Ryan Belmore

Five local organizations have created a partnership to develop a comprehensive master plan for trees, parks and open space in the City of Newport.  Project leaders will seek public participation as the key element in planning a sustainable future for the public use and enjoyment of Newport’s invaluable environmental and recreational assets.    The first […]

Earlier this week, Easton’s Beach and Atlantic Beach were closed to swimming due to high bacteria counts. The following beaches have re-opened to swimming as of 10 a.m. on Friday, September 4th: Atlantic Beach in Middletown, Easton’s Beach in Newport, and Sandy Point Beach in Portsmouth. This recommendation is based on results from water samples […]

The Korte Company, based out of St. Louis, will begin construction of the new, 7-story, 200 guest-room Navy Gateway Inns & Suites hotel at Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport). The 103,831-square-foot project also includes the construction of a 175-vehicle parking area on the adjacent Lawrence Field. When completed in April of 2017, the facility will be the […]

Evan Smith, President and CEO of Discover Newport, predicts a busy upcoming Labor Day weekend throughout the region. Discover Newport is the official destination management organization (DMO) dedicated to promoting the City of Newport and the eight surrounding coastal townships in Newport and Bristol Counties, Rhode Island Three key factors, he said, have led him […]

Newport Waterfront Events has already moved Oktoberfest to Providence in 2015. It has been almost one year since Newport Harbor Corp. sold the Newport Yachting Center and its property to the Peregrine Group, and Newport Waterfront Events still is without a permanent home and living in the unknown. Michele Maker Palmieri, who ran Newport Waterfront Events for […]

On September 1st, the Department of Health recommended the closure of Atlantic Beach Club in Middletown, Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick, Easton’s Beach in Newport, and Oakland Beach in Warwick to swimming due to high bacteria counts. Officials will continue to monitor the water quality and recommend re-opening when the areas are safe for swimming. […]

Newport Restaurant Group’s Castle Hill Inn has been named by Forbes as the “Most Romantic Retreat in New England“. A small excerpt from the article written by Ann Abel, Contributor for Forbes. “The place is simply romantic and dreamy, animated by history but not weighted down with it. And its location, on a promontory a […]

It’s not often at all that Newport can be found on the “naughty list”, but somehow it’s happened. Travel + Leisure produced a list on August 28th, 2015 that brings attention to cities that didn’t impress visitors with their people skills titled… These Are the Unfriendliest Cities in the World. Every year, Travel + Leisure mines through tens of thousands […]

Natasha Leggero was scheduled to perform at the Newport Comedy Series at the Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel on November 13th, the What’sUpNewp Crew has learned that the show has been cancelled. Leggero fans took to Twitter on Tuesday morning and expressed disappointment in the cancellation; @ImStillS0ber: “Pretty sad I woke up to an e-mail that […]

With the arrival of September, The City of Newport reminds residents of two collection programs available for disposing of waste at the curb in addition to the city-issued recycling and trash carts. The Overflow Trash Program allows residents to purchase at a handful of local retailers specially colored and marked 33 gallon plastic trash bags to supplement […]