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By Salve Regina University Chief Information Officers representing seven of Rhode Island’s higher education institutions will be joined by global cybersecurity firm executives and leaders for a panel discussion designed to help organizations maintain an effective posture against the ever-changing threats from an invisible enemy. Organized by Salve Regina University in partnership with OSHEAN, “How’s […]

By Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management With winter approaching, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding businesses, community groups, and state and local government agencies to begin preparations for snow disposal. DEM has developed guidelines to assist organizations with selecting and preparing collection sites to minimize impacts on public health and the environment. […]

Friday: The Dirty Knobs, led by Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), present an album release show tonight at 8PM. Celebrate their debut LP, Wreckless Abandon here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiPOg_Ir9c Friday: The one and only Rickie Lee Jones will be streaming “A Night of Music and Storytelling beginning at 8PM here. Friday: “Save Maine Stages” is […]

The 23rd Annual Newport Illuminated Boat Parade is another event that has been forced to cancel this year due to COVID-19 restrictions and concerns for the health and safety of all spectators. The popular event, which takes place annually on Black Friday, typically includes a dazzling display of nautical holiday spirit along Newport Harbor’s waterfront […]

Pamela M. Aaltonen, Purdue University As Americans prepare for the first Thanksgiving in the time of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stark warning a week before the big day: Don’t travel. No over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s condo. No flying to a beach gathering with […]

By Kendra Muenter, Thompson Middle School PTO As temperatures get colder and with schools needing to have windows open for ventilation due to Covid 19, students will need to keep warm. Thompson Middle School PTO will be holding a Spread the Warmth Blanket, Hat and Glove Drive.  We know that students who are warm are able […]

By Sandy Kristiansoon on behalf of Fort Adams Trust National nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announced today that the Fort Adams State Park Cemetery in Newport, RI has once again joined as an official location for 2020’s Wreath’s Across in the effort to support the WAA’s mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, America Day on December 19th. This is the […]

Hygge at Home in Newport is a weekly column celebrating comfortable, calm, and charming indoor experiences. Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is a Danish word that translates to “the quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.” While the concept of hygge is immaterial and a bit subjective, we’ll be offering […]

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Cox Communications Community Grant program, which supports non-profit organizations providing summer enrichment and after-school programming aligned with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) learning initiatives. The call for applications is open now through January 20, 2021 and all non-profit groups within Cox’s service areas are eligible […]

Since this is about a phone call to The Registry, you’re thinking it’s going to be bad, although perhaps not as bad as an actual visit.And you’ll be wrong. Understandably, because you’re making assumptions about the person on the other end of the phone and not expecting that it was Margaret, a competent, warm, extroverted, […]

via DEM The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will hold a virtual public workshop next week to review updated draft Rhode Island freshwater wetland rules. DEM has been working in collaboration with the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to develop revisions to its freshwater wetlands rules as required by changes to state law intended to strengthen wetlands protection by establishing state standards […]