Middletown Student is RI’s ‘Doodle for Google’ Contest Winner
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 22, 2024
In January, Google asked students across the U.S. to submit their ideas for the16th annual Doodle for Googlecontest. For 2024, in celebration of Google’s 25th anniversary, they asked students to answer the prompt “My wish for the next 25 years…” through their art. Mary Precia McCabe, a student at All Saints STEAM Academy is the Rhode Island winner. McCabe titled […]
Big Budget Decisions Await City Council
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 20, 2024
The Newport City Council will have a lot to consider when it votes on the city’s proposed $115 million fiscal year 2025 budget on May 22. The budget proposes a restructuring of city departments to make way for a new Resilience and Sustainability Department, which comes with three new positions totaling an annual $480,000 in salaries and benefits. Additionally, School […]
Big Band Music in a Gilded Age Gothic Church
By Colleen McGrath | on May 20, 2024
youtu.be/dg5ux38gWdA Summer in Newport has begun Emmanuel Church held the first of what will surely be many community events on May 19, 2024 when it invited The Larry Brown Swingline Orchestra to perform and the community to come listen and dance in the nave of the church. Carroll Venable and Jimmy Winters crooned to packed pews. The event was a […]
Child Transported to Hospital After Third-Floor Window Fall in Newport
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 15, 2024
An 11-month old was transported to Hasbro Children’s Hospital following a fall from a third-story window on the evening of May 14, the Newport Police Department reported. Emergency personnel responded to a residence on Lucas Avenue at 6:20 p.m. for the report of someone bleeding, according to a press release from the department. The child was taken to Newport […]
Beloved Twin Lobster Rolls Heading To Second Beach
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 15, 2024
Easton’s Beach Snack Bar owner Barry Botelho is bringing much of his menu, including beloved twin lobster rolls, to Second Beach this summer. Botelho announced today that he recently reached an agreement with partners of Salty’s, the current food service provider at Second Beach, to sell the local staple in Middletown. Other popular menu items will follow, according to Botelho. […]
Newport Appoints Navy Vet as New City Manager
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 09, 2024
On May 8, The Newport City Council voted 5-2 to appoint Colin Kennedy, the current CEO of Navy Reserve Center Newport, as city manager and approved his $225,000 per-year contract. The council selected Kennedy over the city’s longtime finance director and current acting manager Laura Sitrin. Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong was joined in his vote for Kennedy by councilors Charles Holder, […]
Newport Begins Removing Easton’s Beach Carousel
By Phil Cozzolino | on May 08, 2024
As part of ongoing demolitions, the Easton’s Beach carousel is currently being disassembled by a team from WRF Designs, a firm based in Plainville, Connecticut, that specializes in amusem*nt park restoration and maintenance. The process is expected to run through the remainder of this week, according to the city. Once fully removed from the building,the iron-cast horses and other […]
Protest at Salve Regina for Divestment May 2, 2024
By Community Submission | on May 01, 2024
We are having a protest at Salve Regina for divestment tomorrow Check change.org/p/salve-mercy-petition or @seahawks4mercy on Instagram The university supports the protest, we look forward to you joining us 12 PM, Ochre Court Gate, Thursday, May 2nd. Expected 50-100 people
Newport Kinsale 25th Anniversary Parade Video
By Colleen McGrath | on April 18, 2024
youtu.be/2uRS5Q1nKJw On April 13, 2024, the Town of Kinsale, Ireland hosted a parade to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the twinning with its sister city Newport, RI. One hundred citizens from Newport traveled to march in the parade and celebrate the relationship of friendship with Kinsale. Known as the “Gourmet Capital of Ireland,” Kinsale became a twin of Newport in […]
Newport County residents invited to share input at free community dinner April 16
By Community Submission | on April 12, 2024
Rhode Island Foundation awarded $5.2 million in grants to Newport County nonprofits last year The Rhode Island Foundation is inviting Newport County residents to share their thoughts about the issues that are important to them at a free community dinner Tues., April 16. “We want to hear what matters most to you. Sharing your perspective will help guide the Foundation’s […]
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