A U.S. Coast Guard plan to modernize maritime navigation systems could include removing hundreds of buoys and other markers in the Northeast, and that has the attention of Huntington officials, who ...

The Coast Guard says that the way boaters navigate has changed in the era of GPS and electronic charts, but many smaller vessels lack that technology. Proposed changes would mean removing 6% of the ...

(WPRI) — If you rely on traditional buoys while navigating Northeast waters, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) wants to hear from you. As part of an effort to modernize how mariners navigate, USCG has ...

NORTHAMPTON — Dozens of green and red buoys and floating white barrels marked with neon orange circles and “6 MPH” in black ink will not be seen on the Connecticut River above the Holyoke Dam this ...

NORTHAMPTON — Amid the patriotic displays of fireworks booming across the Valley skies, the aroma of burgers and hot dogs sizzling on a grill, and red, white, and blue decor draping tabletops and ...

Sea lions basking in the sun on red-and-white buoys are often the first sight of wildlife as boaters set out to the open ocean from harbors dotting California’s coastline. The buoys, however, are not ...

I share US Representative Seth Moulton’s skepticism of the Coast Guard’s review of nautical markers along the New England coast (“Wave of criticism hits plan to yank some buoys,” Page A1, July 29). He ...