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Quest for Title Begins Mon. 7/31 Gulls Secure Home Field Advantage NEWPORT, RI- The Newport Gulls will be...

Library Expands Homebound Delivery Program

Newport, RI -- Being parents of Newport newborns just got a little easier. The Newport Public Library (NPL) is expanding...

Pell Bridge Ramps Phase 2, Newport

We are scheduled to shift Admiral Kalbfus Road west traffic onto the new pavement on Thursday night, August 3. This involves alternating...

PLANTING A SEED for SUCCESS – New Date

An opportunity that could change your life! The P.A.S.S (Planting A Seed for Success) program is a 14-week opportunity to...

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Bikes—The Jazzy Way to The Festival

Jon Batiste (inset photo), a surprise visitor to last week’s Newport Folk Festival, is scheduled to take to the stage...

Middletown Council Delays Budget Approval Until Aug. 7

Citing a potential 10 percent increase in taxes, the Middletown Town Council again delayed approving a budget for the current...

Clijsters Aims to Raise Tennis Hall of Fame Profile

In March 2023, the International Tennis Hall of Fame brought on three people to replace outgoing CEO Todd Martin, with...

Council to Seek Second Opinion on Contaminated Soil

The Newport City Council will seek a second opinion on whether a 36,000-cubic-yard pile of contaminated soil at Rogers High...

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Newport’s Own Laden Valley at Newport Folk Fest 2023

Bill Bartholomew caught up with Newport, RI-based Laden Valley at Newport Folk 2023. The band was one of the "homegrown"...

Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong

Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong joins Bill Bartholomew to discuss an array of issues.

Franklin Vagnone, President, Newport Restoration Foundation

Franklin Vagnone, President, Newport Restoration Foundation, discusses the Vernon House, the latest project that the foundation is championing, plus, the...

OBITUARIES

Christa M. (Alexander) Mortrude

Christa M. (Alexander) Mortrude, 86, of Middletown, R.I., died July...

NEWS BRIEFS

Calvary United Methodist Church Yard Sale

Calvary United Methodist Church at 200 Turner Road, Middletown will hold a church wide yard sale on Saturday, August 12th...

PLANTING A SEED for SUCCESS – New Date

An opportunity that could change your life! The P.A.S.S (Planting A Seed for Success) program is a 14-week opportunity to...

Haiti Mission Drive

Haiti Mission Drive Clothing, school supplies, toys, toiletries and non-perishable food items to help the people of Haiti are being...

AROUND TOWN

12 Metre World Championship: At the Halfway Mark, Things are Heating Up

With six races under their sailing belts, the 12 Metre sailors here for the12 Metre World Championship are more than...

Symbolic Ceremony to be Held at Largest Enslaved Burial Ground in Nation

Located off Farewell Street in Newport, “God’s Little Acre,” the largest burying ground of enslaved people in the country, will...

Why Racial Integration of Baseball Was Much More Than Just That

History accords the bulk of the credit for breaking the racial ban in baseball to two figures: Branch Rickey and...

A True Jazz Fan: RI Native Has Attended Every Festival for 69 Years

Burt Jagolinzer might actually have played trumpet during the Newport Jazz Festival if he had only passed muster in his...

Elevator Issue May Impact Early Voting in Newport

A broken elevator at Newport City Hall may throw a wrench into the early voting period for the upcoming special...

OPINION

VJ Day Negatively Impacts Racial Tolerance

The Newport mayor, Xay Khamsyvoravong, wrote about tolerance, racial equity and removing hate from our words and actions in a...

LTE: Bike Riders Set Record

Thanks to all who biked to the Folk Festival this past weekend and to all who supported the sea of...

School Committee Silences Dissenting Voice

The chair of the Newport School Committee, Becky Bolan, meets with the superintendent to set the meeting agenda. My agenda...

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Bikes—The Jazzy Way to The Festival

Middletown Council Delays Budget Approval Until Aug. 7

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Council to Seek Second Opinion on Contaminated Soil

VIDEOS

Newport’s Own Laden Valley at Newport Folk Fest 2023

Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong

Franklin Vagnone, President, Newport Restoration Foundation

OBITUARIES

Christa M. (Alexander) Mortrude

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Calvary United Methodist Church Yard Sale

PLANTING A SEED for SUCCESS – New Date

Haiti Mission Drive

AROUND TOWN

12 Metre World Championship: At the Halfway Mark, Things are Heating Up

Symbolic Ceremony to be Held at Largest Enslaved Burial Ground in Nation

Why Racial Integration of Baseball Was Much More Than Just That

A True Jazz Fan: RI Native Has Attended Every Festival for 69 Years

Elevator Issue May Impact Early Voting in Newport

OPINION

VJ Day Negatively Impacts Racial Tolerance

LTE: Bike Riders Set Record

School Committee Silences Dissenting Voice

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