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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 […]

This past June, I attended my five-year reunion for Providence College.  It was a nostalgic event to say the least as I was reunited with classmates I had not seen in years.  Our accommodations for the weekend were our old dorm rooms and once we had everyone back together, it was like nothing had changed […]

Fortress Of Nightmares, Newport’s premier haunted attraction, will return to Fort Adams State Park on October 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th and 30th. The event is scheduled to take place nightly from 7pm-10pm. Fortress of Nightmares is a fundraiser to benefit The Fort Adams Trust, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Each haunt season, The Fort Adams Trust […]

The Tropical Storm Warning that was in effect for Newport County over the last 24 hours has been cancelled by the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service issued the cancellation of the Tropical Storm Warning at 11.am. The forecast for the remainder of the day calls for a chance of showers with patchy fog possible […]

Three children and at least five police officers were hospitalized after a fire broke out inside a home at 566 East Main Road in Middletown just after midnight on Monday. Chief Deputy John Dean of the State Fire Marshal’s Office tells WJAR that “Middletown police officers arrived first and rescued two children from the first […]

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for Newport as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches Southern New England. Source: U.S. National Weather Service Tropical Storm Warning HERMINE LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA AL092016 513 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 RIZ007-051715- /O.CON.KBOX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ NEWPORT RI- 513 AM EDT MON SEP 5 […]

The Coast Guard searched for what may be a person in the water off the coast of Newport on Sunday. At about about 8:50 a.m., a local fishing vessel notified authorities of a unmanned adrift 8-foot red kayak and nearby paddle in the vicinity of Gooseberry Island, R.I. A Newport Fire Department crewmember notified Coast Guard watchstanders who […]