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Christened with a Cumberland Farms old-time milk bottle, the Lily Haseotes Bentas Center was officially dedicated Saturday afternoon (Sept. 17) on Salve Regina University’s seaside campus in honor of the convenience store chain’s chairman of the board. Bentas, a Cumberland native, has been a university trustee since 2007. The $8.7 million newly constructed 23,000-square-foot academic […]

Drink Craft Beer is a weekly craft beer column written by Sarah Fimple, Bar and Beverage Manager of The Wharf Pub Don’t want to travel as far as Maine or Vermont? Boston is your next best bet. Another city up and coming in the Craft Beer Industry. Towns Such as Somerville and Cambridge you can […]

“Rust Tide” in local waters poses no risk to public health or shellfish closures, says RI DEM The conversation about portions of Newport Harbor being discolored and smelly started two days ago when Mike Cullen, a resident in the Point Neighborhood, posted on NextDoor; “Brown, varnish-smelling water strongest @ Elm St Pier but is visibly brown […]

COAST GUARD, LOCAL PARTNERS DEWATER SAILBOAT NEAR SAKONNET POINT, RHODE ISLAND The Coast Guard was alerted to a sailboat taking on water Wednesday, three miles south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island. At about 9:15 a.m., Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Southeastern New England received a distress call on VHF Channel 16 from the sailboat Rhapsody, reporting it was taking […]

What About Bobby is a column that is written by Bobby Forster, a 27-year-old Newport resident living with ALS. In case you’re new here and missed the first story in this series, here it is – What About Bobby: What Would You Say If You Were Told That You Would Be Dead In Two to Five Years? […]

Aquidneck Land Trust has announced the launch of the “Sixteen On Center Art and Writing Contest”. The contest aims to promote the importance and value of a healthy environment to the youth on Aquidneck Island. The contest consists of two categories, one art and one writing, that will run concurrently as a way to engage […]

Tyler’s Two Cents: Thoughts from Behind the Bar is a weekly lifestyle column, written by Tyler Bernadyn.  Dear Summer, I know that I will miss you far more than you will miss me. Once again, you have come and blessed my life with 12 weeks of love and laughter, only to leave me again in […]

Sean Galvin is back with another Newport Comic strip, this time around Galvin is having some talking about the 5 Stages Of Grief as summer wraps up here in the City-By-The-Sea. by Sean Galvin Galvin is sharing some mildly entertaining Newport inspired comic strips for What’sUpNewp this summer, be sure to check out more of Sean’s Newport work […]

Solar and Beyond: the Aquidneck Island Energy Forum Coming to Salve Regina Pell Center on September 22nd We are in the midst of a revolution, with signs all around us that Rhode Island’s energy landscape is rapidly changing. This summer we watched the nation’s first offshore wind turbines make their journey south through Narragansett Bay […]

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) are advising people to avoid contact with St. Mary’s Pond in Portsmouth and South Easton Pond in Middletown because of blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) blooms in those ponds. Blue-green algae can produce toxins that can harm humans and animals. […]

After spending four days docked at the Naval War College in Newport, the USS ZUMWALT departed the City-By-The-Sea on Monday morning around 11:00 a.m. The What’sUpNewp Crew set up at Fort Adams State Park to record the following cellphone video of the USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000), the US Navy’s newest warship, passing under the Claiborne […]

PowerBall PowerPlay Ticket from September 2015 About to Expire A $30,000 winning PowerBall PowerPlay ticket sold at Clement’s Marketplace, 2575 East Main Rd., Portsmouth, for the September 16, 2015, drawing is about to expire. Drawing DateWinning NumbersPowerballPower PlayAnnuity JackpotCash Jackpot 9/16/2015$188,000,000$118,700,000 Players have a year from the date of the drawing to claim their ticket. If the prize […]

Looking for a new house to make a home on Aquidneck Island? Here are 34 Open Houses taking place this weekend in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport. Newport 603 THAMES ST Newport, RI / 02840 $215,000 MLS# 1123819 Type: Condo Complex Name: Timothy Mahoney House Beds: 1 Beds Baths: 1 Full / 0 Half Living Area: […]

This week I was able to pay a visit to some of our favorite places in Portland, Maine. With Portland having so much to choose from here are our favorite four breweries we think you should visit, As well some of them flowing from our tap lines at The Wharf Pub (The Pub)! 1. Allagash […]

Rhode Island Department of TransportationCelebrates Successful Inaugural Season for Providence-Newport Ferry The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) released final ridership statistics today for its seasonal ferry service, from its inaugural launch on Friday, July 1 through its final run on Labor Day weekend. According to RIDOT; the service proved extremely successful with a total […]

New online resources, “Hamilton” essay contest & the NHS approach to practicing public history Over the last several years, the Newport Historical Society has received growing recognition for its innovative approach to public history. The Society is pleased to announce its most recent activities which bring history to the public in meaningful ways: an exclusive […]

The US Navy’s newest warship, USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) is expected to make a brief stop in Newport on September 8th, according to multiple sources. Update 9/12/16: The USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 is expected to depart Naval Station Newport at approximately 10 a.m. on Monday. Besides it’s voyage in and out of Newport Harbor, the ship […]

If you’ve happened to drive by St. Mary’s Church today, yes you’d be right to think that it a new look, looked different and something was missing. Over the Labor Day weekend and during Tropical Storm Hermine, a limb from one of their trees located on the opposite side of Spring Street crashed down and landed on […]

Donation advances Sail Newport’s Mid-Park Marine Education and Recreation Center    Sail Newport has announced that 11th Hour Racing has awarded a grant of $1 million to its fundraising Campaign for Blue Space. The funds will be used for a new facility and the expansion of marine educational programming.  Sail Newport launched the $10 million […]

Many in the Aquidneck Island community have been in shock and have been wondering what they should do/can do since a fatal fire took the life of a 7-year-old boy in Middletown overnight on Sunday, and left his two sisters hospitalized. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center has released the following information, and asks […]