Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island ... the Blackstone was “one of America’s most polluted rivers.” In 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency said the river held ...

“Since the 1972 passage of the Clean Water Act, EPA and states have worked hard to improve water quality in waterbodies throughout Rhode Island and New England, including the Blackstone River ...

A civil lawsuit has been filed against the city of Woonsocket and a pair of private contractors for allegedly polluting the Blackstone River with partially treated sewage. Rhode Island Attorney ...

On Sept. 9, 1972, about 10,000 people descended on the banks of the Blackstone River. Flowing 48 miles south through Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Blackstone at the time was considered ...

Whether you're looking for recreation, exercise or an alternate means of transportation this summer, Rhode Island offers ... counting the fact that the Blackstone River Bikeway and East Bay ...

How the color of the water would change depending on what dyes were being used at the riverside factories. How the water was so polluted it couldn’t even be used for fighting fires because it ...

Woonsocket police have released the identity of the man they said jumped into the Blackstone River Tuesday night after a car accident. Police said 21-year-old Eric Carter of Bellingham jumped in ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — On Saturday many residents across Rhode Island and Massachusetts commemorated one of the largest environmental clean-ups to take place on the Blackstone River.