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Newport School Committee met for approximately 1 hour and 44 minutes on Tuesday, May 14th. Newport Public Schools has made the following video available from that meeting.

The following press release and information was provided by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Environmental Police Officers from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are teaming up with boating safety advocates across the United States and Canada to promote safe and responsible boating and consistent life jacket wearing duringNational Safe Boating Week. […]

With boating season just around the corner, the City of Newport announced today that the Harbormaster’s Office is rolling out a new dinghy permitting program designed to help reduce the number of unattended vessels at the King Park Stone Pier. Earlier this month, the City Council gave their approval to a new dinghy permitting program […]

The City of Newport has published the agenda for Newport City Council’s next Regular Council Meeting. Scheduled for Wednesday, May 22 at 6:30 pm, here’s what City Council will discuss. The agenda and any updates, can best be viewed here. CITY OF NEWPORT DOCKET FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2019 THE MEETING WILL BE […]

School projects of more than $375 million that are designed to repair or replace deteriorating school buildings in six school districts were approved Tuesday night by the Rhode Island Department of Education’s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education. The projects are all slated to receive state aid under the $250 million school facilities bond approved […]

The City of Newport’s Department of Public Services is joining hundreds of Public Works Departments from across New England to collect food and household goods to support our local community food bank needs.  Newport’s Fill-A-Public Works Truck Food Drive will be taking place during National Public Works Week, from May 19-25, 2019 and will support the Martin […]

Senator Dawn Euer and Representative Lauren Carson recently held a public celebration of trees and their essential role in Rhode Island’s ecology at the State House. The event was held Thursday to foster public conversation regarding trees and their stake in our communities. Among those who spoke were Sen. Bridget G. Valverde (D-Dist. 35, North […]

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) is inviting the public to attend community information sessions regarding the Deck Project on Newport Pell Bridge this week. There will be two opportunities for individuals to attend and learn more information about the project. WHAT: Newport Pell Bridge Deck Project Community Information Sessions  WHO: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge […]

The City of Newport launched the first phase of a newly redesigned website today that is intended to provide better access and more digital capabilities for residents, visitors, and businesses. The new CityofNewport.com is the culmination of a more than yearlong design-build process, and will serve as a focal point to the City’s broader communications efforts, according […]

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), on Tuesday, will determine funding levels for the six school districts that applied for aid from the $250 million school facilities bond approved by voters last fall. The bond issue was in response to a RIDE report that rated every Rhode Island public and charter school, most schools […]

After hearing from several student athletes last week, the Newport City Council has begun exploring ways to assure that the field used for track, soccer and lacrosse is playable by the fall season. “It’s not good we have the field in that condition,” said Mayor Jamie Bova, a former high school soccer player herself. The […]

This story was originally published at 1:33 pm on May 6th. The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority issued the following press release on Monday, May 6th; Starting Sunday, May 12thThe Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) will recommence the significant structural rehabilitation project on the Newport Pell Bridge. RITBA will replace approximately 4,500 feet […]

Here’s what’s on tap for road construction and traffic this upcoming week. Of note, RITBA: Deck Project on Newport Pell Bridge will resume Sunday, May 12th Rhode Island Department of Transportation The following road and lane closure notices are effective for the week of May 11-17, 2019. All schedules are weather-dependent and subject to change. […]

Newport City Council hosted a Regular Council Meeting that last approximately one hour and forty minutes on Wednesday night. A large group of student athletes from Rogers High School and parents filled City Council chambers to ask for/show support for City Council to do what they can in the upcoming budget to help fix their […]