Ryan Belmore

Newport, RI – The following road and lane closure notices are effective for the near future, according to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA). All schedules are weather-dependent and subject to change. RIDOT (December 15 – 21) Weekday Newport: Rte. 238 North and South, from Van […]

This weekend, (December 15, 2018), the Southeastern New England SeaPerch Derby kicked off the first regional event of the year with the new “Finess Challenge”. The Southeastern New England SeaPerch derby took place at New Bedford High School in Massachusetts with a excellent turn-out of young engineers who competed with their SeaPerch remotely operated underwater […]

Weather: Today -Rain. High near 42. Northeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.Tonight -Rain before midnight, then rain likely after 1am. Patchy fog before midnight, then patchy fog after 1am. Low around […]

Weather: Today -Areas of drizzle before 3pm. Areas of fog between 1pm and 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm.Tonight -Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Marine: Today -SW winds around 5 […]

Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging the agency to continue to adopt policies for the offshore wind leasing and permitting process that bring fishermen and other marine stakeholders into the conversation early in […]

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center has announced a change in executive leadership. Longtime Executive Director Marilyn Warren has retired and Portsmouth resident Heather Hole Strout has succeeded her as the Center’s new Executive Director. On Monday, Dec. 3, The MLK’s Board of Trustees accepted Warren’s retirement with sadness and gratitude and unanimously […]

Weather: Today – Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. South wind 5 to 9 mph.Tonight -A chance of rain, mainly after 4 am. Cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch […]

Newport Public Schools has announced that Colonel Nhyzazia Ortiz, along with her staff, successfully led the Viking Battalion to reach the Gold Star Standard and highest accreditation level:  Honor Unit with Distinction.  Working as a cohesive team, they achieved an exceptional overall score of 95% at the tri-annual Program of Accreditation. The accreditation consisted of […]

Weather: Today – A chance of flurries after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind 6 to 8 mph.Tonight – A chance of flurries before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind around 7 mph. Marine: Today -E winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves 1 foot or less. A […]

Salve Regina University has announced that Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong will become the institution’s eighth president in July 2019. The announcement was made to faculty, staff and students in an open meeting this afternoon. Dr. Armstrong will become the Catholic institution’s first president who is not a Religious Sister of Mercy. Armstrong will replace Dr. […]

Friskie Fries, a popular food truck and brick-and-mortar restaurant that specializes in fries with toppings, is expanding into Newport with a new brick-and-mortar location at 404 Thames Street. View this post on Instagram What’s on the menu at #CelebrateDowncity2018 tomorrow!?!? Tom Turkey returns one last time for the year (until we run out) and all the […]

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources and the Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area Council, today announced $67,237 in grants to help farmers “green” their operations and save energy and money. The awards, funded through the Rhode Island Farm Energy Program (RIFEP), […]

Weather: Today – Sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.Tonight – Increasing clouds, with a low around 23. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Marine: Today -NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Waves around 2 ft.Tonight […]

Newport, RI – Discover all that’s happening for live music and entertainment in and around Newport County this week. Please Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the venue is located in Newport.Those venues that are blue/hyperlinked are our advertisers and partners. Please consider supporting them by following the link to their website/by visiting their business to enjoy their live […]

All year round, people bring outgrown and otherwise unused bikes to Bike Newport’s community bike project – where they receive a little TLC and find their way to new owners. Bikes are restored and made road-ready by volunteers and by folks who earn the bikes through volunteering. Among the beach cruisers, road racers, and city bikes […]

On Saturday, December 8th, Clean Ocean Access held its last beach cleanup of the year at Gull Cove in Portsmouth, RI, best known as a fishing area along the very busy Route 24. Volunteers and community members participated in the cleanup, collecting 145 pounds of debris from the beach located on the northern tip of […]

Weather: Today – Sunny, with a high near 37. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm.Tonight – Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Marine: Today -NE winds around 5 kt, becoming S this afternoon. Waves around 2 ft.Tonight -W winds around […]

Following an incident last week at Thompson Middle School where two middle school students were arrested for allegedly assaulting another student, Marcin G. Rembisz, Communications Coordinator/Secretary for Newport Public Schools, has shared the following information regarding Thompson Middle School forums; “Dear Parents and Community Members,Due to the recent incident at TMS this past week involving […]