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With the start of the New Year, the application period has opened for funding from Newport Hospital’s Frederick Henry Prince Memorial Fund. The hospital is making more than $100,000 in “Powered by Prince” grants available to support Newport County programs that work with children.  Newport Hospital issued a request for proposals last November to fund […]

By Matt Sheley, Town of Middletown The temperatures might have been hovering in the 30s, but the Town Council had the beaches on its mind tonight. During a meeting held via internet videoconference, local leaders heard a working operation plan for Second and Third beaches from Town Administrator Shawn J. Brown for the upcoming season. […]

The Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) today announced that recently received a $100,000 gift to its Glen Farm campaign, completing the year-long, $472,000 fundraising effort to conserve the 7.5-acre property in Portsmouth. The donation was made by Heather Marren Burgess and William Ernest Burgess  III as part of a larger gift to help ALT conserve key properties.   […]

What’s Up Newp’s Authors’ Series continues on Monday, January 4 at 11:30 am when Cornelia Dean joins us for a live virtual video conversation. What’s Up Newp’s Authors’ Series is sponsored by Charter Books, opening at 8 Broadway in 2021. Shop them now, online, at https://www.charterbookstore.com/ Cornelia Dean is a Distinguished Lecturer and Writer-in-Residence at […]

Any local, statewide news in 2020 was clearly overridden by national and international events – a pandemic that remains with us, an assault on our Democracy. As we enter 2021, these same issues will dominate the news sites, pages, and airwaves for months. It is impossible to separate the events of 2020 from the vision […]

“Maybe it’s much too early in the game/oh, but I thought I’d ask you just the same/what are you doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve?” — Ryan Montbleau For an intimate group of 26 fortunate guests, the answer was joyful: spending it with Ryan Montbleau in the Zenbarn in Waterbury, Vermont. On New Year’s Eve, […]

Portsmouth Police and the Rhode Island State Police are investigating an incident involving a 65-year-old-man being found dead on Wednesday morning outside of his home on Mare Terrace in Portsmouth. Portsmouth Police issued the following statement just after 5 pm on December 31; “On December 30, 2020 at approximately 8:30am the Portsmouth Police responded to […]

What’s Up Newp more than doubled our readership in 2020 – more than 1,126,470 users visiting our site, racking up more than 3.05 million page views. Our busiest year ever. We published more than 3,612 stories in 2020 – 52% more than in 2019. Many of these stories we broke. Many more of these stories […]

2019 was our busiest year every for What’s Up Newp and to be honest, I wasn’t sure how we would ever “beat it”. I mean, what could possibly happen that would see our website traffic more than double, our team produce at least 10 stories every single day of 2020, and a year of accomplishments, […]

As this bizarre year ends, we have compiled our top lists. To help us, we asked some current legislators, current and former general officeholders, retired journalists, and individuals active in some of the state’s most connected non-profits. Over the next few days, we will list, beginning today, the people to watch statewide in 2021 (yesterday), […]

Three more residents have thrown their name into consideration for the vacancies on Newport Planning Board. Newport City Council will interview William Lloyd, Thomas J. Gibson, Jr., and Vincent Marcello on Tuesday, January 5. According to a meeting notice from the City Council, the candidates will be interviewed in the following order; 6 pm – […]

Julien Ayotte, the author of 7 books, six mystery thrillers, and one historical fiction, joins WhatsUpNewp for a live video interview in our authors’ series at 11:30 am on Thursday, December 31. What’s Up Newp’s Authors’ Series is sponsored by Charter Books, opening at 8 Broadway in 2021. Shop them now, online, at https://www.charterbookstore.com/ Jon […]

 The Rhode Island General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 5, for the purpose of opening their 2021 session. Due to the need for social distance necessitated by COVID-19, the Assembly will not be meeting at the State House, which remains closed to the public. The House of Representatives is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. […]

Have you ever wondered how Scandinavians make it through the long, cold, dark winter? And did you know that they have some of the world’s lowest rates of depression? How do they do it?  Join Norman Bird Sanctuary for a virtual workshop with Stanford University Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow in Psychology, Kari Leibowitz, as she shares […]

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that it will begin taking reservations for picnic areas, covered shelters, and recreational fields at Rhode Island state parks for the 2021 season beginning on Monday, January 4. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be made by phone or in-person […]

As this bizarre year ends, we have compiled our top lists. To help us, we asked some current legislators, current and former general officeholders, retired journalists, and individuals active in some of the state’s most connected non-profits. Over the next few days, we will list, beginning today, the people to watch in 2021 (today), the […]