We offer 5 tips to preserve the peace between snowplow drivers and your ever-cleaned driveway. It's snow and it's not that hard to get along. You want a clean driveway at all hours and we want clear roads for everyone. A little cooperation and understanding of the bigger picture will get us there.
Rivers mean everything to us so this week, we celebrate Spring's rivers and riders. There's a Trout Unlimited banquet, a new kayak lift on the Saugatucket River and sadly, we say goodbye to one of the best, Matt Wunsch. Matt was a fisherman, writer, family man, friend and all around good shit.
CRMC's Potter Pond shell game of last minute Hail Mary's ignores the will of so many opponents of losing more open water to private business. We have been telling this tale for almost six years and we're all just as frustrated as when this was proposed without notice to anyone on the pond.
For the next two weeks, we'll revisit some of our favorites 2022 Fish Wrap memories, full of characters, beaches, boats and even icebergs. Despite lots of obstacles, it was a pretty fine year. Join us, subscribe to our newsletter, like and share us and all that and please, enjoy the people we meet.
Boats blocking public access are just as egregious as wealthy weekenders guarding "their" piece of a beach. With this crush of tourism in many coastal communities, people's laziness or belief their seasonal residence affords them a pass to year round laws, can block others from accessing water. Please, take your boats home.
Cod, fluke, Lawrence Thompson & Jerry Garcia make for a big week of Fish Wrap. Cod fishing is on pause for good reason, fluke are sparse but charitable, if that makes any sense, Lawrence and his family are pure joy to write about and Jerry, well, there's always room for Mr. Garcia in Fish Wrap, especially as we begin the days between.
Celebrating at URI's Mosby House, I learned the joy of being with women who choose to lead on the day our courts erased their right to choose. Some days it feels like our country is burning but some other days, we are blessed by the company of people who simply amaze us.
“Good morning, the plumber/carpenter/furnace guy/painter will be at the house tomorrow. Just thought I’d let you know,” was a common message on...