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Salve Regina University community members offer prayers for people suffering...
Students, faculty and staff arrived alone and in pairs for the Sabbath Time at Salve Regina University in Newport, on Thursday. They came from different directions on campus and entered a circle near...
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Live elections coverage in R.I. and South Coast: Amo wins CD1 race
Live updates Check here for updates and results as they come in. Polls closed at 8 p.m. 9:05 p.m.: In his victory speech, Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan says he runs a “blue collar administration” whose...
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Newport’s International Tennis Hall of Fame losing its ATP tournament
Game, set, match: Newport’s International Tennis Hall of Fame has lost its premier tournament, the ITHF announced today. The ATP, the organization behind the men’s tennis tour, says it won’t renew...
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Washington Bridge closure causing traffic backups on Aquidneck Island
With the emergency closure of the Washington Bridge in Providence, Newport and Middletown residents are now contending with increased traffic and gridlock as drivers use an alternative route through...
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Climate activists protest outside Newport mansion to challenge lawsuits filed...
On Tuesday night, the Elms mansion on Bellevue Avenue was aglow with white lights and alive with the sound of protests. “Preserve our future! Not the mansions! Drop the lawsuit! Drop it now!,” they...
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Bill sponsors think 2024 may be the year for funding suicide prevention...
Please note that this story contains subject matter that might be sensitive for some listeners. In November 2019, Rep. Joseph Solomon, Jr. received a call from a friend. A call he didn’t expect. A...
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Rhode Island lawmakers propose plan to tackle climate-related coastal threats
On a recent weekday, state Representative Terri Cortvriend climbed the rock outcropping at Surfers End at Sachuest Beach in Middletown. It was raining, and she climbed slowly, her boots seeking...
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Newport’s housing woes put strain on municipal workers
At 8 a.m., just before the first class of the day, students poured into the hallway at Thompson Middle School. Their voices buzzed and bounced off the ceiling and floor as they talked about the girls’...
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Study finds Newport’s zoning is likely an obstacle to affordable housing...
More than 50 people packed an open-house meeting at Newport City Hall Thursday night to learn the results of a new study assessing available housing stock. Patricia Reynolds, Newport’s director of...
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Residents in a Portsmouth neighborhood take storm and flooding preparedness...
“Hi. Yeah. Yeah, we’re going down to the plantings.” Nicole Gotovich calls out to Common Fence Point resident Mil Kinsella, who’s passing in her SUV. Gotovich is taking me on a tour of the community’s...
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Honoring The Dead While Respecting Social Distancing
→ See more of our coronavirus coverage, including community resources and personal stories. In lots of ways, Ebola is nothing like the coronavirus. For starters, Ebola is a lot deadlier. But this...
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This I Believe New England – The Next Good Thing
In his novel A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway wrote “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” Of course, all of us face daunting challenges in life. As we...
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Commentary: The war is not over
On Aug. 31, I listened on my radio to President Joe Biden speaking at the White House. “My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over.” I am the daughter of a career soldier and Vietnam...
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In Middletown, a beach, a tree and some comfort and joy
In early December, I was heading to work when I noticed the pink clouds in the eastern sky. I took a detour to watch the sunrise at Surfer’s End at Sachuest Beach in Middletown. I spotted a small,...
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Newport’s MLK Center expands to meet growing community needs
On a recent weekday, guests bundled in layers make their way down a long table in the community room at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in downtown Newport. Volunteers wear smiles, aprons and...
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Newport opens emergency overnight shelter at city’s Maritime Center
The city of Newport has four designated daytime warming centers for those without shelter and people who need a place to warm up, the Newport Public Library, The Florence Gray Community Center, The...
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Newport expects more visitors to weekend warming center, but long-term...
Newport Fire Chief Harp Donnelly says four people came to the overnight warming center when it opened at the Maritime Center downtown on Thursday. Volunteers from the MLK Jr. Community Center and...
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Newport City Council approves resolutions to help address affordable housing...
Newport City Councilors voted unanimously Wednesday night to pass five resolutions. Under one, the city will seek proposals to redevelop the vacant Coggeshall School to provide more housing units....
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Newport says goodbye to iconic Thames Street diner
The Public’s Radio · Newport Says Goodbye To Iconic Thames Street Diner On a recent weekday, Joel Richards began his morning like most workdays over the past 30-plus years. He walked into Gary’s...
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The future of the Jamestown Newport Ferry is in jeopardy
The Jamestown Town Hall was packed Monday night. About 90 people attended the town council meeting, many of them wearing hats and jackets sporting the Conanicut Marine Services logo. The Jamestown...
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NOAA plans to relocate marine center to Naval Station Newport
Under the plan, NOAA will construct an administration building, warehouse and waterfront facilities to accommodate four research vessels at Naval Station Newport. The roughly $150 million project is...
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Local women bond over the challenges and joys of ocean swimming in the dark...
In mid-January, we show up to swim at our preferred place, Potter Cove, in Jamestown. We come here for long swims in the summer and much shorter swims that hug the shore in winter. On this day, the...
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11th Hour Racing Team heads for its home port, Newport, in The Ocean Race,...
Five sailing teams are heading to Newport this week on the fourth leg of The Ocean Race. It’s a grueling six-month yachting competition that takes each crew around the world. Newport is the home port...
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11th Hour Racing Team sails for its home port, Newport, in The Ocean Race,...
Five sailing teams are heading to Newport this week on the fourth leg of The Ocean Race. It’s a grueling six-month yachting competition that takes each crew around the world. Newport is the home port...
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URI grad fought for affordable housing in Middletown. Now he’s priced out, too
It’s a Saturday afternoon at Oxbow Farms in Middletown. A quartet of boys shoots hoops. A teenage son, his dad and a buddy replace the brake pads on a 1996 Mitsubishi Gallant, tools spread all around...
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Newport celebrates Juneteenth and living history with two days of events
The Rhode Island Slave History Medallions project aims to educate the public about the history of slavery in Rhode Island and the contributions of African Americans in the state. Our Newport Bureau...
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Priced out of Newport, Jeffrey Marcus calls his SUV his home
On any given morning, Jeffrey Marcus might be found at Custom House Coffee in Middletown. He might be perched on a high stool or at a low table with his laptop, writing his blog on Medium, with a...
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Newport election administrator resigns after offensive texts revealed
Newport elections administrator Stephen Waluk was accused earlier this month of sending alleged racist, homophobic and sexist texts in communications with a former staff member, during Waluk’s time as...
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Newport celebrates the victorious return of hometown 11th Hour Racing team
High winds and rain threatened to crash the celebration party for the Newport-based 11th Hour Racing team on Friday evening, August 4. Skipper Charlie Enright posted on social media ahead of the...
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Newport schools superintendent is ready for the challenges and possibilities...
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. The transcript below includes a longer version of the conversation. TRANSCRIPT: Cheryl Hatch: So you started your position in January 2014. And...
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Rhode Island judge will rule on status of eviction of Touro Synagogue...
It’s a Friday evening and the setting sun paints a glow on the facade of Touro Synagogue in Newport. It’s the traditional Shabbat service, and recording is not allowed in the building. Men and women...
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Newport Orthodox congregation can remain at Touro Synagogue while they appeal...
For the last 10 years, the local Congregation Jeshuat Israel has been embroiled in a legal dispute with another congregation in New York over ownership of the Touro Synagogue and its property. Last...
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Families ride out the storm during the 60th Camp-O-Rama at Sachuest Beach
Early Saturday morning, it’s quiet on Aquidneck Island. A bit of light rain. Some gusts of wind. No signs of what might have been if Hurricane Lee had passed closer to shore. While some folks pulled...
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Southern New England states announce new wind energy agreement
The governors of the three states say the new memorandum of understanding will create the opportunity for regional cooperation and economic benefits by seeking multi-state proposals from wind project...
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Local Jewish organization offers comfort to Rhode Island community and raises...
Adam Greenman, president and CEO of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, spoke with our Newport Bureau reporter Cheryl Hatch about the reaction in the local Jewish community in the aftermath...
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