By Cynthia Drummond — A recent assessment of the breachway that connects Quonochontaug Pond to Block Island Sound found the channel, stabilized with rock jetties, and the salt pond are in relatively good shape but are showing signs of deterioration.

By Asad Jung — The Select Board is considering changing the town's beach sticker policies following complaints from seasonal residents who say they pay higher fees and can't use resident-only parking lots.

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 Christopher Gavin — A summertime confrontation on a Rhode Island beach has continued on even long after the warm weather left the Ocean State’s adored coastline.

By Christopher Allen — … The right of access to the shoreline is enshrined in the state’s constitution. But the definition of “access” is less clearly defined, as many people feel these rights-ofway do not include adequate parking for visitors.

By Topher Hamblett — … The 2021 legislative session produced three study commissions, all in the House of Representatives, that focus on issues that directly impact Narragansett Bay. For that reason, House Speaker Joe Shekarchi appointed Save The Bay to serve on each commission…

By Antonia Noori Farzan — Narragansett is looking at having a professional surveyor determine whether private property owners are encroaching on public rights of way at several popular surfing and fishing destinations.

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 Polly Mosendz and Eric Roston — If you happened to be in Montauk, N.Y., when the trucks started rolling in this summer, you’d get a sense of how much sand $171,000 buys.

By Amanda Valentine — Spaces along Rhode Island’s beautiful coastline are highly coveted. Determining just how to share these spaces can be a significant source of confusion and conflict. …

By Roger Warburton — For Rhode Islanders, an increase in flood insurance rates is coming, perhaps as soon as next year. And, perhaps surprisingly, to inland property owners as well as those along the coast…

By Paul Edward Parker — … But some perceive ugliness at the beach’s entrance on Rhode Island Road: a gate in a chain-link fence. A sign warning that only Little Compton residents are allowed to enter this paradise. Sometimes, a guard is posted nearby to dissuade outsiders.

By Josh Bickford — Portsmouth Park, Prudence Island and a shelter on the draft list for capital projects

By Brian Amaral — Town Council members heard a proposal from the town’s parks and recreation director, Michelle Kershaw, to raise walk-on admission fees to the Narragansett Town Beach from $12 to $15 per person

By Brian Amaral — How is this affecting our lives on Aquidneck Island? What are the policy options for preparing for sea rise? The forum will be an opportunity to discuss these questions with local experts in the field.

By Hadley Barndollar — If a major flood happened tomorrow, hundreds of thousands of homes, commercial buildings, roads and critical infrastructure across New England are at risk of damage, according to a new report by the First Street Foundation. And the dangers are only expected to grow over the next 30 years.

By Antonia Noori Farzan — If you show up at Gaspee Point looking for a way down to the water, you may start to worry you’ll be accused of trespassing... But you’re actually on the way to discovering one of Warwick’s best-kept secrets.

By Darryl Fears and Lori Rozsa — As FEMA prepares to remove subsidies from its flood insurance, a new assessment says 8 million homeowners in landlocked states are at risk of serious flooding because of climate change

By Antonia Noori Farzan — Ben Weber started working for his father's construction company when he was a teenager. So a few years later, when a security guard at Fenway Beach in Weekapaug tried to tell him that he wasn't supposed to be there because it was private, he knew the solution was to find a public easement.