Ryan Belmore

Look out, Napa! Wineries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts are seeing record demand for their whites, reds, and sparkling beverages. The Coastal Wine Trail, a nonprofit group of 14 wineries that weave through the heart of Southeastern New England, has quietly built a reputation for serving nationally recognized wines in unique tasting rooms that […]

Owner-Occupied Houses in Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth That Are In Need Of Rehabilitation Are Invited To Apply The Greater Newport affiliate of Rebuilding Together is seeking applications from area homeowners whose houses are in need of rehabilitation and who lack the resources to fund the necessary repairs. All work is done free of charge using […]

If all goes to plan, the Newport Yachting Center property would include a hotel, restaurant, retail, parking, a parking space and much more by the time we welcome the summer of 2019. Sam Bradner, Managing Partner for Peregrine Group and Colin Kane, Founding Partner for Peregrine Group, shared their ideas, hopes and their Conceptual Master Plan for […]

The Newport Police Department has release more information regarding the incident that involved a man falling from the Cliff Walk on Thursday. Update: Press Release from Newport Police Department On October 13, 2016 Newport Police Department responded with the Newport Fire Department for a party that may have fallen from Cliff Walk. Upon arrival Newport […]

The Newport School Committee and Administration for Newport Public Schools has “illegally been collecting” co-pays from school retirees, according to multiple informed sources and retirees. Despite teachers signing contracts and agreeing to terms with Administration regarding co-pays for health and life insurance, some say the Newport School Committee and Administration began charging more in co-pays than the […]

Salve Regina students, area high school students, cancer survivors, caregivers, volunteers, and community members will unite for the school’s third annual volunteer-driven American Cancer Society Relay For Life event this weekend. Amanda Smith, a Salve Regina senior, has led the coordination effort for this year’s event, ‘A Carnival For A Cure,’ that will include carnival […]

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has published a press release in attempt to remind all commercial and private entities that utilize oversized and overweight vehicles about the Authority’s requirements for crossing the Newport Pell and Mount Hope Bridges. Due to ongoing construction on both bridges, RITBA and the Rhode Island State Police […]

The Special Legislative Commission to Study Methods for Growing Tourism in the State of Rhode Island Through Coordinated Branding and Marketing Efforts will meet Friday at the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket. The meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled Friday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. at the museum, which is […]

A Saranac Lake, New York company has told multiple media outlets that they hope to bring their pedal powered vehicles, that ride on railroad tracks, to Newport and Aquidneck Island. Rail Explorers, which currently operates a rail bike operation in Delaware and the Adirondacks, told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on October 6th that they will be ceasing operations […]

House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Patricia A. Serpa today announced plans to call a joint meeting of the House Oversight Committee and the House Finance Committee Thursday for a hearing on the botched rollout of the state’s new health and human services computer system, the United Health Infrastructure Project (UHIP). […]

The precautionary shellfish harvesting closure announced last week for Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, Kickemuit River, Sakonnet River and their tributaries remains in effect until further notice. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today water samples collected on Sunday, October 9 still show high levels of phytoplankton in the Bay. DEM and […]

Four years after being replaced and sixty years after first opening to the public, the old Sakonnet River Bridge may finally be removed. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced on Tuesday, October 11th in a press release that it has initiated the process of selecting a contractor to remove the vacant old Sakonnet […]

GE Energy Financial Services, and Citi today announced the closing of tax equity financing on Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. “An innovative project takes thoughtful and hard -working partners to navigate all of the ‘first mover’ considerations. We couldn’t have asked for better institutions to […]

Representative William W. O’Brien (D-Dist. 54, North Providence) has announced that he will reintroduce legislation (2016-H 8161) in the upcoming General Assembly session that raises the exemption for the motor vehicle excise tax from $500 to $3,000 for Rhode Island residents. “The citizens of my district and the state are struggling every year to pay […]

In an update to the precautionary shellfish harvesting closure announced on Saturday, October 8th for Narragansett Bay, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced on Sunday, October 9th that shellfishing is also prohibited in all waters of Mt. Hope Bay, Kickemuit River and the Sakonnet River north of a line from Sachuest Point […]