Providence seafood lovers rejoice — there is a new fish market on the scene. Fearless Fish opened on West Fountain Street a few months ago, and behind the counter is owner/fishmonger Stu Meltzer, who loves nothing more than helping customers learn the ins and outs of preparing and cooking fish and shellfish they might have …
This new spur of the Woonasquatucket Greenway Bike Path allows pedestrians and cyclists a new perspective of the Rising Sun fish ladders and adds another stretch of the bike path. From the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council website, The green linear park revitalizes the major hidden natural resource on the West Side of the City and …
While not a major episode, locating fish in distress near the shore on River Road was not difficult. Seagulls pulled this one out of the shallows, so . . . circle of life and all that. According to the ProJo, On a routine boat trip Tuesday to test water quality on Narragansett Bay, a team …
And right now, downtown Providence is teeming with them. This year the 2010 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is being held through Monday at the Rhode Island Convention Center. According to the ProJo, The five-day conference is an annual gathering of four societies of fish, reptile and amphibian researchers. Brown University and the Universities …
Yes, we are running an ad for this event. But lest you think we’re whoring ourselves out by posting about it too, please remember that we have a well-established track record of covering sewage (poo) news — and particularly bacterial loads/fecal matter content in the Bay. (We hear that the CSO is indeed working, and …
Downtown Riverwalk I stumbled upon these ridiculously enthusiastic kids fishing in the Providence River this afternoon. Today it was all white perch, but they reported that they often catch (and eat!) stripers and blue fish at this location.