Community Submission

To the Editor:  I don’t know anyone who works harder or smarter for the good of Newport than Beth Cullen. She has a depth of understanding and tradition from being a multi-generational Newporter and a tenacious, intelligent, forward thinking approach to problem solving. The times we are living in are probably the most challenging most […]

A Vote for Lauren Carson, who represents District 75 in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, will help assure us a quick and substantial economic recovery in Newport. During my tenure on Newport’s Energy and Environment Commission, I saw Lauren be proactive, stepping up with new ideas and providing leadership on emerging issues. She is […]

I urge you to support Paul Marshall as the best choice for Third Ward City Councilor. Rather than respond to the baseless attacks spread by the incumbent’s campaign, let me state what Newporters already know: Paul is a well-educated young man who grew up here and whose family, from wife and baby to grandparents, reside […]

To the Editor,  I would like to voice my support for the reelection of Jamie Bova. I’ve been a “Newporter by choice” since 2014, when I moved here to dance professionally with Island Moving Company, and Jamie is one of the best representatives I could ask for. Like me, Jamie is among the young workforce […]

To the Editor: As we move towards November, it may be important to provide a little more information to the voters so they understand the process that, hopefully, will lead to school district regionalization. Both sides of the issue have referred to potential collaboration as a “study”.  This is a misnomer. A study is generally […]

As a resident of the “Fifth Ward” for nearly 40 years, I am writing in support of Paul Marshall’s  candidacy for 3rd ward council seat.   After meeting Paul, it is clear to me that he has an all-inclusive view of government. His pledge  to examine all proposals before the Council through the lens of equity […]

This election Newport has eleven Town Council candidates for five seats and ten School Committee candidates for seven seats.  Middletown has seventeen candidates for seven Town Council seats and five candidates for two School Committee seats.  Portsmouth has eight candidates (seven incumbents) for seven Town Council seats and three candidates for three School Committee seats.  Why the lack of interest in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is one of the only remaining towns in Rhode Island that still has partisan elections.  The recent Portsmouth Charter Review committee recommended […]

As a native Newporter, year-round resident of the Third (and Fifth) Ward, Rogers High School graduate, father of two children in Newport Public Schools, full-time educator and seasonal employee in Newport, I am fortunate to have a broad perspective of Newport living. This city is ingrained in my soul and close to my heart. My […]

To the Editor: My name is Charlie Holder and I am running to represent Ward 2 on the Newport City Council.   I was born and raised in the second ward on Bliss Road, where my parents still call home.  I am extremely proud to call this city my home, as I have always felt […]

My wife, Amanda LaRiviere and I, Jason Hadley, confidently recommend Paul Marshall for the position 3rd Ward City Council. As the Chief Operating Officer of Wright’s Dairy Farm and my wife the Principal owner of a small public relations and media business in town, we have been fortunate enough to make Newport our home. We had […]

No, I am not General Mike Flynn. But I would like to tell you who I am. I am a thirty-year Newporter/Middletowner who is the husband of one of the most caring, considerate, earnest, hardworking and loving people I know. Father of three great kids, two of whom graduated from  Middletown public schools, and a […]

We are all faced with difficult choices.  Supporting Newport’s school construction bond should not be one of those choices. Rogers High School has reached the end of its useful life.  Investments over the years in science rooms, gymnasium, heating system, roofing, parking areas and other maintenance related projects have allowed the building to continue to […]

Dear Editor, I moved to New England 12 years ago and have been happy to call Newport my home since 2014. In a few short years here, I have made an incredible network of friends, advanced my graphic design career, and enjoyed the countless opportunities to volunteer and serve my community.     Lately, I have […]

A little more than a year ago, Newport officials met with the Middletown Town Council to extoll the advantages of sharing a single unified high school with Middletown rather than having two smaller, 600-700 student high schools located just five miles apart.  If you back to that June 3, 2019 meeting with the Middletown Town […]

Dear Editor, Our island community is proud of our scenic views, agricultural history, wildlife habitat, and recreational spaces. Much of the land that provides these assets is vulnerable to development, and its attendant issues with traffic, crowding, and pollution. I ask my fellow Middletown residents to please join me in voting YES on the Open […]

In the interest of full disclosure, I want to start this letter by stating that I have not lived full time in Newport for over a decade. That being said, Newport will always be “home” to me. My parents were born and raised on the island and my father’s family have been Newport residents for […]