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What’sUpNewp Card

by Ryan Belmore

What’sUpNewp is proud to announce the launch of the 2016 What’sUpNewp Card. The What’sUpNewp Card is an annual exclusive membership to curated experiences and exclusive discounts and opportunities across Newport County. Are you a business and interested in providing What’sUpNewp Card Holder offers? This is your chance to promote your business to an audience of highly social, active and […]

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Newport, RI News Headlines (Dec. 6)

by Ryan Belmore

Get the latest Newport news headlines from What’sUpNewp.com! Here’s a roundup of the latest headlines that mention Newport, RI from local and national media. Newport, RI News Headlines  Barry Hinckley Is Starting an Airbnb for House Parties (Bostinno)Sailor-snapper Cardona settles into dual role (Military Times) [wp-rss-aggregator]

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Meet The 35+ Businesses and Community Partners That Helped Bring Back the Newport Skating Center

by Ryan Belmore

Newport Waterfront Events will host a Grand Re-Opening of the Newport Skating Center Presented by ALEX AND ANI and 34TH Annual Tree Lighting on Friday, December 11th at 5:00 p.m. at the Newport Yachting Center. The rink failed to open last winter due to the sale of the Newport Yachting Center by Newport Harbor Corporation to Scott’s Wharf. […]

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Introducing Nextdoor, Newport’s Private Neighborhood Online Network

by Ryan Belmore

Nextdoor is the free and private social network just for those living in your neighborhood. There are more than 700 folks who are living in Newport and over 83,000 communities across the U.S. using Nextdoor to strengthen their neighborhoods. On Nextdoor, neighbors share crime and safety concerns, local-events, recommendations, items for sale/free, ideas about how to […]

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Newport, RI News Headlines (Dec. 4)

by Ryan Belmore

Get the latest Newport news headlines from What’sUpNewp.com! Here’s a roundup of the latest headlines that mention Newport, RI from local and national media. Newport, RI News Headlines  Going Places, Near & Far: Favorite Places for Family Winter Holidays (The Island Now)5 Island Vacations That Are Even Better Than the Caribbean (The Cheat Sheet)A Newport Charity Was the […]

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RI Receives Additional $4.3 Million to Upgrade Newport’s Gateway Center

by Ryan Belmore

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline has announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is being allocated an additional $4,346,001 in federal funding for exterior repair and improvement work at the Newport Gateway Center, one of RIPTA’s major transit hubs.  This brings the federal contributions […]

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Brick Alley Pub Recognized by National Restaurant Association with “Restaurant Neighbor Award”

by Ryan Belmore

Photo by Peter Silvia of Brick Alley Pub Brick Alley Pub has announced that they have received the National Restaurant Association’s “Restaurant Neighbor Award” for community service in Rhode Island. Fifteen years ago, the National Restaurant Association’s Educational Foundation joined American Express to create the Restaurant Neighbor Award. The award promotes restaurants’ roles as cornerstones of their communities, and […]

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Sail Newport Adds New Director of Philanthropy

by Ryan Belmore

Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read has announced the appointment of Carole Corriveau as the new director of philanthropy to help the non-profit organization’s future growth and philanthropic programs. Corriveau brings more than fifteen years of development experience to Sail Newport, with a focus on growing and transforming development programs for multiple non-profit organizations. Carole Corriveau […]

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Newport-based Non-Profit Featured on NBC’s Today Show

by Ryan Belmore

Photo: The Confetti Foundation Did you watch the Annual Rockefeller Tree Lighting special on Wednesday night on NBC? If you did then chances are you probably caught the very special feature on The Confetti Foundation, a Newport-based non-profit organization. The Confetti Foundation, located on Thames Street, supplies party starter kits to hospitalized children. It was started in […]

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Newport Folk Festival and Scalping: Here’s What You All Need To Know, Do and Not Do

by Ryan Belmore

Tickets to the 2016 Newport Folk Festival went on sale at 10am today and within just a few hours 3-Day Tickets, 2-Day Tickets, and Saturday Single Day Tickets sold out. Friday Single Day and Sunday Single Day Tickets still available here; Friday Single Day – http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004F72CA584776…Sunday Single Day – http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004F72CBB74925… There’s been a lot of comments on Newport […]

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Newport Polo Announces Match Dates for 2016 Season

by Ryan Belmore

Photo via Newport Polo Newport Polo has announced the dates of its 25thanniversary season. Teams, including national debuts, and gala details will be announced later in December, and published at www.nptpolo.com and disseminated by private Subscription to its monthly lifestyle E-magazine. 2016 Newport International Polo Series XXV   June    4          5pm     Opening Day      11        5pm        18        5pm       25        5pm         July     2          5pm        9          5pm        16        5pm23       5pm30        5pm August   […]

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Giving Tuesday: Consider Volunteering or Donating to Your Favorite Newport County Nonprofit Today

by Ryan Belmore

Now in its fourth year, #GivingTuesday is a global 24-hour online campaign dedicated to encouraging people to make donations to charities, volunteer and support philanthropic efforts. Observed on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and […]

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