Letter: Thank you, Newport
Ward 2 councilor-elect Emily Conklin thanks voters and says she hopes to hear from residents “even and especially when we disagree”
Letter: Before the first hard vote, agree on how you’ll talk to each other
A retired teacher asks Newport’s incoming City Council and School Committee to set ground rules for debate — starting with letting everyone speak once before anyone speaks twice
Op-Ed: Working together for Newport’s schools
School Committee candidate Carrie Cassady, a sixth-grade science teacher, says cutting the budget can’t be the answer to every financial problem — and that the council and committee need to stop working in separate corners
Letter: Elizabeth Cullen brings the preparation Newport’s council needs
A Newport couple points to Cullen’s time leading the Point Association and serving on the School Committee, and to 30 years of community work
Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about health care in the Governor’s race
Healthcare, via Medicaid, consumes more than 30 percent of Rhode Island’s budget. It’s also the largest sector of the state’s economy and the sector that employs the most people, so we might want a governor who knows healthcare inside and out.
Letter: Nicole Shevory shows up, and she listens
A fellow Pell Elementary parent points to Shevory’s work in the PTO and her background in policy, budgets and union negotiations at Veterans Affairs
Gerry Goldstein: Waxing on about eminent mustaches
So here we are, with the month of Movember just ahead.
Op-Ed: Nine minutes of video told me who to vote for
Susan Taylor says she watched the January council meeting at the center of the “gas moratorium” claim, and found the actual vote was a routine motion to receive a commission’s advisory opinion
Letter: Domestic violence affects more people than we realize
A Women’s Resource Center board member says the organization served more than 1,100 survivors last year, and that abuse often takes forms that aren’t physical
Op-Ed: On candidate questionnaires and responsible journalism
At-large candidate Elizabeth Cullen says she declined to answer most of a local outlet’s questionnaire, and raises concerns — based on other candidates’ accounts — that women were asked different questions than men
Letter: Steph Smyth is “good people”
After 20 years in and around politics, a Rhode Island writer says the candidates worth remembering are the ones who pick problem solving over putting on a performance
Letter: Liz Barron knows how to listen, and knows when to step aside
A Salve Regina professor and Newport public school parent says Barron understands multilingual education as more than English instruction
Op-Ed: A resilient future is one where we care for each other
Ward 2 candidate Emily Conklin, who chairs Newport’s Energy and Environment Commission, says the Easton’s Beach decisions ahead require working from a shared set of facts — and that resilience is a social concept as much as a scientific one
Letter: A school psychologist’s perspective on Liz Barron
A colleague who worked with the Newport School Committee candidate in New Bedford and through her private practice says she seeks out expertise she doesn’t have
Letter: Ellen Pinnock leads with her values. Her record shows it.
A First Ward resident says Pinnock’s budget priorities — recreation, school connections, a splash pad and a food pantry trailer — point consistently toward year-round residents
Op-Ed: Elections come and go. Character and integrity endure.
School Committee candidate Nicole Shevory says Newport’s schools belong to no political faction, and that she’d represent every family regardless of who they voted for
Op-Ed: The truth, told plainly
First Ward Councilor Ellen Pinnock disputes claims that she voted for a gas moratorium — and publishes the answers she declined to send a local outlet, on housing, North End flooding, the Newport Grand site and a combined public safety complex
Op-Ed: Newport deserves campaigns about the city’s future, not personal attacks
Councilor Stephanie Smyth says she declined a local outlet’s candidate questionnaire because its questions were framed around accusations, and that hostility has overshadowed this council term
Op-Ed: How do you show up for Newport?
At-large council candidate Taryn Mazza says the city needs collaborators and stewards on the dais, and that she’s running because loving Newport isn’t enough
Letter: Middletown’s non-resident taxpayers pay more and have no vote
A 32-year second-home owner says the 30% surcharge on non-resident property subsidizes the resident tax rate without accountability — and names the five council candidates she’d back if she could
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