A crowd-sourcing map of various resources and services available to those affected by the natural gas outage in Newport and Middletown has been created.

Created by Newport resident Paul Opperman, the map uses public data that has been provided by the City of Newport’s Facebook Page, National Grid, and other local organizations. Opperman says the map will continue to be updated over the next few days. If you have updates, corrections, or info you’d like to add to this map let us know by emailing Ryan@whatsupnewp.com and we’ll pass on.

Information is based on updates as of 7 am on January 25th.

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...