A waterfront home at 128 Thayer Drive in Portsmouth has recently sold for $2,700,000. Alexandra Thursby of Lila Delman Compass’ Newport Office represented the Seller in this transaction, according to Lila Delman Compass. The renovated Cape sits on nearly 1 acre of waterfront property, including three bedrooms and four full & 1 half bathrooms across […]
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s Crazy About Hepatitis C, HIV, and Colon Cancer
Dr Francis Collins, the retired but long-time director of the National Institutes of Health, has been writing and talking recently about the need for the US to spend about $5 billion over five years to eliminate Hepatitis C in the US. It’s a great idea, on the face of it. There are about 2.7 million […]
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Salve Regina University launches $75 million fundraising campaign
Salve Regina University launched the public portion of a $75 million campaign this week, the school’s largest-ever fundraising campaign. “Our Mission. Our Moment” is designed to shape Salve’s future by “prioritizing academic and co-curricular initiatives that will elevate the institution’s reputation in the higher education marketplace”. “Salve walks the talk. They do what they say […]
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Home on Mount Hope Avenue in Jamestown sells for $1.92 million
101 Mount Hope Avenue in Jamestown recently sold for $1,920,000, according to Compass. Situated in the desirable Bryer Farm neighborhood of Jamestown, this home offers a panorama view of the western horizon, overlooking the golf course, Zeeks Creek, and beyond. The home features four bedrooms and two full & 1 half bathrooms across 2,100+ square […]
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NOAA, U.S. Navy awards $146 million contract to build NOAA Marine Operations Center in Newport
The U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, on Tuesday, December 5 awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport. This facility will eventually be the new home of NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic. While the facility’s design details are still being finalized, […]
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Obituary: Jerome “Jerry” R. Kirby Jr.
Jerome R. Kirby Jr. died on December 3, 2023. He was the son of the late Jerome R. Kirby and Ann Mulligan Kirby. He was predeceased by his wife of 66 years Helen C. Kirby, his sister Ann Kirby and brother James W. Kirby. Educated in Newport public schools, Jerry attended Portsmouth Priory and graduated […]
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Newport County tops list of ‘Top 10 Markets With Biggest Increases In Second Home Transactions’
Pacaso, a technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a luxury second home, today announces its third annual Top Second Home Markets Report, identifying the leading luxury second home markets for 2023 and introducing the top markets to watch in 2024. The report reveals the top ten counties across the U.S. […]
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Eligible Rhode Island Works households to receive additional pandemic-related cash payment
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) announced today that it will be disbursing an additional benefit amount of $45 for each eligible child who previously received Rhode Island Works (RIW) benefits from September 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023. The one-time issuance, funded through the federal Pandemic Emergency Allotment Fund, […]
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Raul Malo of The Mavericks to perform at The JPT on March 23
Spectacle Live today announced that it will present Raul Malo on Saturday, March 23, at 8 pm at The JPT Film & Event Center in Newport, Rhode Island. Raul Malo is the incomparable frontman of genre-defying, GRAMMY Award-winning band The Mavericks and the sole writer of many of their songs. His free-wheeling, swaggering style seamlessly […]
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CVS Health lays out changes to clarify prescription drug pricing that may save some customers money
CVS Health is introducing changes to how its prescription drug pricing model works, and that could lead to some savings for customers starting next year. The health care giant said Tuesday that it will roll out a new reimbursement model designed to make costs more predictable at the drugstore counter. The company will start offering […]
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Newport to be featured on Season 7 of ‘Samantha Brown’s Places to Love’
Samantha Brown, host of PBS’s two-time Emmy-winning series, “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” returns with the show’s seventh season that begins airing Friday, January 5. According to details about Season 7, Samantha begins her trip to Newport, Rhode Island, “at a lighthouse on an island where visitors can actually stay overnight. Then tries her hand at quahogging […]
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What’s Up in Newport: Tuesday, December 5
Today is Tuesday, December 5, 2023. 🏠 Newport County continues to be one of the more vibrant hubs for real estate activity in the state, and our community saw 16 homes change hands in the past week based on information sourced from the Rhode Island MLS database. Read More 🪨 New England has thousands of miles […]
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Florida motorist accused of firing at Rhode Island home stopped with over 1,000 rounds of ammo
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Florida motorist accused of firing shots at an East Providence home before leading officers on a wild pursuit in Rhode Island last week appeared in court Monday. More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the black Nissan Armada, and several guns were also found in a backpack discarded along […]
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Newport City Council will host a workshop to discuss 2024 Legislative Priorities
Newport City Council will host a City Council Workshop on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, to discuss “Council Legislative Priorities For 2024”. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 4 pm, will take place in the Council Chambers at Newport City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.
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Best-performing Rhode Island stocks last week
Stacker compiled a list of the best-performing stocks in Rhode Island last week using data from IEX Cloud. Stocks are ranked by the highest percent price change from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1. Stocks headquartered in Rhode Island, listed on the Russell 3000 membership list, and a market cap over $5.0 billion on April 14th […]
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Consul general of France visits URI to recognize faculty and France-URI connections
The U.S.-French relationship has long been positif, since Lafayette visited Rhode Island, and the French government sent a statue across the sea to recognize shared connections. That well-established connection between countries was celebrated recently at the University of Rhode Island, marking continuing collaborations across borders. A delegation from France visited the University of Rhode Island […]
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Obituary: Suzanne Reardon
On Monday evening, November 27th, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida, Suzanne Reardon, 78, peacefully passed away with her girls by her side. She was a Fifth Ward native of Newport, Rhode Island, and enjoyed living between Newport, Maryland, and Florida throughout her life. Sue was a lifelong teacher and administrator. After achieving her degree at Salve […]
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How gas prices have changed in Providence in the last week
Gas prices have fallen for 11 straight weeks, pushing the U.S. national average down to just over $3.20. There is a chance that “the national average still could fall to $2.99 per gallon by the end of the year,” GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said in a statement Monday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting […]
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What Sold in Newport County: A recap of recent real estate transactions
Newport County continues to be one of the more vibrant hubs for real estate activity in the state, and our community saw 16 homes change hands in the past week based on information sourced from the Rhode Island MLS database. Here’s a closer look at the properties that recently found new owners: CLICK HERE TO […]
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Obituary: Constance “Connie” Sullivan McAuliffe
Constance “Connie” Sullivan McAuliffe was born in Newport, RI on September 1, 1932, to Cornelius and Catherine (Fagan) Sullivan, and passed peacefully on November 29, 2023, at the age of 91. Connie worked at St. Clare Newport for 25 years as an Activities Assistant until her retirement, while also serving as a hair stylist for […]
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Rhode Island Road Report: Dec. 2 – 9
Here are the weekly road construction reports from the Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority (RITBA) and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). All schedules are weather-dependent. Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority December 3 – 9, 2023 Newport Claiborne Pell BridgeUpcoming improvements in the roadway between the old toll plaza and the bridge, which are […]
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Rite-Solutions receives HIRE Vets Medallion Award 2023
Middletown-based Rite-Solutions recently received the Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award for 2023. The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing (HIRE) American Military Veterans Act of 2017 established the HIRE Vets Medallion Program, which recognizes employers that recruit, hire, retain, and develop veterans. Applications are reviewed annually, and award recipients are notified at a time to […]
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New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own
Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist soils. Stone walls can be […]
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Singing For Shelter: Local musicians to raise funds to support the area’s homeless shelters
Submitted by Mark Gorman The 16th annual Singing For Shelter, an acoustic concert for the benefit of Lucy’s Hearth and The McKinney Shelter, will be held on Thursday, December 7 at Channing Church, 135 Pelham Street, Newport. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and music starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased […]