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DANGER PRONE: The seawall that holds up the Cliff Walk south of Narragansett Avenue has been damaged by erosion and that section of the walk has been closed for nearly three years. A dispute over federal funding has created uncertainty about the repair.  PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Repairs to Newport’s Cliff Walk remain out of reach

Focus 02/28/2025

Newport’s Cliff Walk is in a battle against the sea – needing millions of dollars for crucial repairs – and a new conflict in...

WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN NEXT? The March 2010 floods showed that the effects of storms are felt not just on Rhode Island’s coastline, as the Pawtuxet River spilled well over its banks, inundating many homes and businesses, and disrupting lives. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Climate mitigation pays off, but it has to be put in...

Editorials 03/23/2018

This week’s conclusion of a three-part series by PBN staff writer Eli Sherman on Rhode Island’s vulnerability to flooding and storm damage is sobering. The...

DIGGING OUT: A truck clears sand off Atlantic Avenue in the Misquamicut community of Westerly following “Superstorm” Sandy in 2012. Today the town is still dredging 20,000 cubic yards of sand from Winnapaug Pond deposited there during the storm. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

The Ocean State has seen the damage storms can cause. So...

Cover Story 01/19/2018

(Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island's vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local...

Becker named Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences

Education 05/19/2017

AUSTIN BECKER, a professor of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, was recently named a Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences by...

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