This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Alfred M. Earle, age 73, of Bristol, RI passed away early Saturday morning January 23rd with his family by his side. He was a graduate of Canaan Memorial High School in Canaan, VT where he met his high school sweetheart and future wife Vickie Kershner. He went […]
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Obituary: Emeline L. Gay
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Emeline L (Green) Gay passed away on February 4, 2021 at the age of 87. Eme was raised in Winthrop, MA and was a proud graduate of Brown University and George Washington University. She dedicated her life to education, and would often share her stories from Massasoit Community College […]
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Obituary: Thomas Johnston
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Thomas “Butch” Johnston, age 84, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away at home surrounded by his family on February 4, 2021. “Butch” was born in Newport, RI to Thomas and Mary (Peters) Johnston. Thomas married Patricia Laliberte of Newport on June 12, 1962. Butch spent his childhood […]
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New England Musicians Relief Fund Pushes Toward $500,000 Fundraising Goal
(Boston, MA – February 1, 2021) The New England Musicians Relief Fund (NEMRF) has launched an initiative to reach $500,000 in donations by March 13, 2021, the one year anniversary of when COVID-19 shut down the entertainment industry in Massachusetts. Founded in 2020 by a host of Boston-area musicians, union leaders, executives, and music supporters, […]
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Tom Jones Announces New Album “Surrounded By Time” due out in April
Legendary singer Tom Jones is releasing a new album in April. Surrounded By Time, will be released on April 23 via S-Curve Records. The announcement comes with the release of the album’s first single “Talking Reality Television Blues,” accompanied by an official music video that traces the impact and changing role of television throughout history. […]
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Obituary: Eleanor Davis
This obituary originally appeared on O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. Eleanor Dorothy Davis died Feb. 1, 2021 at the age of 102. A native Newporter, the former Eleanor Meierovitz was a graduate of the Rogers High School’s Class of 1936 and a lifelong congregant of Touro Synagogue. Until 2019, she lived on Hall Avenue, Newport in […]
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Obituary: Sheila Kuzminsky Saks
This obituary originally appeared on O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. Sheila Kuzminsky Saks, 82, of Mount Dora, Florida died on January 30, 2021 after a brief illness. She was born on August 24, 1938 to Louis and Anna Goldman in Bronx, NY. She graduated from Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, DC in 1957, and attended both George Washington […]
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Opinion: Rep. Terri Cortvriend – Big Oil is scared of Rhode Island’s climate lawsuit. They should be.
Now that President Biden, who campaigned on climate action, is in the White House, we are closer than ever to passing long-needed federal legislation to address our worsening climate crisis. But while President Biden and the new Congress will seek to reduce emissions and transition us to a clean energy economy, it will fall to […]
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Middletown Town Council discusses the good and bad of short-term rentals
The Town Council heard the good and bad of short-term rentals last night. Matt Sheley, Public Affairs Officer for the Town of Middletown, shared the following “News You Can Use” on the town’s website on Monday, February 1. The Town Council heard the good and bad of short-term rentals tonight. Soliciting input about the hot-button […]
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Obituary: Miriam Noetzel
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Miriam “Mim” Ruth Noetzel of Martens Road, Portsmouth, RI passed away on Sunday, January 31st at Carney Hospital in Dorchester, MA due to complications from COVID. Due to restrictions her family could not be by her side but was there virtually while the amazing ICU nursing staff sat […]
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Obituary: Donna Marie Johnson
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Donna Johnson, age 68, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on January 20, 2021. Donna was born in Newport, RI to John Cochran and Irene (Seaman) Hurley. “There’s magic in a mother’s touch, and sunshine in her smile.” ‘To all of my friends and family, I’d like […]
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Obituary: Catherine F. “Katie” Gunning
This obituary originally appeared on O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. Catherine “Katie” F. Gunning passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, January 30, 2021. Katie was born in Newport RI, to Donald MacKay & Florence Jane Fraser. She attended Rogers High School and the University of Connecticut. Katie was married to the late […]
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Ida Lewis Distance Race returns in August with in bay distance race, traditional offshore race
Source: Barby MacGowan, Media Pro International on behalf of Ida Lewis Distance Race The 17th edition of the Ida Lewis Distance Race starts Thursday, August 19, 2021 and will keep its expanded format from last year to give competitors more options while the country continues to deal with changes brought about by the COVID 19 Pandemic. The […]
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Obituary: Margaret Hawes Stapleton
Source: This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Margaret “Margo” (Hawes) Stapleton, age 74, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2021. She was the wife of the late George David Stapleton III. Margo was born in Annapolis, MD to Capt. George Mason Hawes II and Margaret Garnett “Garnie” (Basinger) Hawes. Margo was very proud […]
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Obituary: Roger Paul Icart
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Roger P. Icart, 93, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on January 28, 2021 at the Hope Health Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence. He was the husband of the late Yolanda F. (Cerbone) Icart. Roger was born in New York, NY, to the late Jean Baptist Icart and […]
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Obituary: Manuel Rose Rodericks
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Manuel R. Rodericks, 80, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away at home on January 29, 2021 with loved ones by his side. Manny was born May 11 1940 in Newport, RI to his parents Joseph Rodericks and Rose (DeMello) Gomes Rodericks. He was the husband of the late […]
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Arts Emerson to Screen Documentary “Down a Dark Stairwell” Feb 5-7
When a Chinese-American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a darkened stairwell of a New York City housing project, it sets off a firestorm of emotion and calls for accountability. In 2014, Peter Liang became the first NYPD officer convicted of an on duty shooting in over a decade, inciting a complicated fight […]
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Letter – Angela McCalla: Every Dollar Counts
Newport’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is a five year, $100+ million plan that identifies a set of important capital projects and equipment purchases, and gives us a planning schedule and options for financing the plan. While the CIP has requests for city cars, trucks and tools, it also must be matched up with the short and […]
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American Magic concludes campaign for 36th America’s Cup
Source: News from New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup Auckland, New Zealand – New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the America’s Cup, was eliminated from the Prada Cup Semifinal following a loss in the fourth race of the series against the Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli […]
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Obituary: June Ellen Davis Stare
Source: This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. June Davis Stare, age 94, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on January 28, 2021. Born in North Tonawanda, NY on June 29, 1926, June was the only daughter of J. Arthur and Esther (Goltz) Brown. She was also the sister of James A. Brown […]
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RIDOH provides Rhode Island COVID-19 Vaccination Update
Source: Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) newsletter The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is writing to provide an update on Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts. As of this afternoon, 66,778 people have received one dose of vaccine. A total of 22,983 people have received two doses of vaccine. See the data. Rhode Island is close to the national average […]
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Eight members of CCRI Players theater group to compete in this year’s regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Source: CCRI Eight members of the Community College of Rhode Island’s student-run theater group, the CCRI Players, are competing for a chance to earn scholarships in this week’s 2021 Region 1 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which will be held remotely this year for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The KCACTF […]
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Obituary: Margaret L. Botelho
This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Margaret L. Botelho, at 101 years old, a long time resident of Middletown, RI and former resident of Pompano Beach, FL passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 28, 2021. Margaret was born on April 29, 1919 in Middletown, RI to the late Frank P. Silvia and Mary […]
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Rhode Island PBS revisits four hard-hitting selections from ‘Story in the Public Square’
SOURCE: Story In The Public Square Storytelling has the ability to touch listeners and viewers in a way that the cold hard facts of exposition never can. Hosted by Jim Ludes, Executive Director of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University, and G. Wayne Miller, senior staff writer at The Providence Journal, and produced in association with Rhode Island PBS, Story […]
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PATRIOT returns to the racecourse but suffers two losses to open Prada Cup semifinal
News from New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the America’s Cup, took two losses against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of Italy on the first day of racing at the Prada Cup Semifinals. Eleven days after suffering significant damage and nearly sinking during […]