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Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel shot past most of the fleet over the past 24 hours, eventually eking ahead of MAPFRE on Thursday morning and taking the lead in Leg 10 of the Volvo Ocean Race. But with less than 200 miles to go to the finish line in Gothenburg, Sweden, less than 10-miles separate the […]

Newport Hospital recently celebrated the graduation of Project SEARCH interns at a ceremony held last week at Newport Hospital. The Project Search program prepares special needs students for the workplace, helping them acquire career and life skills through hands-on internships. Their interns completed three 10-week rotations throughout the hospital, working alongside Newport Hospital employees in […]

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (Resource Recovery) and the Portsmouth Department of Public Works are partnering for a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, June 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Portsmouth High School located at 120 Education Lane. Created in 2001, the Eco-Depot program is a free service offered that provides for […]

NEWPORT, R.I. – U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 69th Current Strategy Forum (CSF) this week bringing together national security experts from the military, academics, government and private industry to explore wide-ranging issues of national and international importance. CSF is the annual capstone event for the NWC academic year, and this year’s theme, “Technology, […]

Spanish team MAPFRE shot into the lead of the penultimate Volvo Ocean Race leg as the fleet rocketed round the coast of Scotland on Wednesday. The painfully light and fickle winds that dogged the seven teams on Tuesday as they crossed a high pressure ridge had today been replaced by powerful south-westerlies that were blasting them north-east at […]

Save The Bay announced on Monday that on Friday,  August 3rd, it will present two youth swim clinics, each led by three-time Olympic medalist and  Saunderstown native Elizabeth Beisel, at Roger Williams University’s Aquatic Center. Each clinic will include 60 minutes of pool time and 15 minutes for autographs and photos with the Olympian, who […]

The Newport Car Museum has teamed with Sailing Heals, a non-profit in Marblehead, Mass. that serves cancer patients in Rhode Island and several states, to host a fundraiser at the Museum on Friday, June 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. In addition to exploring six separate galleries filled with more than 70 cars, guests will enjoy cocktails and hors-d’oeuvres along with […]

On average, one person dies by suicide every three days in Rhode Island. Frank Prosnitz and I dedicated 90 minutes of our shows (The Open Forum and What’sUpNewp Radio Edition) on AM 1540 WADK Newport today to have a serious and much-needed conversation about suicide. From 12 pm to 1:30 pm today, representatives from Newport Mental Health, American Foundation […]

With 21 students aboard from Rogers High School, Portsmouth High School and the MET School, Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel SSV Oliver Hazard Perry returned to Newport on Monday morning after ten days at sea. The 200 foot three-masted Class A Tall Ship and its student trainees, plus two teacher chaperones and 18 professional crew, started the […]

Using examples of professional athletes competing for the greatest touchdown, the last minute three-point basket or maybe the Olympic gold medal,    instructors at the EFC Newport Kickin’ Kids Sports Camp will teach children how to break free from poor choices and fear.  Scheduled for July 9-13 at EFC Newport, RI this one week, half-day camp […]

Ron Vien, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s newly appointed technical director, addressed defense industry representatives at the Atlantic Resort in Middletown, R.I. on June 5 as part of the “Tech Talk” series sponsored by the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA). Vien, who also serves as the deputy warranting officer for the […]

After talking about the Rhode Island Air Show for the first twenty to thirty minutes (I was supposed to be joined by an organizer of the event so I improv’d this part), I turned my attention, thoughts, and voice to the topic on everyone’s mind today – suicide (or Anthony Bourdain, or Kate Spade, or ….). […]

The top three teams in the In-Port Race Series for the Volvo Ocean Race held down the podium positions on Friday afternoon in Cardiff, as Dongfeng Race Team made a pass on the last lap of the race course to claim the win. “We’re very happy. It’s always a pleasure to win the In-Port Race,” said skipper […]

In response to increased plastic waste on beaches and in the ocean, Green Drinks Newport announced this week that it has partnered with Clean Ocean Access and The Last Straw to launch Strawless by the Sea, a collaborative campaign to eliminate plastic straws in Newport, Rhode Island. Strawless by the Sea launches today (Friday, June […]

​Elizabeth Gibbs, a Thompson Middle School Grade 7 Science Teacher, has been named the 2018-2019 Newport Public Schools Teacher of the Year. “It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Elizabeth Gibbs, Grade 7 Science Teacher, as the 2018-2019 Newport Public Schools Teacher of the Year,” a press release from Newport Public Schools stated on […]

Ryan Belmore and Tim Towey were joined by Dave McLaughlin, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Access, ahead of his organizations World Oceans Day cleanup and celebration at Easton’s Beach. World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on June 8th. Tim and Ryan also chatted about a variety of other topics. What’s Up Newp Radio Edition Tune […]

It’s getting tense now as we reach the stage in the Volvo Ocean Race where every single point counts. The top three teams in the race are heading into the final two legs separated by just three points on the race leaderboard. After racing over 40,000 nautical miles, Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team, the new […]

Salve Regina University has launched an online Ph.D. program in international relations that officials say is the first of its kind in the United States. Designed primarily for faculty at military institutions, military officers from both the U.S. and abroad, and those employed in the government services professions, the program is currently enrolling students for […]

This weekend, the City of Newport will have a brief two-day taste of bike share – the popular public transportation system that is popping up in cities nationwide, according to Bike Newport. With bike share, people can borrow a bike from one dock and return it to another dock, making it possible to use shared […]

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Exeuctive director of Rhode Island Kids Count, joined Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz on this edition of What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK to chat about the latest Kids Count report. Matt Gray from Ragged Island Brewing Co. also joined the program to chat about Ales for ALS, Ragged Island Brewing […]

ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, has long been viewed as among the most devastating conditions for both the afflicted and his or her family. Mary Murphy and Mary Frances Vesey, both of whom lost husbands to ALS, witnessing the courage, strength, bravery and determination of their husbands, and also demonstrating […]

Tim Burke, a Newport Pedicabber, pulled a pedicab from Bristol to Boston last week to raise awareness and funds for ALS (and met with ALS doctors and professionals along the way). Burke, who will be participating in the Tri-State Trek, The Ride To End ALS, later this month, joined me for the first 30 minutes […]

More than 70 peacemakers from across America and the world are gathering this week at the University of Rhode Island to engage in active experiential training for nonviolent conflict reconciliation to address violence in their home communities. Among them are URI graduate students, Chicago high schoolers and teachers from Santa Fe, Texas, and Sandy Hook, […]

Story in the Public Square” has been awarded Bronze for Best Political/Commentary in Television in the 39th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens as judged by leaders from video platforms, television and streaming networks, agencies, and production companies including Vice, Vimeo, Hearst Digital Media, and BuzzFeed. […]