sea level rise.

Blue H USA, a Dutch-owned company that wants to anchor floating wind turbines some 20 miles southwest of Martha's Vineyard to harness offshore ocean winds, has applied for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps.

One of the most beautiful and traveled summer destinations is Block Island, a small flame-shaped island in between Long Island and the Connecticut coast.