Ryan Belmore

A household needs an income of $459,600 to affordably buy a median-priced single-family home in Newport, where that price reached $1,510,000 last year, according to the 2026 Housing Fact Book released Friday by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University. Newport’s median household income is $86,313. The city’s median single-family price rose 94% between 2020 and […]

The City Council meets Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 43 Broadway, with second readings on the zoning changes that would rezone the former Navy Hospital site on the North End. Waterfront Campus zoning The council holds second readings on three related ordinances: rezoning Plat 9, Lot 219 from […]

Newport Public Schools has named Christine M. Dunbar assistant principal at Rogers High School, effective Monday, Nov. 2. Dunbar graduated from Rogers and returns to the school after more than 17 years in public education. She currently works at Classical High School in Providence, where she has taught mathematics and computer science and served as […]

Rhode Island Energy is replacing 65 aging wooden transmission structures in Middletown with steel monopoles as part of an $8.2 million upgrade, the utility announced Wednesday. The work is part of the company’s Wood Pole Replacement Program. Older wood structures are more prone to deterioration and premature failure, while steel monopoles are more durable and […]

Democrat Helena Foulkes leads the governor’s race with 39% among likely Rhode Island voters, and the lieutenant governor’s contest is a statistical tie, according to a survey released Tuesday by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center. Independent Ken Block drew 28% and Republican Aaron Guckian 17%, with 13% undecided. In the lieutenant governor’s race, Republican John […]

Gov. Dan McKee is keeping a statewide pause on new automated license plate reader installations in place while legislation is drafted, and has released a model policy and template data-sharing agreement for departments already using the technology. The pause began in August, when McKee called for a statewide review over concerns about privacy, oversight and […]

Rhode Islanders who owe back state taxes will be able to settle them at a discount starting Dec. 3 under a 75-day amnesty program, the state Division of Taxation announced. Taxpayers who qualify will have penalties waived and owe 75% of the interest, a 25% reduction, according to the division. To qualify, they must file […]

A new House study commission created by Rep. Terri Cortvriend will hold its organizational meeting Thursday to examine whether Rhode Island school districts could share services to cut costs. The commission, created by legislation Cortvriend sponsored, meets at 4 p.m. in Room 135 at the State House. No public testimony will be taken at the […]

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will carry out work on the Mount Hope Bridge from Oct. 19 through Nov. 6, closing one lane at a time during both daytime and overnight hours. Overnight alternating lane closures will run from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday through Friday, according to RITBA. Daytime alternating lane […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Operations Center–Atlantic is scheduled to be fully operational at Naval Station Newport by the end of January 2027, completing a move from Norfolk, Virginia, that U.S. Sen. Jack Reed spent more than a decade working to secure. Reed, D-R.I., toured the nearly completed $147 million waterfront complex Thursday, […]

The Newport City Council will hold public hearings Wednesday, Oct. 14, on creating a Waterfront Campus subdistrict within the city’s Innovation Hub and applying it to the former Navy Hospital site in the North End. The ordinance language describes the intent plainly: the subdistrict is meant “to accommodate research and development uses while providing public […]