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Block Island, located just south of mainland Rhode Island, has something for cruising boaters of all types.

Seas were high and the ferries were canceled for the storm that hit Sunday night, December 17 and lasted most of the day on Monday, with high surf lingering into

Historical preservation groups in Newport and Block Island have filed suit against the federal government over the approval of two large offshore wind farms in the ocean waters off Rhode Island, arguing that the projects' towering turbines would ruin views from the Newport mansions, the Southeast Lighthouse and other historic sites. The Preservation Society of Newport County, which owns 11 historic properties, and the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation on Block Island filed appeals this week of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s approval of the South Fork Wind Farm an...

The following was sent to The Block Island Times by the Southeast Lighthouse Foundation and Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC:

NEWPORT – Historical preservation groups in Newport and Block Island have filed suit against the federal government over the approval of two large offshore wind farms in the ocean waters off Rhode Island, arguing that the projects' towering turbines would ruin views from the Newport mansions, the Southeast Lighthouse and other historic sites.