Helen Hames: Divine disruption
Father Mark Sauriol and the Call to Rise Above Yourself
Land Trust’s student art and writing contest opens, with winners to hang at the Newport Art Museum
Entries are due Dec. 4. Prizes run from $50 to $250, plus $500 grants to the first-place winners’ schools, and the work goes on view in the Cushing Gallery in February
MLK Community Center honors Gail Jacobs, Newport Mental Health and Liz Davis at annual meeting
Executive director Heather Hole Strout pointed to SNAP cuts, heavy snow and rising grocery and fuel prices as the year’s defining challenges
On the Market: Open Houses across Newport County (Oct. 24-25)
This weekend, 57 unique properties are scheduled to host open houses across Newport County on Saturday and Sunday, offering buyers a chance to explore everything from entry-level homes to luxury coastal estates.
Housing Fact Book: It now takes $459,600 a year to afford a median-priced house in Newport
The city’s median single-family price hit $1.51 million, up 94% in five years. Across Newport County, Little Compton and Portsmouth have the state’s thinnest supply of affordable housing
Free tour of St. Mary’s Cemetery on Saturday traces Newport’s Irish immigrant history
Guide Steve Marino leads a 45-minute walk through the burial ground of more than 1,000 Newporters. Meet at the Kingston Avenue gate at 1 p.m.
Op-Ed: What a functional School Committee could look like
Susan Taylor, vice chair of the Newport Democratic City Committee, endorses Kendra Wilson Muenter and four candidates running alongside her, writing that the League of Women Voters forum showed “government that works”
Your Newport County weather forecast: 7 days on land and sea
Updated throughout the day with the latest from NOAA’s National Weather Service
Letter to the Editor: Flynn, Flynn and Rowe for Middletown Town Council
Jo-Ann Thornton, who worked with the three candidates on the “Middletown Center” project, writes that the town needs “a calm, collaborative, and pragmatic voice”
Caleb Williams throws 2 TD passes as the Bears beat Drake Maye and the Patriots 30-24
Williams passed for 308 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bears cooled off Drake Maye and the New England Patriots with a 30-24 victory Thursday night.