Newport Restaurant Group is marking 30 years as an employee-owned company this year, saying it has distributed roughly $33 million to employee-owners since 1996. The company employs about 1,900 people, roughly 1,100 of them year-round with another 800 added in peak season. It reports annual turnover of 12 to 14 percent, against an industry average […]
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Drake Maye’s struggles hovering over Patriots’ slow start with division opener next
Drake Maye wasn’t one of the things the Patriots anticipated having to worry about entering this season. Suddenly, the third-year quarterback is at the top of the list. After beginning the season with two games of uneven play, Maye’s struggles found a new floor in the Patriots’ 35-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. […]
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Rhode Island Energy says power restored to all 50,000 customers hit by weekend nor’easter
Rhode Island Energy said Monday it has restored power to more than 50,000 customers who lost service during the weekend nor’easter, finishing in under 48 hours. The utility deployed more than 270 crew members and field personnel across the state. Wind gusts reached 55 mph, bringing down trees and limbs onto power lines. Crews responded […]
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“Lore” creator Aaron Mahnke to speak at Rosecliff on Rhode Island’s vampire panic
Aaron Mahnke, creator of the podcast “Lore” and author of “Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire,” will give a lecture at Rosecliff on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6 to 7 p.m. The talk traces how folklore, medical belief, religion and pseudoscience produced the New England vampire panic, which culminated in the exhumation of […]
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Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore. The Egan Maritime Institute said its exhibits and collections manager would survey the […]
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New exhibit at the Vernon House explores the life of Cato Vernon, a Black Revolutionary War soldier who lived there
An interactive exhibit about Cato Vernon, an African heritage Revolutionary War soldier and carpenter who lived at the Vernon House in the mid-1770s, opens Saturday, Oct. 3, and runs through Nov. 22. “The Cato Vernon Freedom Library” occupies three rooms on the first floor of the national historic landmark at 46 Clarke St. It includes […]
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What Sold: A look at 18 homes that changed hands last week in Newport County (Sept. 21 – 25)
Eighteen homes traded hands across Newport County last week, another reminder that despite a changing real estate environment, people are still buying, selling and making moves throughout our communities. The pace, however, feels much different. We are no longer operating in a market where nearly every new listing is met with immediate urgency, multiple offers […]
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Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge work moves to daytime for a week starting Oct. 5
Construction on the eastbound span of the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge shifts to daytime hours the week of Oct. 5, with one lane open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and delays expected through the work zone, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority said Monday. The daytime schedule runs Monday, Oct. 5, through Friday, Oct. […]
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Broadway Street Fair returns Oct. 10
The Broadway Street Fair returns Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon to 6 p.m., closing six blocks from Equality Park to Washington Square for a free afternoon of music, food, art and local vendors. More than 15,000 people attended last year, and organizers say they expect 20,000 this year. The fair is in its ninth year […]
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Rhode Island seeing elevated rabies activity this year, mostly in raccoons and bats
Rhode Island has recorded an elevated number of rabid animals this year, most of them raccoons and bats, the state Department of Health said Monday, along with a rabid cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck. The department marked World Rabies Day by highlighting its exposure assessment program, which operates around the clock and evaluates individual cases […]
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Portsmouth sets winter community electricity rates below Rhode Island Energy’s
The Portsmouth Community Electricity program has set its winter supply rates, with the default option priced below Rhode Island Energy’s residential rate and including 5 percent additional renewable energy from Rhode Island sources. The program’s standard residential rate is 16.929 cents per kilowatt-hour, against Rhode Island Energy’s Last Resort Service price of 17.029 cents from […]
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Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast again, causing problems from New Jersey to New England
BOSTON (AP) — Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York’s Long Island, damaging homes and […]
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Your Newport County weather forecast: 7 days on land and sea
Whether you’re heading out on the water, planning a weekend event, or just trying to dress for the day, here’s your full 7-day forecast for Newport County — pulled live from NOAA’s National Weather Service and refreshed automatically. Weather Forecast Marine Forecast
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Lawrence throws 3 TD passes as Jaguars rout Patriots and raise more questions about Maye
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen spent all week telling his players that what mattered most was how they responded. It would have been tough to imagine anything better than this. Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, including one on which Parker Washington made a fingertip […]
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Obituary: Brian E. Martin
Brian Ernest Martin, 87, of Newport, died peacefully at St. Clare Home on September 10, 2026. He was born on January 3, 1939, in Birmingham, England, the son of the late Reuben Martin and Jennie Phillips Martin. Brian enlisted in the Royal Navy at age 14½, becoming a diver in the Bomb and Mine Disposal […]
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Obituary: Michael Franklin Lauzon
Michael Franklin Lauzon died peacefully at the RI Veterans Home on September 17, 2026 following a courageous battle with years of illness. Born in Newport, he was the son of Peter and Julia Murray Lauzon. He was predeceased by his brothers, Peter, John, and Julian. He is survived by his daughter, Nicole Lauzon of Saunderstown; […]
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Miramar and the Bailey’s Beach clubhouse honored at Doris Duke Preservation Awards
The Newport Restoration Foundation honored two Bellevue Avenue-area preservation projects at the 20th annual Doris Duke Historic Preservation Awards, held Sept. 11 at Rough Point. Miramar received the award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. The Spouting Rock Beach Association Historic Clubhouse was recognized for resiliency and floodproofing work. Tom Perkins received the President’s Award for […]
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On This Day – September 26, 1983: Australia II Wins America’s Cup in Newport
It was on September 26, 1983 that Australia II defeated Liberty in Newport to win the America’s Cup trophy that had been in the hands of the New York Yacht Club since the competition begain in 1851. The 1983 America’s Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club, […]
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Red Sox beat Cubs 2-0 to sweep doubleheader after setting Wild Card Series matchup with Yankees
BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Friday night to sweep a doubleheader. Brayan Bello allowed four hits over four innings and rookie Jedixson Páez (1-1) gave up three hits in five innings with four strikeouts in his […]
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State readies for weekend nor’easter with heavy rain and wind in the forecast
State agencies spent Friday preparing for a nor’easter expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding to Rhode Island through the weekend. Gov. Dan McKee was joined at a briefing by Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency Director Marc Pappas, interim Department of Transportation Director Bob Rocchio and Rhode Island Energy President Greg Cornett. […]
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24 cruise ship calls ahead for Newport this fall
Originally published on Sept. 22. Updated Sept. 25 with a revised schedule from Discover Newport. Newport Harbor’s heaviest cruise traffic of the year is still ahead, with 24 ship calls scheduled at Perrotti Park between now and Nov. 2, according to an updated schedule from Discover Newport and the Newport Harbor Master. September is finished. […]
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Obituary: Ronald J. Lowenstein
Ronald J. Lowenstein passed away on September 23, 2026 at Newport Hospital after a period of illness. He was a resident of Newport, Rhode Island, where he spent many happy years with his wife, Ronna (Ratner) Lowenstein. Ron was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on November 12, 1942 to the late Gerhard “Gerry” Lowenstein and […]
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Middletown’s MIKEL Inc. wins $64 million Navy engineering contract in Washington state
MIKEL Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $64 million prime contract to provide engineering support services to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division at Keyport, Washington. The Middletown company is partnering with McLaughlin Research Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton on the work, which covers six Keyport organizations including its test and evaluation, undersea weapons, in-service […]
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PUC approves $28 million in winter electric bill credits
The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has approved $28 million in winter electric bill relief, delivering credits to more than 450,000 residential accounts, Gov. Dan McKee announced Thursday. Rhode Island Energy residential customers on A-16 and A-60 accounts will receive a $20.45 credit in January, February and March 2027 — $61.35 total. The money comes […]
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People’s Credit Union closed every branch for a day of mental health volunteering
People’s Credit Union closed all of its branches and its member service center on Thursday, Sept. 17, so employees could spend the day volunteering with organizations working on mental health across Rhode Island. Staff logged more than 500 hours at more than a dozen nonprofits, schools and police departments, and an all-branch drive collected more […]