Middletown’s MIKEL Inc. wins $64 million Navy engineering contract in Washington state
The five-year prime contract supports Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport, with McLaughlin Research and Booz Allen Hamilton as partners
PUC approves $28 million in winter electric bill credits
Rhode Island Energy residential customers get $20.45 a month in January, February and March, on top of about $14 a month starting in October from the PPL settlement
People’s Credit Union closed every branch for a day of mental health volunteering
Employees put in more than 500 hours across a dozen-plus organizations on Sept. 17, from Lucy’s Hearth to Newport Mental Health
IYRS launching a women’s maritime leadership program in 2027
The six-month Women’s Maritime Leadership Academy is the first program from the school’s new Maritime Leadership Institute
Bicycle ordinances up for final vote Sept. 30, with opposition surfacing to the stormwater fee and a Perrotti Park building
The Castle Hill Neighborhood Association is opposing the proposed stormwater rate structure, and two residents want the harbormaster building plan reconsidered
Newport Historical Society reports record year, with 1,300 visitors to its new Center for Black History in three months
The society also launched a $4 million campaign to reimagine the Museum of Newport History at the Brick Market
Comic – Sour Grapes: Lefty
Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.
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Home of the Week: A classic Queen Anne Victorian at 350 Broadway in Newport
The property lives comfortably as a three-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family home, while offering the added benefit of a private third-floor one-bedroom apartment with its own entrance.
Naval War College president marks Rhode Island’s role in America 250
Rear Adm. Darryl Walker spent two days in Providence as part of the Navy’s series highlighting each of the original 13 colonies
Red Sox move Sunday’s game and will play doubleheader against Cubs on Friday with storm expected
The team said it was moving the Sunday afternoon game to Friday to create a split doubleheader.
Portsmouth suing the state over housing laws, citing home rule
The Town Council announces the litigation Thursday at 6 p.m.; the suit challenges the state’s authority over local zoning and land use
Coastal Rhode Island hotels far outperforming Providence, with RevPAR up nearly 13% this year
A state hospitality forecast projects 11,000 job openings a year through 2034, almost all from turnover rather than growth, and beef prices staying high into 2027
Newport Contemporary Ballet opens its 45th season with three world premieres
“Kaleidoscope” runs Oct. 16-18 at the Elks Lodge, with new work from four women choreographers
Lowe’s sacrifice fly breaks tie and lifts Guardians past Red Sox, 3-2, helping them atop AL Central
The loss was Boston’s eighth in 12 games, spoiling Chad Tracy’s first game as manager after the club named him its 49th in team history.
Nine Central Film Festival returns to the Jane Pickens for two nights in October
The local short film festival, now in its eighth year, runs Oct. 2 and 3; a week earlier, filmmaker Greg Vrotsos brings his debut feature back to Newport for a Q&A
$271 million contract awarded to rebuild Pier 1 at Naval Station Newport for Coast Guard cutters
The new pier at Coddington Cove will berth four major cutters; construction and cutter deliveries run through 2030
State launches men’s mental health campaign aimed at working-age Rhode Islanders
Man Therapy targets men 25 to 64, a group whose suicide rate is nearly double the state’s overall rate
Newport Hospital is first in Rhode Island with the da Vinci 5 surgical robot
The system, paid for entirely by donors, will be used for minimally invasive urology, gynecology, thoracic and general surgery
States file new lawsuits against Trump’s payouts stopping offshore wind
The lawsuits were joined by the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Reed, Whitehouse and Amo ask EPA for help with Tiverton PFAS contamination
More than half of the private wells tested have exceeded the state standard, with one at roughly 4,000 parts per trillion — the highest ever recorded in a Rhode Island private well