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The following information was released by the Middletown Police Department At approximately 12:30pm, the Middletown Police Department received a robo voice call stating that a bomb was planted in three Aquidneck Island Schools. The three named schools were Rogers High School, Thompson Middle School and Middletown High School. Upon receiving the message, the Newport Police […]

The Superintendent of Newport Public School sent out the following message to parents of students just after 10:30am this morning; “Dear Newport Families and Community, Within the last five minutes, we have received another call indicating a bomb threat at Rogers High School.  In an abundance of caution, we are evacuating Rogers High School to […]

The Preservation Society of Newport County will allow visitors to The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House to use their “smart phones” to take interior photographs of the houses starting Friday, February 12th, the first day of Newport Winter Festival. The exception to the long-standing “no interior photography policy” allows photography only with smart phones, for […]

Karen Vebber, Mortgage Loan Officer at People’s Credit Union, joined me today on The Open Forum to discuss taxes, mortgages, what to financially think about before you engaged on Valentine’s Day, the local real estate market and much more. Karen joins me on The Open Forum on 1540 AM WADK on the first Tuesday of […]

UPDATE from Newport Police Department at 10:20 am At 0530 hours this morning an anonymous call was made to the Newport Police Department, in which a threat was made against the Newport Public schools. The Newport Police Department immediately began investigating this matter. The schools and the grounds were searched and there was no evidence […]

Bob Dyl, Night To Shine Coordinator, and Pastor Steve Robinson, from CrossPoint Church, joined me today on The Open Forum on 1540 AM WADK Newport to discuss Night To Shine, a prom night experience for those will special needs. Crosspoint Church recently announced that they will serve as one of the more than 100 churches around […]

At 6:30pm on Sunday evening an anonymous call was made to the Principal of Rogers High School, in which a threat was made against the school. The Newport Police Department along with the Community Police Officer assigned to Rogers High School immediately began investigating this matter.  The school and the grounds were searched and there was […]

Sail Newport will join forces with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management and fellow non-profit organization Clean Ocean Access to hold a clean-up of the Fort Adams State Park shoreline and beach on Sunday, January 31 at 11:00 a.m. Recent nor’easters have deposited a considerable amount of marine debris on the shores of the state […]

Representative Lauren Carson spent ninety minutes today chatting with me on The Open Forum on 1540 AM WADK Newport. Topics discussed included tourism, environment, truck toll plan, affordable housing, 38 Studios, Memorial Boulevard traffic study, Newport Gateway Center, rising sea level, government ethics and much much more. Listen To The Podcast 12:30pm – 1pm 1pm […]

Buddy Cianci was always quite a fan of Newport, we remember him fondly today upon the news of his passing. I had the chance to spend time with him during a live broadcast of The Buddy Cianci Show on News Talk 630 & 99.7 FM WPRO at the Ocean State Tall Ships Festival a few years back, he went […]

The Newport City Council hosted their regularly scheduled meeting on January 27th at 6:30 p.m.at the Pell Elementary School Cafetorium, 35 Dexter Street. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the more interesting items that were reviewed, discussed and introduced – the full agenda for the meeting is here. Contact information for the Newport City Council can be found HERE. SPECIAL […]

This story was originally posted on January 19th at 8:38 a.m. At their regularly scheduled meeting on January 13th and January 27th, Newport City Council addressed a request for city council action to increase the number of roadways where parking bans are established during snow emergencies. The recommendation came from the Department of Public Services […]

On Saturday February 6th, 2016, the Newport Health Equity Zone will be hosting the Envision Newport Lab at the Florence Gray Center Gymnasium in Newport, RI. The lab will serve as a forum for the community to come together and explore innovative ways for which we can improve quality of life in Newport, particularly the […]

Frank Prosnitz and Phil West will joined me on The Open Forum on WADK 1540AM from 12:30pm – 2pm today, among the topics were ethics, the presidential race and much more. Phil West served for eighteen years, 1988-2006, as executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, the state affiliate of the national, nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens’ lobby that […]