Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A seagull, standing on a rock in the Saugatucket River, waddled closer to the seam of foamy water swirling by.

Nineteen of the 40 dams that once powered more than 200 mills along the Blackstone River remain. Colonists were astounded by the unbelievable numbers of fish they witnessed during the spring migration ...