After several months of studying the challenges faced by the state and municipalities in regulating the short-term rental industry in Rhode Island, Rep. Lauren Carson has introduced legislation aimed at improving regulatory compliance and transparency and enabling local controls on the industry’s growth. Representative Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) is the chairwoman of the Special Legislative Commission […]
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Rhode Island’s Mental Health Association Honors Blazejewski and Murray with 2024 Legislator of the Year Awards
The Mental Health Association of Rhode Island (MHARI) has selected House Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Melissa Murray as the winners of its 2024 Legislators of the Year awards. The awards were presented to Blazejewski and Murray during a ceremony at MHARI’s annual May is Mental Health Month kick-off event on […]
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Preview: Docket for Newport City Council’s Regular Meeting on May 8
Newport City Council will host a Regular City Council Meeting on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm. The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place in the City Council Chambers at Newport City Hall. Here’s a look at what’s on the docket; CITY OF NEWPORTDOCKET OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGMAY 8, 2024 THE […]
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Theatre By The Sea’s box office opens for 2024 season
Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney is thrilled to announce the opening of the box office for ticket sales for the 2024 Summer Season. Beginning on Friday, May 3 (online only) and Sunday, May 5 (in person) patrons may purchase tickets to Theatre By The Sea’s Monday Concerts and Events, the Children’s Festival, and any or all of the following four exciting musicals*: […]
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Bernhard Langer among 11 champions exempt for 44th U.S. Senior Open at Newport Country Club
Eleven champions, including two-time winner and defending champion Bernhard Langer, are among the 3,019 entries accepted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) for the44th U.S. Senior Open Championship. The U.S. Senior Open will be played for the first time at Newport (R.I.) Country Club, from June 27-30. This year’s entry total surpassed the 3,000 […]
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Newsletter: What’s Up in Newport – Thursday, May 2
This story was originally published as a What’sUpNewp newsletter. Sign up for our free newsletter to receive this post in your inbox every weekday morning! Good Thursday Morning, 💰 Leadership has benefits—at least regarding campaign finances in Rhode Island. WUN’s Frank Prosnitz has the story Campaign Finance: Leadership has its benefits. 👉 Newport Folk Festival announced yesterday that […]
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6 popular Kentucky Derby traditions, explained
The Kentucky Derby is one of the most iconic events and horse races on the calendar. The first leg of the Triple Crown occurs annually on the first Saturday in May, when thousands of people flock to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, to watch (and place bets on) what’s often considered “The Greatest Two Minutes […]
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Celtics advance to East semifinals, beating short-handed Heat 118-84 in Game 5
BOSTON (AP) — If this playoff run is about redemption for the Boston Celtics, it had to start with exacting some revenge against the Miami Heat. A year ago, Miami embarrassed Boston in a Game 7 showdown at TD Garden. This time, the Celtics returned the favor. Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 […]
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Crawford goes 7 innings, Wong has 3 hits and Red Sox beat Giants 6-2
By MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Kutter Crawford pitched a career-high seven innings, Connor Wong had three hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday night. Crawford (2-1) allowed two runs on four hits — including a home run — and two walks with six strikeouts as […]
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Campaign Finance: Leadership has its benefits
Leadership has its benefits – at least when it comes to campaign finances in Rhode Island. Just ask Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, who reported on April 30 that his campaign fund had raised over $200,000 in the first quarter of 2024, leaving a fund balance of nearly […]
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New starting location and family-friendly party planned for the start of the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race
For the first time in its 118-year history, the Newport Bermuda Race proudly unveils a new starting location just off the shoreline of Fort Adams State Park. This exciting shift in venue provides an opportunity to celebrate and cheer on the 170 boats starting the 636-mile journey, renowned for its challenge and tradition. Free and open to the public, […]
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Newport Robotics Team finishes 5th at World Championship
Aquidneck Island Robotics FRC Team 78 – AIR STRIKE finishes 5th in the world after winning their division at the FIRST World Championship held in Houston, TX, from April 17 to April 20. AIR STRIKE is a community-based team comprised of 26 students from 15 communities in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. The FIRST Robotics […]
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Newport Restoration Foundation to host Historic Masonry Workshop
Today, the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) announced its newest preservation trades training program in the Historic Trades Initiative, the Historic Masonry Workshop. Protecting Aquidneck Island’s extensive historic fabric requires a knowledgeable preservation workforce, and NRF, through its Historic Trades Initiative, extends the skills of tradespeople to work with historic materials. This four-day workshop offers a […]
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Sen. Ujifusa introduces bills to lower prescription drug and Medicaid costs
Sen. Linda Ujifusa is taking aim at the high cost of prescription drugs with two bills that protect Rhode Island patients and taxpayers from the harmful activities of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), private corporations that work on behalf of insurers and make enormous revenues in the complex, nontransparent system that gets drugs from manufacturers to patients. PBMs, […]
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Middletown Public Library unveils new logo
The Middletown Public Library has unveiled a new logo as part of a major rebranding effort to modernize its visual identity. The logo was designed by Natalie J Leroux at Studio Eighty Seven and reflects the library’s mission of empowering and serving its diverse community. The Middletown Public Library has unveiled a new logo as […]
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Celebrate ‘Free Fishing Weekend’ in Rhode Island May 4 – 5
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is once again offering residents and visitors the opportunity to experience freshwater fishing without a license as part of Free Fishing Weekend. This weekend takes place on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, 2024, and will allow anglers the chance to fish in the state’s freshwaters […]
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Rose Jones named Executive Director of Aquidneck Community Table
Aquidneck Community Table (ACT), a leading voice and actor in Newport County on food-systems work, announced Rose Jones’s selection as its new executive director. With over a decade of experience in State government, Jones is widely regarded for her leadership on statewide food-access planning before and during the Aquidneck Island gas outage in 2019 and […]
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3 Rhode Island composers win $30,000 grants to make music
The Rhode Island Foundation announced today that three Providence composers will receive what are considered among the largest no-strings-attached grants available to musical artists in the United States. Anthony “AM.” Andrade Jr., Enongo Ahou Lumumba-Kasongo, and Kristina Warren will receive $30,000 grants from the Foundation’s Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund. They were chosen […]
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Senator Euer’s bill to clarify licensure and certification of glaziers passes Senate
STATE HOUSE – A bill introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Dawn Euer to ensure compliance with certification standards for glazing work on public projects was passed in the Senate on Tuesday. “Last year I sponsored legislation to ensure that glazing work on public projects would be done by certified professionals at the highest quality,” […]
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Newport Police Arrest & Dispatch Log: April 30 – May 1
Newport Police Department provided the following arrest and dispatch logs from 7 am on April 30 through 7 am on May 1, 2024. Arrest Log At 11:12 am on Tuesday, April 30, Edwardo Figueroa Cruz, 44, of Newport, Rhode Island, was taken into custody by Detective Sullivan on a Warrant Superior Court Bench charge. Presumption […]
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Movies and TV shows casting in Rhode Island
The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities’ Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of […]
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Newport In Bloom announces winners of the Daffodil Days storefront Window Display Contest
Newport In Bloom has announced the winners of its Daffodil Days storefront window display contest. The public voted in April to choose their favorite daffiest window, and the results were released on May 1. A total of nearly 2,000 votes were cast. The People’s Choice winner was a virtual tie between two stores: X&O Boutique, […]
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CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health missed first-quarter expectations and chopped its 2024 outlook more than a dollar below Wall Street’s forecast. Shares of the health care giant plunged Wednesday after the company said it was still struggling with rising costs from care use in its Medicare Advantage business. Company leaders told analysts they […]
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House OKs Cortvriend wetlands buffer bill
On Tuesday, the Rhode Island House approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend to simplify wetlands zoning regulations and prevent unnecessary complications that discourage housing development. The bill is part of House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s 15-bill package of legislation to address Rhode Island’s housing crisis. The legislation (2024-H 7982) amends provisions relative to the […]
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Knies scores in overtime, Matthews-less Maple Leafs avoid elimination with 2-1 win over Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Toronto didn’t have its biggest scoring threat on the ice for a must-win matchup with Boston. But the Maple Leafs did just enough to put the Bruins’ latest playoff lead in jeopardy. Matthew Knies scored less than three minutes into overtime off a feed from John Tavares and Toronto beat Boston 2-1 […]