Save The Bay is encouraging volunteers to #ConnectAndCollect at this year’s International Coastal Cleanup efforts in Rhode Island this September-October. Kicking off on September 18, the International Coastal Cleanup, now in its 36th year, is the world’s largest international effort to collect trash from local lakes, waterways, beaches and the ocean. As the event coordinator for […]
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2021 Local Agriculture and Seafood Act grants awarded to twenty small businesses, food initiatives across the state
Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) on Wednesday announced $250,000 in grant awards aimed at spurring growth in the agriculture, aquaculture, and seafood sectors of the economy. According to DEM, the grants are funded by the state through the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA), which directly benefits and […]
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State Arts Council announces a call for artists for the galleries at Block Island Airport and GREEN SPACE at RI T.F. Green International Airport
RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA) this week announced that it is accepting applications for artists for 2022 exhibitions at the Block Island Airport Gallery and GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. The galleries are a partnership with the RI Airport Corporation (RIAC), and the entry deadline is Sunday, Oct. […]
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Festa Italiana Committee seeks vendors for Annual Festa In the Park
The Annual Italian Heritage Festival Park is slated to take place in Touro Park in Newport on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 11am to 4pm. Included this year is a pop up COVID Vaccination Clinic sponsored by the RI Department of Health from 12pm to 3pm. This free event is open to the public and […]
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What’s Up Newp to host a Rent & Mortgage Relief – Virtual Panel Discussion on September 1
What’s Up Newp will host a live virtual housing relief program panel discussion at 1 pm on Wednesday, September 1. The conversation will include Senator Dawn Euer; Christine Hunsinger, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at RI Housing; Angela Downing, Director of Social Services; and Cindy Nemet, Family Advocate Safety Net. Your questions and comments are […]
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Sour Grapes – A Comic Strip by Tim Jones: August 31
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Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burn Jermain joins WUN for a videocast Tuesday at 1 pm
For teachers, students, parents, and probably most of all, superintendents, the start of the 2021-22 school year is filled with promise and high expectations, but also with uncertainty as COVID continues to spread, with more young people becoming infected and a vaccine yet to be available to most of those in elementary schools. Newport School […]
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What does full FDA approval of a vaccine do if it’s already authorized for emergency use?
Jennifer Girotto, University of Connecticut Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has since granted that approval for those age 16 and older for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Aug. 23, 2021. […]
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How Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands with a little jazz
Victor Coelho, Boston University In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man behind a modest drum set. But Watts wasn’t your typical rock drummer. Part of the Rolling Stones setup from 1963 until his death on Aug. 24, 2021, Watts provided […]
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Rhode Island’s foodservice and restaurant industry’s financial security in danger of being wiped out by Delta Variant
The following was submitted and provided by the Rhode Island Hospitality Association The RI Hospitality Association (RIHA), the National Restaurant Association, and 50 other state restaurant association partners sent a letter to Congressional leadership sharing new national consumer confidence survey findings and urging swift replenishment of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). Rhode Island has more than 1,523 […]
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Study: COVID-19 cost Rhode Island’s hospitality and tourism industry $2.2 billion in 2020
A Salve Regina University study commissioned by the Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the state’s hospitality and tourism industry in 2020 reveals a loss of $2.2 billion last year, representing a 30 percent overall drop from the previous year. “Rhode Island’s hospitality industry was one of the […]
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What’s Up This Week: Things to do, live music, and more (August 24 – 29)
Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this week. This story may be updated as we learn about additional events or listings. Have an event you’d like to see added to this list or a future list? Add it to our event calendar. Note: An event or performance may change at […]
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Suicide prevention bill named for Portsmouth teen signed into law
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend and Sen. James A. Seveney has been signed into law to require all public school districts to adopt suicide prevention policies and train all personnel in suicide awareness and prevention annually. The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act (2021-H 5353, 2021-S 0031) will require all school personnel — including teachers, […]
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Sour Grapes – A Comic Strip by Tim Jones: August 24
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FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine in people 16+
With the announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has full approval for use in people 16 and older, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health are urging all eligible Rhode Islanders who have not been vaccinated yet to get vaccinated today. Full authorization […]
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Access to Jamestown, Mount Hope, Newport bridges reopened to most traffic (Updated)
Update: 12:40 pm – Pell Bridge, Jamestown Verrazanno Bridge, Mount Hope Bridge reopened to most traffic (Updated) UPDATE 10:40 pm – Pell Bridge, Jamestown Verrazanno Bridge, Mount Hope Bridge closed to all traffic due to high winds (Updated) The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) this morning at 9:10 am announced that it has […]
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5 am Update: The latest on Hurricane Henri
Hurricane Henri is beginning to impact our area this morning with heavy winds, rain, and a storm surge. According to the National Weather Service, Hurricane Henri will continue moving northward this morning. Henri is expected to make landfall somewhere between eastern Long Island and Narragansett Bay as either a strong tropical storm or a lower-end […]
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Hurricane Henri expected to bring dangerous storm surge to Northeast states – but what is storm surge, anyway?
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Penn State Forecasters warned about the potential for dangerous storm surge as Henri strengthened into a hurricane on a path expected to take its eye over or near New York’s Long Island and into New England on Aug. 22, 2021. The storm was expected to reach the coast at full moon, […]
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President Biden approves Rhode Island Emergency Declaration
On Friday, President Joseph Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Rhode Island and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Henri beginning on August 20, 2021, and continuing. According to a statement from the White House Briefing Room, […]
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Sour Grapes: A Comic Strip by Tim Jones: August 17
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Guest View: How to save local news in Rhode Island (without government interference)
During the past two decades, the number of newspaper reporters across America has dropped by 36,000 or 60%. Some 1,800 communities have lost newspapers. Thousands more — especially in rural areas and communities of color — have newsrooms so desolate that they don’t truly cover the town. This is a serious threat to communities around […]
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Opinion: To slow climate change, teach climate literacy
In 2019, inspired by teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, youth around the world took action to demand governments address climate change. While 2020 brought a pandemic that dominated the world’s attention, the urgency of our climate crisis has not abated at all. That this movement was led by students is significant. The majority of today’s […]
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Rhode Island Airport Corporation will host a job fair at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport on August 18
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation will hold an Airport Job Fair on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, in the Mary Brennan Board Room, located on the departures level behind the Delta Airlines check-in counters. Parking will be validated for all attendees. Current openings […]
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Free job and education fair to be held on August 17 in Westerly
Westerly Education Center will host its annual job and education fair on Tuesday, August 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at 23 Friendship Street, Westerly. The event is free for all. “For anyone who is ready to return to work or who is seeking a career change, this event provides the opportunity to connect with employers […]
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Emergency Medical Technician class to be held in Jamestown
The Jamestown Fire Department (JFD) this week announced that it will be holding a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) course starting in September. This course is intended to train attendees on vital skills in pre-hospital care. The course will start on September 15th and last through December 18th. Sessions will […]