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Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport Harbor Hotel and RI Hospitality Association stopped by The Open Forum today to discuss travel and tourism. Guests today included Trudy Coxe, Executive Director of Preservation Society Of Newport CountyDale Venturini, President of Hospitality AssociationKristine Cox, General Manager of Newport Harbor Hotel 12:30pm – 1pm 1pm – 2pm Listen […]

Middletown, Portsmouth and Barrington High Schools all received a robo-call threat “shortly before noon” on Monday, February 22nd – Middletown and Portsmouth High School Receives Robocall Threat on Monday. Donita Taylor, Providence Journal Staff Writer, had more information on Monday night about the threats,  3 R.I. high schools receive bomb threats Monday. [the_ad_group id=”217″]

Newport Fire Department is currently on scene of a working house fire at 22 Catherine Street in Newport, RI. The call came in around 4:30pm on Monday. According to Truilia, 22 Catherine Street is a multi-family home that was built in 1865 and is a three story wood frame structure. Zillow records show the property […]

Middletown High School received a robo-call threat “shortly before noon” on Monday, February 22nd. The following information was received from Middletown Public Schools on Monday; “Today, February 22, Middletown High School received a robo-call threat. School personnel worked with Middletown police officers to ensure that the building was safe and the threat was deemed to […]

{Photo: From left to right:  Matthew Marshall, Alex Bestoso, Michael Garvey, Charles Taylor} A team of high school students from Rogers High School in Newport, RI recently concluded an exceptional round of competition in the eighth season of CyberPatriot – the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. [contextly_auto_sidebar] Established by the Air Force Association, the CyberPatriot National Youth […]

The Shell Gas Station located at 560 Thames Street will close for several months starting tonight (February 21st) at 10:00 p.m. for renovations and remodeling. Rendering of a Seasons Corner Market Renovations and remodeling are expected to take three or four months (May or June), when completed the property will become a Seasons Corner Market. The new Season […]

Following several anonymous bomb threats to Newport and Middletown Public Schools this month, NBC 10 News reported on February 16th that the Rhode Island State Police had arrested a male Newport teenager. The Providence Journal reported on February 21st that police have said a Newport teenager used a web server in Russia, various overseas and local phone […]

{Photo via Diego’s Newport} The margarita cocktail – a famous concoction of tequila, Cointreau or Triple Sec, and lime juice – has been around since the 1940s. Every bartender in the world has put a unique spin on this classic, but no one knows who created the original. Dozens of people claim that they invented […]

Newport is the least safe community (per capita/1,000 residents) in Rhode Island according to crime index and crime rate data from NeighborhoodScout.com, a website dedicated to building “the best location-based technologies possible to empower businesses to make informed decisions that translate to increased revenue and reduced costs.” We dug into the date after reading The 10 Safest […]

According to a recent report of real estate transactions, a historic commercial/mixed use residential building located at 103-111 Bellevue Avenue sold for $2.645 Million on February 10th, 2016. (Zillow reports that the property was purchased for $2.905 Million) The property was sold by Christine Tellefsen to Stonehenge Partners, LLC and is currently home to Griswold’s […]

Business Insider released their annual list of the 50 Most Elite Boarding Schools in America on February 17th. [contextly_auto_sidebar] Portsmouth Abbey School came in at #46 on the 2016 list with an acceptance rate of 37%, endowment of $45 million and enrollment of 360. The website had the following to say about the Portsmouth, RI […]

The Pell Center at Salve Regina University will partner with “White House Chronicle,” a national PBS show with global reach, to produce episodes of “Story in the Public Square.” Hosted by Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes and G. Wayne Miller, visiting fellow and director of the Story in the Public Square initiative, the new […]

On the Thursday, February 18th edition of The Open Forum on 1540 AM WADK Newport, Ryan spoke about local issues involving police worn cameras as well as a resolution to add cameras to Downtown Newport. I was joined at 12:45pm by Lesley Muir, Special Events Manager for Norman Bird Sanctuary, who discussed upcoming events that the […]