By MIKE McKINNEY The police say a Connecticut fisherman was catching striped bass without a license, and a South Kingstown dealer bought it from him. A Rhode Island seafood dealer and a Connecticut fisherman have been charged in connection with the illegal landing and selling of striped bass.

RICHMOND -- A public hearing on the proposed conversion of the Knowles Mill site, in Shannock, into a public park will be held tonight at 7 at the H.L. Arnold Fire And Safety Complex on Route 112. The mill, also known as Carmichael Mill, was razed in 2006. Geoffrey A.

By Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal, R.I. Aug. 6--WESTERLY -- About 35 people gathered in the restored lobby of the Industrial Trust Building, the Westerly Land Trust's headquarters, to talk about water quality in the Pawcatuck watershed, roughly the southern third of the state.

The ninth annual BioBlitz organized by the Rhode Island Natural History Survey is scheduled for a 24-hour period beginning Friday at the Grills Preserve in Westerly.

RICHMOND - The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association will receive $35,000 from the state Coastal Resources Management Council toward a planned fish restoration at the Lower Shannock Falls Dam.