The slow boat may just get slower if the federal Commerce Department has its way. A regulation has been proposed to limit the speed of vessels to 10 miles per hour from November to the end of May in order to protect right whales from the possibility.
Back in the days of flip phones, 20-pound laptops, and pagers, Interstate Navigation - The Block Island Ferry ran a boat called the M/V Nelseco out of Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island. I was the guy who was sent to Newport to try and.
Deputy Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Charlene Lima says she plans to introduce legislation to allow the state to have "full control of the amount of police and Emergency personnel on Block Island and on the Block Island Ferry."