PEMBROKE – On a Wednesday morning, Samantha Dempsey and her three children arrived at the Pembroke Historical Herring Run Park by 9 a.m. for their sixth visit this spring. Mikey, 5, ran ahead of his ...

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 ...

Herring and alewife, collectively referred to as river herring, as well as salmon, smelt, shad, striped bass and sturgeon, are anadromous fish — fish that are born in fresh water, spend their lives in ...