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Plus: Newport Gulls to kick off its 2023 NECBL season on June 6
Newport Restaurant Group donates $60,750 to local nonprofits through 2022 Gift Card Donation Program
Through the program, $2.00 from every gift card purchase is donated to area non-profits with a mission toward fighting food insecurity.
Newport Gulls to kick off its 2023 NECBL season on June 6
The New England Collegiate Baseball League has announced the Official Schedule for the 2023 Season.
WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Brad Read, Sail Newport and The Ocean Race Newport Stopover
Brad Read, Executive Director of Sail Newport, joined What’sUpNewp on Tuesday, January 31 to chat about the upcoming The Ocean Race Newport Stopover.
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Potter League, Newport Contemporary Ballet receives grants from BankRI
Two Aquidneck Island nonprofit organizations have been awarded grants by Bank Rhode Island (BankRI).
Massachusetts kicks off sports betting ahead of Super Bowl
Massachusetts sports fans who want to wager on their favorite teams are finally getting their chance as the state kicks off sports betting at casinos Tuesday, with online betting likely to follow in a few months.
Top Rhode Island officials call for ban on assault weapons
Rhode Island’s Democratic governor and top officials urged the state legislature Tuesday to pass a bill banning assault weapons.
The Newport County Youth Chorus is welcoming students in grades 5-8 to join “Discover your voice
How gas prices have changed in the Providence Metro area in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Providence using data from AAA.
How Newport County feels about climate change
Stacker compiled statistics about the opinions on climate change in Newport County using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
State reaches lead abatement agreements with 4 landlords
The owners of four Rhode Island lead-contaminated properties have agreed to fix the problems and pay fines that combined total more than $700,00 in value, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
Most popular songs that never won a Grammy
You might even be surprised by some of the tracks that were snubbed.
8 things to do right now in your community to prepare for climate change
Westfield compiled a list of eight ways people can prepare their communities for the impacts of climate change.
The Ocean Race: Racing into the South
The fleet is escaping the clutches of the doldrums and picking up speed in the southern hemisphere
Seven Newport County students land on Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Fall 2022 Dean’s List
A total of 2,069 undergraduate students achieved the criteria required for Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) fall 2022 Dean’s List, including seven students from Newport County.
The funds will support programming for after-school classes and summer camp, among other things, according to ERICD. AgInnovation is a partnership between ERICD and Portsmouth Middle School (PMS).
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