Election 2022

Charlie Roberts and Tom Welch, co-chairs of the Middletown Public Schools Building Committee, joined What’sUpNewp for a live virtual video conversation on Tuesday, November 1 at 3 pm.

Roberts and Welch share why they believe that Voting Yes in Middletown on Option 4 and 5, and Yes in Newport on Option 5, is in the best interest of the 1) KIDS, and 2) The taxpayers of both communities.

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...