Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark.

In the past couple of years, both the state of Rhode Island and the Town of New Shoreham have instituted rules for the registration of short-term rentals. On the state side, the registration is with ...

The film is called The Block Island Sound and is made by a family team, directed by brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus, and starring their sister, Michaela McManus, alongside Maze Runner's Chris ...