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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 […]