Community Submission

Susan Taylor is a strong voice for the people of Newport’s North Side.  Residents of our corner of town have large projects looming over us as we go into this election and the next Newport City Council must be composed of individuals that hear and respect the voices coming from our community.  As the city has […]

After being a member of the Newport City Council for almost 20 years, I am appalled at the ugliness of this campaign–nationally, statewide, and locally. As most people know, I am assertive in my role as City Councilor.  It is part of my role in representing my constituents.  This week I have been hearing of […]

Dear Editor, Just a quick shout out to my fellow Middletowners.  If you haven’t voted yet, the early-in-person- voting at Middletown Town Hall couldn’t be easier!  I literally had NO wait in line at 3 pm on a Thursday afternoon. So please, stop by Middletown Town Hall on East Main Road this week (8 am […]

To the Editor: I’ve lived in Newport for over 13 years.  I love the dense, urban feel of the City as well as the access to the quiet and beautiful parks and the ocean.  Through the work I do with the North End community, I’m well aware of the many potential changes coming to Newport […]

I have been reading the comments advocating approval or rejection of the Newport Public School bond referendum.  My wife and I are grandparents of a child at Pell Elementary and another at Rogers High and have a vested interest in the issue.  We have studied the arguments and conclude without a doubt that Rogers needs […]

I find it curious that some people running for election celebrate parts of their lives about which they had no choice. Like whether they were born in Newport, how many generations their family has lived here, or whether they went to the local schools. I’m much more curious about what people choose, like moving to […]

Editor, Would we parachute out of a plane without understanding what’s waiting for us on the ground? Of course not, but that’s what the Newport “VOTE YES” school bond proponents want.  For example, do you know that Alliance for Livable Newport says that there’s a 10.76% property tax hike waiting for us, part of which […]

Our High School must be replaced, and this is the opportune time to initiate bonding and complete the process that began more than two years ago.  The building committee has followed the guidelines of the RI School Building Authority to the letter of the law in order to qualify for the maximum reimbursement to Newport, […]

I have no doubt that Paul Marshall is a decent human being, a loving father to a toddler, a man genuinely wanting to be involvement in the future of Newport. Were he running for an At-Large seat, I might seriously consider his candidacy. Bur he threw his hat into the wrong ring, Kate Leonard has […]

To the Editor, What’s Up Newport The Middletown organization Citizens Exploring School Unification (CESU) recommends ten outstanding candidates for the Middletown Town Council, all of whom favor discussions as to the possibility of Middletown-Newport high school unification.  These candidates understand the vital importance of exploring a school system that will provide the students of our two communities with […]

In January 2019,  I, along with 30 other residents,  was appointed to the Charter Review Committee (CRC) by the Portsmouth Town Council. Our task for the next eighteen months was to review what was described as the people’s  Charter of the Town of Portsmouth.   We were to make suggestions to update this document for […]