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Newport Schools Should Be Fully Funded
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (377+ words) I attended the Newport School Committee meeting on May 12 where in the committee voted 5-2 to accept the superintendentu2019s recu00adommended personnel cuts. It was heartening to see so many teachers, parents, students, and concerned members of the comu00admunity show up to urge the comu00admittee members…...
Boots On The Ground
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (71+ words) More than 7, 000 combat boots, anchored by flagpoles waving red, white, and blue, will fill the Fort Adams Parade Ground in honor of servicemembers killed in action post-9/11, including 13 servicemembers killed in this yearu2019s war in Iran. Operation Stand Down, a Rhode…...
Impact 100 Generated $208, 000 for High-Impact Grants
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (173+ words) Impact 100 board members Nancy Serpa, Kathy Kronholm, Cathy Piccoli, Renee Sherman, Maura Lindsay, Lee Anne Langston, Allison Ingalsbee, Annie Becker and Bonnie Watson. At a recent gathering Impact100 Newport County announced five finalists for its inaugural grant cycle. The group's 208 members…...
Flex On Demand" Public Transit Expanded on Island
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (381+ words) Pilot Flex On Demand service available through June 30. More Aquidneck Island residents can now request a ride on public transit using a smartphone app in what the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is calling "Flex on Demand." The pilot program,…...
250th Events
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (118+ words) " On July 4, viewing at the Rhode Island State House will feature all three of Rhode Island's copies of the Declaration of Independence as part of the RI250 Independence Day event. " May 31 Middletown Celebrates America 250 at Paradise Park, historical re-enactors, drumming demonstrations,…...
Run Supports National Mental Health Month
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (169+ words) The ASICS Blue Jean Mile is an an'nual running event and awareness campaign where participants run a mile wearing blue jeans. The free event took place on May 19, where adult and youth runners took off from the store Run Newport…...
Billboards Can Be Beautiful
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (145+ words) If your neighborhood must be home to a billboard, why not make it a pretty one? People's Credit Union has done just that with a smallish, traditional neighborhood billboard at the corner of Van Zandt Avenue and Prescott Hall Road....
Ag Innovation Camp Portsmouth Receives $50, 000 Gift from Maya L. Auchincloss Revocable Living Trust
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (121+ words) Landmark Donation Will Support Agricultural Education and Conservation Programming for Rhode Island Youth The Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District and Ag Innovation Camp Portsmouth are proud to announce the receipt of a generous $50, 000 donation from the Maya L. Auchincloss Revocable Living…...
**UPDATE** Newport Police Investigate a Suspicious Death at Local Hotel
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (443+ words) On May 18, 2026 at 10: 10 a. m. , at the request of the Bristol Police Department, Newport Police Officers responded to the Harbor Base Inn, 372 Connell Highway, room 132, to make a death notification to Terry Costello that her 66-year-old son, Bernard Costello had jumped from…...
Creating Lasting Memory of Newport's Youth with the RENEWport Semiquincentennial 250 Archival Project
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (274+ words) RENEWport has launched the RENEWport Semiquincentennial 250 Archival Project to preserve and showcase the reflections of local youth about the nation's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The project, in collaboration with Newport Historical Society, Newport Public Schools, and the Met…...