1917 yacht donated to West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Arguably the most noticeable boat tooling around West River waters - a 1917, 52-foot-long "commuter" yacht called Blue Mist - has been donated to the West/Rhode Riverkeeper.

The conservation group won't use it to make daily rounds in and around the West and Rhode. But the craft likely will provide quite a bit of visibility for the organization and make a great platform to get a small crowd in closer contact with the resource the riverkeeper seeks to protect.

"It evokes a period on the river we would like to return to," said Shady Side's Terence Smith, the retired PBS and New York Times...