Op-Ed

Most people would agree that our country has been addressing an extraordinary number of serious challenges this year. Because of these very...

Newport, I need your help. As you well know, litter is a common sight on our streets and on our shorelines. Dunkin...

We join our fellow Citizens Exploring School Unification (CESU) members in expressing our extreme disappointment with the six members of the Middletown...

By Newport Waterfront Alliance Toxic Chemicals Recently Found in Waites Wharf  In the next few weeks,...

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of the Hon. Paul l. Gaines, Sr. upon his recent passing.

Submitted by Gregory M Huet, CAPT, USN (Ret.) In response to CESU President Richard Adams’ recent letter to the...

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. Paul L. Gaines Sr. passed away at his home in Newport,...

While many of us enjoyed a personal friendship with the Hon. Paul L. Gaines, Sr., the whole City of Newport and the...

Written and submitted by Citizens Exploring School Unification Citizens Exploring School Unification (CESU) was shocked and dismayed by the...

We are now three weeks into the second phase of Rhode Island’s economic reopening, three months after COVID-19 made its way into...

We want to thank the 1,183 registered voters of Middletown who signed our petition to have the School Unification issue with Newport...

I was asked, by an acquaintance, exactly what is it they want? I breathed in the true essence of the question. It...

By Citizens Exploring School Unification CESU (Citizens Exploring School Unification) announced today that 1,183 signatures of registered Middletown voters...

We are local high school science teachers and would like to share details of a collaborative project we just completed with our...

By Rep. Julie A. Casimiro There is not a single individual in Rhode Island who has not been affected...

Newport Festivals Foundation shared the following message from their founder, George Wein, on Wednesday morning.

Rep. Lauren H. Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) today released the following statement: “I am among the Americans and Rhode...

“Man’s inhumanity to man,” and “depraved indifference” are just two ways of describing what we have just seen in Minneapolis and, at...

by Bari Freeman, Executive Director at Bike Newport On Friday, May 22, Elias Joel Velasquez was tragically killed on his...

The Covid-19 virus has changed our lives and it has changed my commitment to Putting Newport First.  Now, more than ever, we...

As a member of the Joint Legislative COVID-19 Emergency Spending Task Force, I was pleased to read about Rhode Island state officials’...

The City Council meeting on May 27 is a critical milestone for the new school construction project. The Council will be voting...

I am writing this letter to urge the Newport City Council members to move the one school bond forward. It’s disappointing that...

Dear Mayor and Members of the Newport City Council, On behalf of the Newport Democratic City Committee, I am...

by Jamie Bova, City of Newport Council Chair and Mayor Our children are our future. As they grow up...