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Photo: Group shot of the volunteers at the Coreys Lane beach cleanup  Clean Ocean Access (COA) hosted a beach cleanup on Saturday, October 13th at Coreys Lane in Portsmouth where 19 volunteers, including 14 students from the Naval Academy Preparatory Schools (NAPS), helped to remove 769 pounds of debris. Some of the larger debris found on

Newport Jazz Assembly, a performance series presented by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., which has brought music to dozens of schools throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, will perform in October and November at schools in Warwick, Newport, Lincoln, West Greenwich and Providence, RI. The series, funded by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., connects professional musicians to

Newport, RI – What’s the best way you can maintain healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels without taking medications? Will blood pressure and cholesterol medications cause weight gain? Lower your libido? Interfere with other medications? Mary Jane Creely, APRN, and Lillian Thompson will help you learn your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers as well as

With depression occurring in one out of three people in the U.S. and with the Oct. 11 National Depression Screening Day approaching, Newport Mental Health will be offering free mental health screenings at the Dr. Martin Luther King Center. Newport Mental Health will provide the free mental health screenings at the Dr. Martin Luther King

Newport, RI – Newport Mental Health has recently hired Paul Sanders, LMHC & LCDP,  a therapist with over 15 years of experience, specializing in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. “We’re pleased to be working with a person with such a depth of knowledge and expertise in addictions and mental health therapy, especially in

The #IAMWHOLE campaign first started with YMCAs in the United Kingston and the Newport County YMCA will be the first YMCA in the United States focusing on this global program that has expanded from Japan, Australia to YMCA’s in Africa. #IAMWHOLE is a campaign to encourage all people to challenge harmful language and the negative stigma

Middletown, RI- Clean Ocean Access (COA) hosted a beach cleanup on Saturday, September 24th at Pheasant Drive Beach in Portsmouth. 78 volunteers, including volunteers from the Portsmouth High School Soccer Team and local Portsmouth residents, worked together on this sunny afternoon to remove over 200 pounds of debris from the shoreline including a fishing pole,

Newport, RI – On Saturday, September 29, 2018, EFC Newport Women’s Ministry will host the 2018 Beth Moore Living Proof Simulcast at their location at 70 Bliss Mine Road. The event is open to all women in the community. A highly regarded speaker and author, Moore founded Living Proof Ministries in 1994 with the purpose

Middletown, RI – Clean Ocean Access (COA) hosted a beach cleanup for International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 15, 2018. 73 volunteers of all ages worked together on this beautiful Saturday morning to remove 198 pounds of debris from the shoreline on Easton’s Beach including hundreds of cigarette butts, dozens of food wrappers, construction material

Gardeners, bakers, and canners are invited to enter the Home & Garden Competition at the 44th Annual Harvest Fair on September 29th & 30th. Norman Bird Sanctuary’s Home & Garden Competition is a fun celebration of community and a great opportunity to show off your gardening and cooking prowess and win the coveted blue ribbon.

The Rhode Island Foundation is offering $94,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations to fund programs that serve the Black community.   “Our aim is to support work that strengthens and empowers this community. We’re targeting organizations that focus on the unique needs of Rhode Island’s Black community, including those nonprofits that have a tradition of serving the

Newport, R.I. – Clean Ocean Access has announced that they will host two coastal cleanups on Aquidneck Island this month. September 15th – Beach Cleanup  Clean Ocean Access is hosting a beach cleanup at Easton’s Beach in Newport, RI on September 15th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM for the International Coastal Cleanup Day. Coffee will

AmpSurf New England announced on Tuesday that it will hold it’s second annual adaptive surfing clinic at Second Beach in Middletown, RI on September 15th, 2018. The event involves adaptive surf therapy with certified adaptive surf instructors and is free for anyone with any kind of disability. There are still a few participant spots open

Have a blast while you volunteer at Norman Bird Sanctuary’s 44th Annual Harvest Fair on September 29th and 30th. According to event organizers, you can help with children’s games, crafts, hay rides, pony rides, sack races, the log saw, the Sanctuary Café, and more. “The Harvest Fair would not be the beloved tradition that it

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well chronicled, many families need support changing their families’ habits with the goal of overweight and obese children obtaining and maintaining a healthy weight. That’s why the Newport County YMCA’s Prescribe the Y program is changing lives, according to a press

Newport organizations have won nearly $30,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation. The funding will support work that includes a community bike facility and wellness programs for senior citizens.   “We’re excited about these ideas for making community happen in more and better ways at the local level. Supporting community-building will improve shared places

The Women’s Resource Center serving Newport and Bristol Counties (WRC), a nonprofit domestic violence intervention and prevention services agency, unveiled a new section of its decades-old “Pathway to Hope” brick walkway.  The celebratory event was held on the agency’s newly renovated porch and throughout the grounds of its historic 114 Touro Street headquarters in Newport. The evening’s celebration offered