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Seamen’s Church Institute today announced that it will host its annual, free Thanksgiving Day meal again this year.  For the safety of the community, Seamen’s Church Institute says that their freshly prepared turkey dinner with all the fixings will be distributed as a takeaway meal on November 26, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Guests […]

Opposing a jobs bill in the U.S. Senate one day in 1935, Louisiana’s flamboyant Huey Long addressed the issue with something of a non sequitur. He told his colleagues that to make a great dinner, one starts with a frying pan and ten pounds of New Orleans oysters.  “You dry the oysters… and you roll […]

This article was originally written by Matt DeRienzo, Editor-in-Chief of the Center for Public Integrity, and published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. This is a news analysis from the Center for Public Integrity. “You will not replace us!” The words chanted in 2017 by tiki torch-wielding white supremacists in […]

By Sandy Kristiansson, Board Member, Fort Adams Trust While Covid-19 has sidelined Salve Regina University’s athletes from participating in NCAA competition this fall, students have found a way to showcase their teamwork by performing community service at locations throughout Aquidneck Island. On Saturday, October 24th members of the Salve Regina University’s women’s soccer team gathered, masked […]

By Child & Family Child & Family would like to thank their sponsors, donors and community members who supported their inaugural Taste of Home Campaign + Auction. The Campaign reached its goal of collecting over $100,000 in net proceeds! For the past 36 years Child & Family has hosted its very successful Taste of Newport […]

Sean Galvin returns today with another entertaining comic for What’s Up Newp. Keep an eye out for Galvin’s work on a regular basis here on whatsupnewp.com. Follow Sean’s work on Instagram and Facebook. See some of Sean’s previous work on What’s Up Newp: Sean Galvin Comics | Tourists magically immune to COVID-19? Newport Comic: Summer in Newport is […]

Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today is reminding Rhode Island voters that all mail ballots for the November 3 general election must be received by election officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day. The United States Postal Service recommends mailing your ballot at least seven days before November 3 to ensure that it arrives […]

The Museum at the International Tennis Hall of Fame today announced that it will be closed for the winter months, November 2 – March 31. The museum will reopen to the public on April 1, 2021. “During the upcoming winter months, we have decided to close the Museum at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. […]

Dennis Turano, a businessman who was first elected to the Middletown Town Council in 2016, is running for a third term to the council in what is an extremely competitive election. Turano, 57, said he hopes, if reelected, to concentrate in this next term on affordable housing, education, and tax reform. WhatsUpNewp asked candidates throughout […]

Check out some great local bands live along with music streaming online this weekend. Here are some of our favorites – be sure to follow all safety protocols. Have a great weekend! Friday: The Beardogz will be performing new original music live from their upcoming EP Living Room Yellow at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and changed almost every part of our lives. And it is younger children who have had the most difficult time adapting to these changes and understanding them.Inspired by this reality, author Sandi Martineau has written Super 19 – a book for children under age 12 about […]