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As they enter the final stage of their permitting process with the Town of Portsmouth and State of R.I., Ragged Island Brewing Company has announced that they received unanimous approval from the Portsmouth Zoning Board regarding the approval of their new brewery.

In July of 2018, Ragged Island Brewing Company confirmed with What’sUpNewp that they had entered a purchase and sales agreement to buy the Garden Shop building and 37-acre Van Hof Nursery.

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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...