The Newport City Council will vote to approve the sale of a portion of the Armory building on Wednesday night. On today’s edition of What’sUpNewp Radio on AM 1540 WADK, I talk about the sale of The Armory to the National Sailing Hall Of Fame.

We go over the facts presented in the resolution and share an opinion against the sale and an opinion supporting the sale.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...