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4/28: High hopes for summer
At least one group of seasonal visitors -- piping plovers -- have returned to the South County shorefront, despite January's devastating oil spill. And human tourists aren't far behind, say the watchers of a Rhode Island vacation industry once considered in jeopardy because of the disaster.

4/11: More of Block I. Sound open for fishing
PROVIDENCE -- The National Marine Fisheries Service has reopened all federal water in Block Island Sound for shellfishing and lobstering, except for a section east of New Shoreham.

4/10: Dozens decry 'knee-jerk' legislation on oil spills
A platoon of oil industry representatives descended on Providence yesterday urging Rhode Island not to adopt "knee-jerk" oil spill legislation before determining if a problem exists.

4/6: State waters reopened to all fishing
State health and environmental officials announced that all state waters, except a 15-square-mile area adjacent to where the North Cape oil barge went aground, have been reopened to all fishing, including lobster and shellfish.