Warwick, R.I. Charles Schifino was born in East Providence, R.I, on Aug. 23, 1945 and passed away unexpectedly at home in Warwick, R.I., on June 28, 2020. Charles honorably served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1964-1967) earning Pistol Marksman and Rifle Sharpshooter Badges, and medals in National Defense Service andRead More

Warwick, R.I. Susan Scolnick Quackenbush of Warwick, R.I., passed away peacefully at age 70 on Sunday, June 28, surrounded by her family. Susan, daughter of Aaron and Beatrice Scolnick, was born in Lowell, Mass., on Jan. 24, 1950. She graduated from Lowell High School, received her undergraduate degree from TheRead More

West Greenwich, R.I. James Halpin passed away suddenly Monday, June 22, 2020 at Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I. Born in Providence, James was a son of the late Edward M. and Theresa (Beauregard) Halpin. James was the owner of Summit Heating Service Inc. for over 34 years. He was aRead More

Cruising under sail is one of the few places in life in which we can escape a world certain it has a right to be in our faces 24/7, to always be badgering us to buy stuff, act now, shape and share our views, to know our exact location, whoRead More

It was a pleasant enough day when a friend and I took a new-to-me 14’ runabout down the Providence River from the neighborhood of Riverside in East Providence. At 16 years old we were venturing into the “vast open water” of Narragansett Bay south of Conimicut Light headed for PatienceRead More

In total, Ray Trombley has spent 30 years making his living on the Maine coast. His career has taken him from digging clams to selling them wholesale at the establishment he owns – Casco Bay Shellfish in Brunswick, Maine.

We always spend as much time as possible on our Finngulf 391 sloop West Wind, a 39’ masterpiece from Finland. Whether we would be aboard this past summer was certainly in doubt.

“We’re getting to be antiques,” I whispered to Elsa, as I collapsed into the cockpit after dropping the old Herreshoff anchor 50 yards off a nearly abandoned fisherman’s wharf. It was the end of a brisk fall solo sail, a late cruise, as I was reluctant to let go ofRead More

“Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro” by Rachel Slade. Ecco Press, 2018; 416 pp. $12.29. Review by Bob Muggleston In October of 2015 reports emerged that a 790-foot container ship named El Faro had gone missing somewhere off the Bahamas. She’d beenRead More

By Jim McGuire For Points East As a child with a wagon, I played boat in the puddles in the schoolyard across the street from our house in the Lippitt Hill section of Providence. I also used the wagon to go around my neighborhood collecting wood. I would go knockingRead More