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By The Associated Pressnews@abc6.com POINT JUDITH, R.I. (AP) _ The company that operates the Block Island Ferry is seeking to raise rates for some of its passengers.Interstate Navigation Company, ...

By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com @MRandallABC6 Sparks are flying at Specialty Diving Services in Quonset. Trained welders are creating some of the components that will eventually become part o...

By Alana Cerroneacerrone@abc6.comYou won't have to look far to visit one of the country's best family-friendly beaches this summer.Crescent Beach on Block Island made the list of Top 10 Best Family...

By Stephanie Vargas news@abc6.com The United States Coast Guard rescues two fishermen from a sinking boat near Block Island. The Coast Guard received a call at noon that a 38-foot fishing boat, Mor...

By: Alexandra Cowleyacowley@abc6.comIn this weeks Your Town, Your Life we take you to beautiful Block Island. Just 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, it's one of New England's best summer dest...

By The Associated Pressnews@abc6.comCRANSTON, R.I. (AP) _ A vacation on Block Island has turned a New Jersey man into a millionaire.The Rhode Island Lottery said Tuesday that Thomas Mistele of Flem...

The Block Island Ferry has cancelled its evening departures for today due to Hurricane Arthur. Leaving Point Judith: 6PM 8PM Traditional Ferry cancelled 6:45PM Hi-Speed Ferry cancelled Leaving Bloc...

By The Associated Pressnews@abc6.comNEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) _ A Block Island woman has been charged with stealing $187,000 from her employer.Maj. Todd Catlow of the Rhode Island State Police says 3...

By: Chelsea Priestcpriest@abc6.comSailing away to Block Island isn't the only way to get there anymore. Thursday morning Cape Air flew it's inaugural flight to the island. For the first time the ei...

by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com   The foggy, stormy waters on Narragansett Bay today, were probably a metaphor for the battle over ferry service. The Quonset based ferr

By News Staff News@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 One of the Great white sharks that has been tagged off Cape Cod has turned up in Rhode Island waters. Ocearch says its tracker spotted the 15–foot shark

by Mark Curtis, ABC6 Chief Political Reporter mcurtis@abc6.com The Block Island Ferry from Point Judith, may be about to get a rival. The Rhode Island Fast Ferry company - which operates from Quonset

Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Rhode Islanders may soon be able to catch a Block Island Ferry out of Quonset Point in North Kingstown. Rhode Island Ferry Inc., which currently operates a ferry serv

By News Staff  news@abc6.com  The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a station that covers Block Island for the summer boating season.

By News Staff news@abc6.com  Rhode Island is getting to work on repairs to two Block Island roads badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

A pilot pulling a "Will you marry me?" banner behind his single engine plane, crashed into the waters off Block Island Sound, just after 3PM on Monday.

Block Island Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. 48-year-old Ross Campbell hasn't been seen since Saturday. Campbell suffers from mental illness, and police think he may have left the island. If you see him,…

U.S. Coast Guard Station Block Island to close for winter seasonBLOCK ISLAND, R.I. - U.S. Coast Guard Station Block Island will officially conduct the annual seasonal closure for the summer boating season on Tuesday, September 7th 2010.During the winter, Block…

High winds and large waves kept the Block Island Ferry from operating on Tuesday, as the rough seas made the trek to and from the island too dangerous. ABC6 News Reporter Erin Logan spoke to a vacationers and businesses stranded…