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RIDOH provides update on Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccine effort
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Newport Art Museum to offer Curator Tour and Artist Talks
RIDOH provides update on Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccine effort
Summer Tour – A New View: Secret Garden Tour will return in July
What’s Up in Newport County This Weekend: March 19 – 21
19 Newport County Open Houses to check out this weekend (March 19 – 21)
Here’s the status of major Newport County and Rhode Island events in 2021 (Updating)
Women’s History Month: RI’s greatest female musicians
Representative Ruggiero sponsors bill for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030
Bookstore on the Beach: Barrington Books to host a virtual author event with author Brenda Novak
Greenlove Foundation offering a 2021 Educational Scholarship
Public invited to participate in a cleanup of Braman Cemetery on April 10
Home on Berkeley Avenue in Middletown sells for $2.7 million
Opinion: Sugary beverages lead to diabetes, poor health outcomes
Now Hiring – New Shoreham: Police Officers and paid interns for the summer season
What’s Up in Newport County today: Friday, March 19
>> Recent Local Obituaries
Ann H. Oster, an artist who taught at St. Paul’s School for Girls, dies (she was raised in Newport)
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Newport Folk Festival, Newport Jazz Festival planning to return this summer
Brian C. Jones: Death empties one home; a church fills another
Rhode Island plans to open up vaccination eligibility to all adults age 16 and older on April 19
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Elsewhere
General Assembly - Sen. DiPalma’s commission to study and evaluate the state’s electric and natural gas distribution and transmission infrastructure meets on Monday
General Assembly - Rep. Marszalkowski’s bill that allows virtual public meetings to continue past the pandemic heard by committee
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AP - Utilities regulators extend state’s shutoff moratorium
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WPRI - Several local athletes to make appearances at Big Dance