City & Government

Newport City Council will host their next Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, February 26th at 6:30 pm at Newport City Hall. CITY OF NEWPORTDOCKET OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGFEBRUARY 26, 2020 THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS43 BROADWAY, NEWPORT, RI 02840 The following items of business, filed with the City Clerk under the […]

The Middletown Town Council hosted a Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, February 18th. The meeting lasted approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Here’s the video of the meeting if you missed it.

The City of Newport’s Zoning Board of Review will host their next meeting on Monday, February 24th at 7 pm in the Council Chambers at Newport City Hall. The Zoning Board of Review is responsible for overseeing and administering the City’s zoning code in a fair and equitable fashion. Here’s what’s on the agenda;

The City Of Newport’s Historic District Commission will host a meeting on Tuesday, February 18th at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall, here’s what’s on the agenda; Current Agenda ItemsMeeting Agenda, Tuesday, February 18, 2020,  6:30 p.m. (Pre-meeting at 6:15 p.m.) Second Floor, Council Chambers, City Hall, 43 Broadway  I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL […]

Newport is creating a North End urban plan and inviting residents, business owners, and the public to give their perspective and see what they’ve heard from Newporters so far. John Harlow, who is working with the City of Newport and NBBJ on the North End Urban Plan, told What’s Up Newp on Thursday that they […]

Ahead of a nearing deadline, Newport School Committee voted 5-1 this evening on the submittal of the Rhode Island Dept of Education Stage II application to build a new high school and construct an addition at Pell Elementary School.  Newport School Committee member Robert Leary was the lone vote against moving forward with the application (agenda item – 5.1 Request […]

Portsmouth will receive a $339,000 grant from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, among programs sharing $1 million in grants to implement climate resilience plans they developed as part of the bank’s Municipal Resilience Program. According to the Infrastructure Bank, Portsmouth will use its grant for rehabilitation and stabilization of the Melville Dam, and three flood […]

Newport School Committee will host their next regular meeting on Tuesday, February 11th at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria at Pell Elementary School. The meeting is open to the public. Here’s what’s on the agenda;

The following was written by City of Newport Mayor Jamie Bova. It was sent out in her weekly email to constituents. This Wednesday, the City Council will officially receive the letter of resignation from School Committee Member Kathy Silvia. Kathy served on the School Committee for many years and before that she served as City Clerk for Newport. We cannot […]

Newport City Council hosted a two hour workshop with State Legislators on Saturday morning at City Hall. Prior to their workshop with State Legislators (which took place from 10 am to 12 pm), they hosted a workshop to discuss what would be discussed during the legislative workshop (which took place from 9 am to 10 […]

The City of Newport shared today that the Newport City Council is inviting all eligible Newport residents interested in serving on the City’s School Committee to submit a letter of interest in order to be considered to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of School Committee member Kathleen M. Silvia no later than Friday, […]

Portsmouth Town Council will host their next Town Council Meeting on Monday, February 10th at Portsmouth Town Hall. Here’s a look at what’s on the agenda; PORTSMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGFEBRUARY 10, 2020AGENDA 6:00 PM – TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PORTSMOUTH TOWN HALL, 2200 EAST MAIN ROAD EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SITTING AS THE PORTSMOUTH […]

City Council members are due to meet with their legislative counterparts on Saturday, Feb. 8th for an annual joint workshop to discuss the City’s priorities for the current legislative session. Among the topics expected to be discussed include the Governor’s proposed budget and the impact that it could have on municipalities along with a variety of […]

Sen. Dawn Euer and Rep. Jason Knight today announced legislation to change the way Rhode Island redraws its legislative districts. The legislators are sponsoring a bill (2020-S 2077, 2020-H 7260) aimed at shifting control of Rhode Island’s once-a-decade redistricting from the General Assembly to an independent commission created solely for that purpose. The change is intended […]