Memorial Day weekend safety tips, closed shellfishing areas

Car packed for summer vacation.

This could be the biggest Memorial Day weekend for travel in close to 20 years say those who keep track of this sort of thing. Knowing that, many will be staying close to home, visiting each other, going to outdoor events, etc. Ahead of Memorial Day, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is issuing…

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Outdoors RI: Greenwich Bay area closed to shellfishing for 20 years opens TODAY

A group of boats docked at a dock.

Photo: URI, Greenwich Bay The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it is upgrading about 180 acres of shellfishing grounds in the Nausauket area of Greenwich Bay in Warwick from prohibited to conditionally approved harvesting status starting at sunrise on Friday, Sept. 2. The opening represents a 10 percent increase in…

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