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Keen Inc., best known for the Newport sandal designed 15 years ago, has signed on as a sponsor of the Newport Folk Festival. As a sponsor of the festival, which takes place July 27-29, Keen has designed a limited-edition Newport sandal and will donate half of the proceeds to Newport Festivals Foundation’s music education initiatives. […]

A partnership agreement has been made with the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), which provides the exclusivity to use the IMOCA 60 for crewed round the world yacht races. Last week, during the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race in The Hague, an Educational Session for interested parties was held around the IMOCA Class […]

With new corporate tax reform recently signed into law, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business. To determine the most fertile grounds for planting and growing new ventures, WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states across 25 key indicators of startup success. The data set ranges […]

It took until the final In-Port Race, but Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic moved off the bottom of the race leaderboard on Saturday, after securing sixth place in the Volvo Ocean Race. The day started with SHK/Scallywag and Turn the Tide on Plastic with equal points on the overall race leaderboard. The tie-break […]

(Photo: The Hague stopover. Practice race on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. 28 June Konrad Frost/Volvo Ocean Race) After nine months, 45,000 miles of offshore racing and 10 In-Port Races, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet is preparing to take the final start of the event at the Brunel In-Port Race on Saturday afternoon in The Hague. It […]

Following a national search, the Board of Directors for United Way of Rhode Island has selected Cortney Nicolato to lead the organization as its next President and CEO. She joins the organization on September 24, 2018, succeeding Anthony Maione, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Nicolato, a resident of Lantana, Texas, was born and raised […]

Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty announced on Thursday that they are exclusively representing the following three luxury Jamestown properties: 609 Beavertail Road, offered at $8,975,000; 90 Battery Lane, offered at $8,250,000; and 850 East Shore Road, offered at $6,850,000. Currently, these three properties represent three of the four most expensive homes active on the […]

The Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme reached a significant milestone when the race completed a global circumnavigation following its arrival into Cardiff, Wales in May 2018, eight months after departing from Alicante, Spain. Out of a total of 68 samples taken during the course of the Volvo Ocean Race, only two, collected south of Australia […]

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced in a press release today that they are advising people to avoid contact with Almy Pond in Newport and Melville Ponds in Portsmouth due to a blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) bloom in the pond. Blue-green algae can produce toxins […]

Aquidneck Community Table announced on Wednesday in a press release that The North Side Community Market will open this Friday with a big community party at the Florence Gray Center. At the event, the Newport Housing Authority is sponsoring a “HUD Strong Families” event to celebrate the beginning of the summer season. All are welcome […]

61 student from across Rhode Island earned the Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for U.S. History this year. The medal, originally presented by Senator Claiborne Pell and his wife, Mrs. Nuala Pell, recognizes college and high school students in the state who have excelled in U.S. History. “The students in Rhode Island continue to earn […]

The 2018 KIDS COUNTÒ Data Book, a national and state-by-state report on child well-being, issued today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, finds that Rhode Island ranks 19th in the nation for overall child well-being and last in New England, behind New Hampshire (1), Massachusetts (2), Connecticut (7), Vermont (8) and Maine (16). The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 16 […]

Students from across the world will be mentored this summer at the site of one of the world’s most legendary jazz festivals, according to a press release from Berklee on Tuesday. The Berklee Global Jazz Workshop at the Newport Jazz Festival gives young vocalists and instrumentalists a five-day intensive jazz program taught by world-renowned faculty […]

The Newport County YMCA announced in a press release on Monday that they have partnered up with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and The Sacred Center to host Newport County’s inaugural Midsummer Island Retreat Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 324 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871. This free family event is open to the entire community. […]

Dongfeng Race Team has won the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 in the closest finish in race history. Skipper Charles Caudrelier led his team to victory on the final leg of the race, a 970-mile sprint from Gothenburg, Sweden to The Hague. Incredibly, it marked the first leg win for the team — it couldn’t have […]

It’s been a sleepless night for Volvo Ocean Race sailors and fans alike. The racing has never been closer and the stakes couldn’t be higher. On Saturday evening, a split developed among the three boats competing for the overall win in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 – MAPFRE, Team Brunel and Dongfeng Race Team. The […]

A brief split opened up in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet on Saturday afternoon as team AkzoNobel and Team Brunel were pushed by an unexpected windshift to pass north and west of a commercial Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) while the race leaders, Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE slid down the east side. The early advantage […]

A Newport woman claimed a $50,000 “Super Crossword” Instant Ticket prize on Friday, according to the Rhode Island Lottery. According to Lottery officials, the woman initially thought she won $2,000 until Lottery staff validated the ticket and informed her that the ticket was actually a $50,000 winner. Since the identified winner hadn’t realized how much […]

Lila Delman Real Estate announced the sale of 7 Beavertail Road in Jamestown. According to the press release, the property sold for $2 million. The buyers have not been identified. Bob Bailey, Manager of Lila Delman’s Jamestown office, represented the buyer. “I was thrilled to be part of the process of helping my buyers acquire […]

Rivals Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE were locked in a bitter tussle for the Leg 11 lead – and overall Volvo Ocean Race victory – on Friday as they led the fleet towards the Danish city of Aarhus. One third of the way through the 970-mile sprint final leg from Gothenburg to The Hague the […]

In a joint effort to promote mental health awareness, Newport County YMCA and Newport Mental Health are hosting the “I am Whole” campaign, a series of workshops and events that went viral in the United Kingdom and Europe last year. This the first time a YMCA in the U.S. has implemented such a campaign and […]

(Photo: The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded nearly $270,000 in grants to serve Newport County residents. Lucy’s Hearth residents Stephanie Aguair and Jamane Rose and their daughter Jayla are among the people who will be helped by the funding.) The Rhode Island Foundation is awarding nearly $270,000 to nonprofit organizations serving Newport County residents. The […]

{Gothenburg stopover. Skippers Press Conference. 20 June, 2018. Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean Race} Three teams will start Leg 11 – the final 700 nautical mile sprint leg of the Volvo Ocean Race – in a virtual tie for the lead, setting up an epic, dramatic and unprecedented denouement. After racing over 44,000 nautical miles around the […]

Several local organizations have announced their collaboration to host “Newport Clean Up Day” on Thursday, June 28th. “Come join Clean Ocean Access (COA), Mount Gay Rum, and The Last Straw for a cleanup of lower Thames and Banisters and Bowens Wharf on Thursday, June 28th from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,” a news brief from […]

On behalf of her Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, Governor Gina M. Raimondo joined Health and Human Services Secretary Eric J. Beane and the Task Force Co-Chairs, Tom Coderre, Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor, and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and Rebecca Boss, Directors of the Rhode Island Departments of Health (RIDOH) and Behavioral Healthcare, […]

The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (WFRI) announced on Tuesday a total of $50,000 in grant funding to six organizations for their innovative proposals to advance gender equity and help level the playing field for women and girls in Rhode Island.   The grant recipients and awarded programs are:   Blackstone Valley Prep– Funding will […]

What a fun Tuesday show! It was great to be joined by artist and choreographer Attila Csiki. Attila talked about the event “One Night Only – A Collaboration between Local Artists and Friends” happening on Wednesday night at Jamestown Arts Center. Atilla also talked about his life, on and off Broadway, travels, how he found himself in […]

It was a jam-packed Monday edition of What’sUpNewp Radio on AM 1540 WADK today. Sandy Kristianson and Rob McCormack from Fort Adams Trust kicked-off the show with details on the 2nd Annual Music On The Porch series and more on what’s happening, new and to do at the Fort this summer. Jane Roggero, Chair of […]

(Photo:  Gothenburg stopover. Ocean Summit. 18 June, 2018. Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean Race) Karolina Skog, Swedish Government Minister for the Environment, revealed that the Swedish Government has allocated  €7.8 million to 15 projects related to Ocean health at the event in the Volvo Ocean Race Village. Karolina Skog said: “The Swedish government has decided to allocate the […]

(Photo: Gothenburg stopover. Gothenburg In-Port Race. 17 June, 2018. Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean Race) Charlie Enright’s Vestas 11th Hour Racing showed great patience and sailed a clean race for a victory in the Gothenburg In-Port Race on Sunday. But it was Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE team who rode a third place finish on Sunday to win the overall […]

(Photo credit: Lila Delman Real Estate) Lila Delman Real Estate has announced the sale of 234 Hargraves Drive in Portsmouth for $1,425,000. Anne Northup Burns, Sales Associate, represented the seller. This marks the highest sale in Portsmouth year-to-date, according to data from the Rhode Island Statewide MLS.* “This unique offering in the established Lawrence Farm […]

(Photo of 116 Old Beach Road, photo provided by Lila Delman Real Estate) Lila Delman Real Estate announced on Thursday the sale of 116 Old Beach Road in Newport for $1,380,000. Annie Becker, Broker Associate, represented the buyer. “116 Old Beach Road was lovingly designed and built to blend into the estate setting of the […]

Team Brunel has completed one of the great comebacks in sailing, setting up an epic final leg to The Hague next week in what will be the closest Volvo Ocean Race in history. Three teams – MAPFRE, Team Brunel and Dongfeng Race Team – will start the final leg in a dead heat at the […]

After more than 10 years of planning and work, The Preservation Society of Newport County was joined by nearly 600 supporters for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of its new Welcome Center at The Breakers earlier today. Four hundred and fifty thousand (450,000) people a year visit the former Vanderbilt mansion, which is now […]

(Photo: Leg 10, from Cardiff to Gothenburg, arrivals. 14 June, 2018. Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race) Skipper Bouwe Bekking led his team to a win in Leg 10 of the Volvo Ocean Race over Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE squad, who claimed second place, less than two-minutes behind. The results mean MAPFRE and Team Brunel sit equal at the […]

Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel shot past most of the fleet over the past 24 hours, eventually eking ahead of MAPFRE on Thursday morning and taking the lead in Leg 10 of the Volvo Ocean Race. But with less than 200 miles to go to the finish line in Gothenburg, Sweden, less than 10-miles separate the […]

Newport Hospital recently celebrated the graduation of Project SEARCH interns at a ceremony held last week at Newport Hospital. The Project Search program prepares special needs students for the workplace, helping them acquire career and life skills through hands-on internships. Their interns completed three 10-week rotations throughout the hospital, working alongside Newport Hospital employees in […]

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (Resource Recovery) and the Portsmouth Department of Public Works are partnering for a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, June 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Portsmouth High School located at 120 Education Lane. Created in 2001, the Eco-Depot program is a free service offered that provides for […]

NEWPORT, R.I. – U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 69th Current Strategy Forum (CSF) this week bringing together national security experts from the military, academics, government and private industry to explore wide-ranging issues of national and international importance. CSF is the annual capstone event for the NWC academic year, and this year’s theme, “Technology, […]

Spanish team MAPFRE shot into the lead of the penultimate Volvo Ocean Race leg as the fleet rocketed round the coast of Scotland on Wednesday. The painfully light and fickle winds that dogged the seven teams on Tuesday as they crossed a high pressure ridge had today been replaced by powerful south-westerlies that were blasting them north-east at […]

Save The Bay announced on Monday that on Friday,  August 3rd, it will present two youth swim clinics, each led by three-time Olympic medalist and  Saunderstown native Elizabeth Beisel, at Roger Williams University’s Aquatic Center. Each clinic will include 60 minutes of pool time and 15 minutes for autographs and photos with the Olympian, who […]

The Newport Car Museum has teamed with Sailing Heals, a non-profit in Marblehead, Mass. that serves cancer patients in Rhode Island and several states, to host a fundraiser at the Museum on Friday, June 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. In addition to exploring six separate galleries filled with more than 70 cars, guests will enjoy cocktails and hors-d’oeuvres along with […]

On average, one person dies by suicide every three days in Rhode Island. Frank Prosnitz and I dedicated 90 minutes of our shows (The Open Forum and What’sUpNewp Radio Edition) on AM 1540 WADK Newport today to have a serious and much-needed conversation about suicide. From 12 pm to 1:30 pm today, representatives from Newport Mental Health, American Foundation […]

With 21 students aboard from Rogers High School, Portsmouth High School and the MET School, Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel SSV Oliver Hazard Perry returned to Newport on Monday morning after ten days at sea. The 200 foot three-masted Class A Tall Ship and its student trainees, plus two teacher chaperones and 18 professional crew, started the […]

Using examples of professional athletes competing for the greatest touchdown, the last minute three-point basket or maybe the Olympic gold medal,    instructors at the EFC Newport Kickin’ Kids Sports Camp will teach children how to break free from poor choices and fear.  Scheduled for July 9-13 at EFC Newport, RI this one week, half-day camp […]

Ron Vien, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s newly appointed technical director, addressed defense industry representatives at the Atlantic Resort in Middletown, R.I. on June 5 as part of the “Tech Talk” series sponsored by the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA). Vien, who also serves as the deputy warranting officer for the […]

After talking about the Rhode Island Air Show for the first twenty to thirty minutes (I was supposed to be joined by an organizer of the event so I improv’d this part), I turned my attention, thoughts, and voice to the topic on everyone’s mind today – suicide (or Anthony Bourdain, or Kate Spade, or ….). […]

The top three teams in the In-Port Race Series for the Volvo Ocean Race held down the podium positions on Friday afternoon in Cardiff, as Dongfeng Race Team made a pass on the last lap of the race course to claim the win. “We’re very happy. It’s always a pleasure to win the In-Port Race,” said skipper […]

In response to increased plastic waste on beaches and in the ocean, Green Drinks Newport announced this week that it has partnered with Clean Ocean Access and The Last Straw to launch Strawless by the Sea, a collaborative campaign to eliminate plastic straws in Newport, Rhode Island. Strawless by the Sea launches today (Friday, June […]

​Elizabeth Gibbs, a Thompson Middle School Grade 7 Science Teacher, has been named the 2018-2019 Newport Public Schools Teacher of the Year. “It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Elizabeth Gibbs, Grade 7 Science Teacher, as the 2018-2019 Newport Public Schools Teacher of the Year,” a press release from Newport Public Schools stated on […]

Ryan Belmore and Tim Towey were joined by Dave McLaughlin, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Access, ahead of his organizations World Oceans Day cleanup and celebration at Easton’s Beach. World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on June 8th. Tim and Ryan also chatted about a variety of other topics. What’s Up Newp Radio Edition Tune […]

It’s getting tense now as we reach the stage in the Volvo Ocean Race where every single point counts. The top three teams in the race are heading into the final two legs separated by just three points on the race leaderboard. After racing over 40,000 nautical miles, Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team, the new […]

Salve Regina University has launched an online Ph.D. program in international relations that officials say is the first of its kind in the United States. Designed primarily for faculty at military institutions, military officers from both the U.S. and abroad, and those employed in the government services professions, the program is currently enrolling students for […]

This weekend, the City of Newport will have a brief two-day taste of bike share – the popular public transportation system that is popping up in cities nationwide, according to Bike Newport. With bike share, people can borrow a bike from one dock and return it to another dock, making it possible to use shared […]

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Exeuctive director of Rhode Island Kids Count, joined Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz on this edition of What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK to chat about the latest Kids Count report. Matt Gray from Ragged Island Brewing Co. also joined the program to chat about Ales for ALS, Ragged Island Brewing […]

ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, has long been viewed as among the most devastating conditions for both the afflicted and his or her family. Mary Murphy and Mary Frances Vesey, both of whom lost husbands to ALS, witnessing the courage, strength, bravery and determination of their husbands, and also demonstrating […]

Tim Burke, a Newport Pedicabber, pulled a pedicab from Bristol to Boston last week to raise awareness and funds for ALS (and met with ALS doctors and professionals along the way). Burke, who will be participating in the Tri-State Trek, The Ride To End ALS, later this month, joined me for the first 30 minutes […]

More than 70 peacemakers from across America and the world are gathering this week at the University of Rhode Island to engage in active experiential training for nonviolent conflict reconciliation to address violence in their home communities. Among them are URI graduate students, Chicago high schoolers and teachers from Santa Fe, Texas, and Sandy Hook, […]

Story in the Public Square” has been awarded Bronze for Best Political/Commentary in Television in the 39th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens as judged by leaders from video platforms, television and streaming networks, agencies, and production companies including Vice, Vimeo, Hearst Digital Media, and BuzzFeed. […]

Javier Juarez, a Rhode Island resident and probably best known in Newport as a Newport Pedicabber, joined WUN’s Ryan Belmore to chat about his recent commencement speech at Brown University. Juarez shared how, as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, he got to the point of graduating from an Ivy League university with an advanced degree. […]

The musician, who has sold over 25 million albums worldwide, became a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador on World Environment Day in 2015. The role aligns with his commitment to raise environmental awareness in the music industry and to encourage venues and fans to reduce plastic waste. His social action network, All At Once, connects concertgoers with […]

To fulfill its educational mission that includes a commitment to Aquidneck Island students, the non-profit organization Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) is hosting 21 students from Rogers High School, Portsmouth High School and the MET School on a nine-day voyage aboard Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. The student trainees, a mix […]

Today’s guests included John Edwards, Vice President of Tiverton Town Council; Courtenay Needham, Senior Community Development Manager for the Northeast Region of the American Cancer Society; and Gianna Sullivan. We capped off the week on What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK in a busy and big way on Friday. John Edwards from Tiverton Town […]

Tim Towey makes his weekly stop by the show and will join Ryan Belmore for a conversation on the Tiverton Casino, to chat about some local people doing some great things, Teacher Of The Year, and all the latest on what’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport County and beyond. Tune into What’sUpNewp Radio […]

Rhode Island economy – bliss or abyss. A deal for a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium by the numbers. How do you turn around a $60 million deficit a few months ago into a $38 million surplus a couple of weeks before the end of the fiscal year? Is Rhode Island’s economy as good as […]

As the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 builds towards an exciting finish in June in The Hague, organisers can confirm the next edition of the race will start in 2021, under new ownership. Atlant Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius, Johan Salén and Jan Litborn, will take over the Volvo Ocean Race from Volvo Group […]

On June 02, various organizations within the Newport community are coming together to celebrate this vast and rich architectural heritage. Ross Cann joined us today to chat about The Newport Architectural Forum, a one-day symposium that will include lectures by scholars, lunch, and visits to important buildings which played such a central place in the […]

Mary Ann Sorrentino, the former head of Rhode Island’s Planned Parenthood, and longtime advocate for women’s rights, joined WUN’s Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz in advance of a press conference later in the week (on Thursday) at which she and others will advocate for passage of legislation in Rhode Island that would make Roe V. Wade the law in […]

The full fleet of seven Volvo Ocean Race boats has now arrived in Cardiff, Wales, with David Witt’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag the final team to cross the finish line in Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team finished just under a day behind the leaders on this transatlantic race, after falling off the […]

It was a jam-packed Tuesday edition of What’sUpNewp Radio Edition today. Brian Sullivan kicked off the show and provided us with the details on Hope Day: Birth Of Our Nation Showcase. The weekend ahead is going to be a busy one in The-City-By-The-Sea with the Great Chowder Cook-Off and Newport 10 Miler both taking place out at Fort Adams. […]

The top three teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are within three points after Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel won Leg 9 into Cardiff, Wales to vault into contention for the overall race win. The Leg 9 results also mean a new team is at the top of the race leaderboard as Dongfeng Race Team, with […]

Less than a mile separated Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 frontrunners Team Brunel and team Akzonobel on Monday as the teams prepared to enter the final 100 miles. After almost eight days of intense racing across the Atlantic from Newport, USA, to Cardiff, Wales, the leading pair were today neck and neck. To add to the intensity […]

Team AkzoNobel and Team Brunel were racing practically neck and neck on Sunday as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet geared up for a nail-biting Leg 9 finale. With less than 300 miles remaining to the finish line in Cardiff, Wales, the two Dutch boats were just two miles apart at the front of the seven-strong fleet and […]

The leading boats in the Volvo Ocean Race have left Friday’s record-breaking conditions in their wake as they bump into a ridge of high pressure that is beginning to slow their progress towards the finish in Cardiff. The Leg 9 leader on Saturday is team AkzoNobel, the crew still basking in the afterglow of setting a new 24-hour distance […]

Early this evening The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) noticed the American flag it hung on the Newport Pell Bridge had developed a slight tear and immediately took the flag down. The flag was hung Friday morning (5/25) from the west tower of the bridge with the intention of flying this flag through the Memorial Day weekend. […]

James P. McGuire, Department Commander of the Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, joined Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz on this edition of What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK  to discuss Memorial Day, the 150th anniversary, the Grand Army of the Republic, Rhode Island Civil War history, and more. The Department of […]

The reason I am reaching out to you today is because my friend, Bobby Forster, who has contributed to this website and whom that I love very much, desperately needs your help. Bobby has been living with ALS for four years now. Since being diagnosed at the age of 25, Bobby has faced this disease […]

Team AkzoNobel set a new record for the greatest distance sailed in 24 hours in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race on Friday, eclipsing the previous mark and smashing past the 600-mile barrier as they rocketed through the North Atlantic. Dutch skipper Simeon Tienpont’s crew bested the existing record for a yacht competing in the Volvo Ocean […]

Motorists traveling over the Newport Pell Bridge this holiday weekend will enjoy the view of an American flag suspended from the west tower of the Bridge. In honor of Memorial Day Weekend, The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) will fly the flag starting Friday afternoon, May 25th through Tuesday, May 29th. UPDATE: Tear forces RITBA forced to remove American Flag from Pell […]

Tim Towey joined Ryan Belmore today for his weekly co-hosting appearance on What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK Newport. Among the variety of topics that Tim and Ryan hit on was the recent news that the Tiverton casino hopes to open on September 1st, one month earlier than expected. With several questions on the […]

A robust footfall of over 100,000 people took in the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover between May 8 and May 20, according to Sail Newport. The 13-day event was kicked off with an exciting arrival of the seven VO65 race boats in the early morning hours of May 8 in dense fog. After 16 days […]

According to Jamestown resident Sav Rebecchi, 51% of all Rhode Island’s government officials were elected with just 1 vote in 2016. Meaning that the majority of officeholders ran unimposed in their local or statewide election. Because of that, and his belief that all candidates must have a challenger for “government to work properly”, Rebechhi has launched www.fullballotsri.com. […]

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was beginning to converge again on Wednesday as the Leg 9 sprint across the Atlantic continued at pace. A split of almost 300 miles had opened up early in the 3,300-mile leg from Newport, USA, to Cardiff, Wales, as the seven-strong fleet broke into two groups. Team Brunel, team AkzoNobel, Vestas 11th […]

Ryan Belmore sat in and hosted The Open Forum (12 pm to 1 pm) and What’sUpNewp Radio Edition (1 pm to 2 pm) on AM 1540 WADK Newport on Tuesday, May 22nd. From about 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm; Evan Smith, CEO & President of Discover Newport, and Brad Read, Executive Director of Sail Newport, […]

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and Rhode Island Commerce Corporation announced on Monday the return of the Providence and Newport Ferry. What’sUpNewp first reported about the ferry returning on May 11th – Providence to Newport Ferry to resume May 25. The 2018 season has been expanded, with service starting on Friday, May 25, in […]

Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) has awarded 12 grants totaling $16,000 to local community and neighborhood groups through its annual grant program, the Merritt Neighborhood Fund. Grant awards ranged from $500 to $2,500. Established in 1999 to honor the late Peter M. Merritt, the organization’s president emeritus, the Fund supports projects that strengthen community identity and […]

A split has already developed, with Dongfeng gybing to the north just before 1300 UTC on Monday while MAPFRE continues with the bulk of the fleet charging out to the southeast. It was a foggy first night at sea with Liz Wardley on Turn the Tide on Plastic tweeting on Monday morning: “The first time since leaving Newport that […]

Team Brunel accomplished its first goal on Sunday afternoon, taking the early lead on Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Newport, Rhode Island to Cardiff, Wales. The Dutch team, led by eight-time race veteran Bouwe Bekking, has been on a tear over the last two months of the race and is attempting to muscle its […]

As a dense fog lifted and abundant sunshine washed over Newport, the City-by-the-Sea bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race. The fleet of seven VO65 race boats departed on a trans-Atlantic leg bound for Cardiff, Wales. With the fog cleared the race committee decided to send the fleet on a lap of the East Passage […]

The Race Village at the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover will be open at Fort Adams State Park from 10 am to 6 pm today. There is a parking fee of $20 today. Admission into the race village is free. Sunday, May 20th Race Village Open: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm For a full list […]

Salve Regina President Jane Gerety, RSM, will confer 785 degrees tomorrow (Sunday, May 20), when the university celebrates its 68th commencement on the Oceanside lawn of McAuley Hall. The academic procession steps off at 9:15 a.m., with the ceremony slated to begin beneath the commencement tent along the Cliff Walk at 10 a.m. Sister Jane will confer a […]

Fans of the Volvo Ocean Race have one more day to visit Fort Adams State Park to catch a glimpse of the international sailors and VO65 race boats. Tomorrow afternoon the fleet of seven yachts sets off on a trans-Atlantic race bound for Cardiff, Wales, on the third-to-last leg of the globe-girdling race. The race then […]

The seven boats of the Volvo Ocean Race 2018 fleet lined up off Fort Adams on Saturday afternoon for the start of the Gurney’s Resort In-Port Race. It was the final act of this year’s Newport stopover before the boats depart for a transatlantic leg to  Cardiff, Wales tomorrow afternoon. In addition to overall race […]