Carolyn Montgomery, 95, has admired Little Compton's stone walls all of her life, and she wants to ensure future generations ...

"When doing the US landfall map, it occurred to me just how active the 1880s were. In our database, the 1880s hold the record for the most landfalling US hurricanes in a single decade, at 20.

Fall colors will begin to peek through during the week of Sept. 9, covering southern New England with minimal foliage. Patchy colors will start to develop in northern New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.