74.8 F
Newport
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Newport
moderate rain
74.8 ° F
76 °
73 °
88 %
1.5mph
90 %
Fri
82 °
Sat
79 °
Sun
71 °
Mon
79 °
Tue
72 °

The latest: COVID-19

News

Tracking COVID-19: The latest local, national, and global data

WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Positive Cases In Rhode Island
Read more
City & Government

Watch: Governor Raimondo’s Weekly COVID-19 Press Briefing | August 12

Ryan Belmore -
0
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Wednesday, August 12th...
Read more
City & Government

Department of Health releases updated COVID-19 data by city, town

Ryan Belmore -
0
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today released newly updated data on the number of people COVID-19 tested and the number...
Read more
City & Government

Rhode Islanders no longer have to quarantine when visiting New York and Connecticut

Ryan Belmore -
0
Connecticut and New York on Tuesday removed Rhode Island from their travel advisory lists. The two states, as well...
Read more
City & Government

List: States with travel restrictions upon entry to Rhode Island

Ryan Belmore -
0
Rhode Island began implementing a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone coming to Rhode Island from any state with 5% or greater positivity...
Read more

The latest: 2020 Election

2020 Election

What’s Up Newp’s Voter Guide: Newport City Council

Ryan Belmore -
0
With less than three months to the General Election, and even less to the Primary Election, What's Up Newp begins its comprehensive...
Read more
2020 Election

Newport City Council candidates respond to questions from Alliance for a Livable Newport

Ryan Belmore -
0
To assist Newport voters in the upcoming Primaries (September 8) and General Election (November 3), the Alliance for a Livable Newport (ALN)...
Read more
2020 Election

Election 2020: Our plan, and Newport City Council Race, Ward 1

Frank Prosnitz -
0
With less than three months to the General Election, and even less to the Primary Election, What's Up Newp begins its comprehensive...
Read more
2020 Election

Representative Cortvriend to host a talk with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea on August 5

Ryan Belmore -
0
Portsmouth, RI - Representative Terri-Denise Cortvriend recently announced that she will host her 30th "Talks with Terri" with special guest Nellie Gorbea,...
Read more
2020 Election

Election 2020: Connecting What’s Up Newp readers with the candidates

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI - By all accounts, COVID-19 will make campaigning particularly difficult this year, and so Election 2020 is certain to be...
Read more

The Latest: News

RIDOH recommends closing Bailey’s Beach for swimming due to high bacteria levels

News Ryan Belmore -
0
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) this afternoon recommended closing Spouting Rock Beach (also known as Bailey’s Beach) in Newport for...
Read more

Composting on Aquidneck Island now even easier with new drop-off locations

News WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Middletown, RI - The Healthy Soils Healthy Seas Rhode Island (HSHSRI) Project – project of the Middletown-based non-profit, Clean Ocean Access –...
Read more

What’s Up Newp’s Voter Guide: Newport City Council

2020 Election Ryan Belmore -
0
With less than three months to the General Election, and even less to the Primary Election, What's Up Newp begins its comprehensive...
Read more

Tracking COVID-19: The latest local, national, and global data

News WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Positive Cases In Rhode Island
Read more

Newport City Council candidates respond to questions from Alliance for a Livable Newport

2020 Election Ryan Belmore -
0
To assist Newport voters in the upcoming Primaries (September 8) and General Election (November 3), the Alliance for a Livable Newport (ALN)...
Read more

Watch: Newport City Council Meeting | August 12

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI - Newport City Council will host a Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30 pm. The meeting will...
Read more

The Latest: City & Government

Newport City Council candidates respond to questions from Alliance for a Livable Newport

2020 Election Ryan Belmore -
0
To assist Newport voters in the upcoming Primaries (September 8) and General Election (November 3), the Alliance for a Livable Newport (ALN)...
Read more

Watch: Newport City Council Meeting | August 12

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI - Newport City Council will host a Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30 pm. The meeting will...
Read more

Watch: Governor Raimondo’s Weekly COVID-19 Press Briefing | August 12

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Wednesday, August 12th...
Read more

Department of Health releases updated COVID-19 data by city, town

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today released newly updated data on the number of people COVID-19 tested and the number...
Read more

Watch: WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Colleen Burns Jermain, Superintendent of Newport Public Schools

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Colleen Burns Jermain, Superintendent of Newport Public Schools, will join What's Up Newp at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, August 12th to discuss...
Read more

Rhode Islanders no longer have to quarantine when visiting New York and Connecticut

City & Government Ryan Belmore -
0
Connecticut and New York on Tuesday removed Rhode Island from their travel advisory lists. The two states, as well...
Read more
Midtown Oyster Bar

Popular: Last 7 Days

The Latest: Things To Do

The Latest: What's Up Columns

Columns

Brian C. Jones: Rhode Island’s Victory Day holiday is worth keeping – just not happily

Brian C. Jones -
0
I had just turned 3 when World War II ended on Aug. 14, 1945, a hugely important moment in human history that...
Read more
Columns

Gerry Goldstein: Wisdom, Straight from the horse’s….

Gerry Goldstein -
0
Since my title on our hobby farm in Rhode Island's Apple Valley is executive vice president/manure management, I know a thing or...
Read more
Arts & Culture

What’s Up at the Movies: We Review “She Dies Tomorrow”

0
She Dies Tomorrow, the new film from writer-director Amy Seimetz, begins by frustrating its audience. The first few minutes closely follow the...
Read more
Arts & Culture

What’s Up at the Movies: We Review “Marley”

0
An official re-release of the Bob Marley biopic Marley is cause for celebration. The film, originally released in 2012, is out on...
Read more
Arts & Culture

What’s Up at the Movies: We Review “The Rental”

0
Early responses to The Rental, the directorial debut of actor Dave Franco, have been interestingly divided. While movies often do better with...
Read more

The Latest: Real Estate

Middletown

What Sold: 17 Aquidneck Island real estate sales, transactions | Aug. 4 – 11

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI – Here’s what sold on Aquidneck Island over the last week. Aquidneck Island real estate sales and...
Read more
Middletown

Aquidneck Island Open Houses: 14 homes to tour this weekend

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI – On the market for a new home? Here’s a look at what houses on Aquidneck Island you can tour...
Read more
Middletown

What Sold: 32 Aquidneck Island real estate sales, transactions (July 28 – August 4)

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI – Here’s what sold on Aquidneck Island over the last week. Aquidneck Island real estate sales and...
Read more
Real Estate

What Sold: 22 Aquidneck Island real estate sales, transactions (July 13 – 21)

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI – Here’s what sold on Aquidneck Island over the last week, July 13 - 21, 2020. Aquidneck...
Read more
Middletown

What Sold: 19 Aquidneck Island real estate sales, transactions (July 7 – 13)

Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI – Here’s what sold on Aquidneck Island over the last week, July 7 - 13, 2020. Aquidneck...
Read more

The Latest: Local Obituaries

Obituary

Obituary for William F. Faria

Contributed -
0
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. William "Billy" Faria, age 52, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away...
Read more
Obituary

Obituary for Walter J. Martin

Contributed -
0
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Walter passed away peacefully at home on Friday August 7, 2020....
Read more
Obituary

Obituary for Michael Francis Janik

Contributed -
0
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Michael F. Janik, 65, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away at...
Read more
Obituary

Obituary for Roger Joseph Cormier

Contributed -
0
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Roger Joseph Cormier, 81, of Newport, RI, passed away on Saturday,...
Read more
Obituary

Obituary for Shirley Fay Araujo

Contributed -
0
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Shirley Araujo, 71, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on August...
Read more

The Latest: Opinion

Op-Ed

Jeanne-Marie Napolitano: Local control of bridges would be in the best mutual interest of our communities

Contributed -
0
To the Editor Recently, Governor Raimondo expressed an interest in consolidating all bridges in the state currently under the...
Read more
Op-Ed

Rep. Cortvriend: ​Urgent action needed to serve adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities

Contributed -
0
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit hardest the areas and populations that were already struggling, since they had the fewest resources for adaptation...
Read more
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: It’s time to end gender discrimination in health care premiums

Contributed -
0
By V. Susan Sosnowski and William J. Conley, Jr. On February 11, the Rhode Island Senate unanimously passed legislation,...
Read more
Op-Ed

Guest View: The many ways to vote in Rhode Island

Contributed -
0
By Rep. Deborah Ruggiero (D-Dist. 74, Jamestown, Middletown) A democratic government cannot function without citizens’ participation.  It is an important...
Read more
Op-Ed

Obituary for Dorothy Marie Baich

Ryan Belmore -
0
This obituary originally appeared on O'Neill Hayes Funeral Home. Dorothy Marie Baich, 85, of Middletown, passed away on July...
Read more

The Latest: Dine & Drink

Newport Creamery on Bellevue Avenue closed until Spring 2021 due to COVID-19

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport, RI - Awful awful news for Newport Creamery fans. The Newport Creamery located at 181 Bellevue Avenue...
Read more

RIDOH issues compliance order to ten restaurants, bars for failing to comply with COVID-19 directives

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced that it has issued compliance orders to ten restaurants and bars so far...
Read more

Bar ‘Cino, Smoke House, and Avvio Ristorante now offering family-style feasts for backyard gatherings

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
Newport Restaurant Group today announced that it is offering a selection of family-style feasts for takeout and delivery from Bar ‘Cino and Smoke House in Newport...
Read more

The Clubhouse opens at Cardines Field

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
Once a hotspot for baseball fans and Aquidneck Island locals alike, Mudville Pub was a staple next to Historic Cardines Field. The...
Read more

Ragged Island Brewing Company gets o.k. to operate a limited series of beer gardens at its future home

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
The Town of Portsmouth's Zoning Board of Review last night unanimously approved Ragged Island Brewing Company's special use permit to operate a...
Read more

Newport Vineyards introduces their estate-grown garden, The Vineyard Garden

Bars and Restaurants Ryan Belmore -
0
Middletown, RI - Something new has been growing in the fields at Newport Vineyards and it’s not just the vines. For nearly...
Read more

The Latest: Sailing & Sports

Ida Lewis Distance Race: Record-breaking number of entrants for summer favorite

Sailing Contributed -
0
The Ida Lewis Distance Race presented by Jeanneau America and scheduled for Saturday, August 15, has a record-breaking 74 entries, indicating how much sailors are itching to...
Read more

Newport Polo to host ‘Hurricane Cup’ on Saturday

Sports Ryan Belmore -
0
The Newport International Polo Series will host the Hurricane Cup on Saturday, August 8 at 5pm, as the home team faces its next rival...
Read more

Aquidneck Land Trust will host its annual golf tournament on September 14

Nonprofit WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Middletown, RI - Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) will host its eighteenth annual golf tournament on Monday, September 14, at Newport National Golf Club...
Read more

Newport Polo to host Newport vs Boston on Saturday

Sports WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Portsmouth, RI - The Newport International Polo Series will host Newport vs. Boston on Saturday, August 1 at 5 pm, as the home team...
Read more

Gerry Goldstein: The other ‘Curse of the Bambino’

Columns Gerry Goldstein -
0
Baseball players wearing masks, a shortened season, empty seats in the stands, a key Red Sox pitcher getting sick.
Read more

Ten CCRI Student-Athletes named NJCAA Academic All-Americans

News WhatsUpNewp Crew -
0
Warwick, RI - The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) announced today that ten student-athletes from their school have qualified as National...
Read more
© 2012-2019 | What's Up Newp | www.whatsupnewp.com