The fall season is officially a wrap for Beacon Communications. As always, it went by fast. Thanksgiving marked two great football matchups for our local high school teams as the Johnston Panthers made the trip to Pilgrim to battle the Pats while more

By CAPT. DAVE MONTI NOAA Fisheries will implement Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as adopted by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (FMP). The Council … more

The Bishop Hendricken football team won its fourth consecutive state championship on Sunday afternoon by topping rival La Salle 49-40 at Cranston Stadium. It was a shootout from start to finish and became the highest-scoring state championship in Rhode more

By CAPT. DAVE MONTI Fishing gear is expensive and through COVID there was a shortage so taking care of your gear is more important than ever before. And, if you are going to invest in new gear what should you look for? Learn how to maintain your rods and more

Paul Newman of New Milford, New Jersey took the Rhode Island State Record for tautog last week with a 33-inch, 21.57-pound tautog caught when fishing on a charter with Capt. Connor MacLeod of … more

Most of you have heard the story by now, but the Pilgrim High School and Warwick Vets bleachers were closed off last week due to a code violation. During a Toll Gate girls soccer game at Vets, a parent in the stands noticed that the bleachers had too more

Cod fish are bottom fish that are basically lazy. They are not aggressively hunting, they pretty much stay on the bottom, often near structure (underwater wrecks, rock piles, holes, humps and … more

Last week the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administraion (NOAA) announced two public listening sessions to garner input on ways they can advance goals outlined in the  “Conserving and … more

This past weekend, a group of about 30 or so people held a celebration to honor retired coach Francis "Mickey" McGuire. McGuire, 94, spent decades coaching local youth sports including football, basketball and baseball and made countless friendships more

With the playoffs coming up in most sports, I have begun rummaging through the various playoff schedules, formats and possibilities. One thing that excites me is how a handful of our girls soccer teams are ready to make a run toward a championship. The more

Brandon Hagopian and his girlfriend Jenna Lombardo, both of Cranston, caught a 1,000-pound, 124-inch bluefin tuna Sunday, October 17 fishing off Cape Cod. They caught the tuna not on a large sport fishing boar but on Brandon's 24-foot Cobia center more

The Bishop Hendricken football team edged Central 14-8 in a tightly-contested battle on Monday evening to stay undefeated in league play this fall. The Hawks have not lost a game to a public school in nine seasons and it looked like the visiting Knights more