Newport’s local post-secondary technical and trade school received a visit last year from hosts of This Old House® as they filmed a project in neighboring Jamestown. Hosts and crew from This Old House® had a chance to tour IYRS and meet with many of the talented student & faculty craftspeople across the campus. Here in the Rhode Island area, catch episode #3810, titled “Jamestown/ Powering Net Zero,” on Saturday, January 19th at 4:30pm EST. The episode is scheduled to rerun multiple times throughout next week. 

For the date/time in your area, you can check your local listings by clicking the following link and entering your zipcode: http://thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule.

The episode may also be streamed online by visiting https://www.thisoldhouse.com.

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...