NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University will be instituting a new alcohol policy on campus for this upcoming school year which starts Sept. 8. The policy, which allows for the limited possession of alcohol on campus, was developed through students input and is supported by President Jane Gerety, the Senior Administration, and by the school Trustees.
In an email sent to the student body, President Gerety outlines the changes that the school is making in regards to alcohol on campus. For years, any student living on campus, regardless of age, was fined for having any alcohol in any of the dorm rooms.
Read about the new changes by clicking on the jump.
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Roxie, taking a break from playing with her new puppy pals.
NEWPORT, R.I. -With summer winding down here in Newport and kids gearing up to head back to school this week, many of you loyal dog owners are going to be looking for the perfect substitute for your favorite dog walker or puppy sitter while your beloved pooch is left home alone on work and school days.
Maia Chrupcala, the mastermind and owner of The Wiggle Room, has opened the only doggy day care facility on Aquidneck Island. Located at 741 West Main Rd., in Middletown, The Wiggle Room has moved into the old Petrageous pet supply storefront. I recently got the chance to go visit Maia and hang out with several of the cutest and funniest dogs around. Having been open for only a few weeks, Maia says, “So far so good…New dogs are coming every day. It’s been getting busier and busier.”
Read more about The Wiggle Room after the jump…
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Watches and warnings along the East Coast
NEWPORT, R.I. – An ever changing Hurricane Earl has shifted slightly bringing the course of the storm about 50 miles closer to Newport. According to the Associated Press, Officials in New England’s coastal areas are bracing for high seas, heavy rains and strong winds as Hurricane Earl approaches the region. A tropical storm warning has been put into effect for all of Rhode Island and from New Haven, Conn., to Westport, Mass., including Block Island.
Hurricane Center director Bill Read said Thursday the changes to the storm’s eye are pushing hurricane-force winds of at least 74 mph over a broader area. Hurricane-force winds currently extend outward up to 90 miles from the center of the storm.
Read says forecasters expected the eyewall to change, but they are not able to say how far inland the winds will reach. He says the strong winds could topple trees and knock out power to thousands of people along the East Coast.
The National Weather Service is predicting winds gusting up to 85 miles per hour for Cape Cod and gusts of more than 100 mph on Nantucket.
Nantucket Assistant Town Manager Gregg Tivnan says the island opening a shelter at the high school.
Rhode Island Fast Ferries said the Martha Vineyard Ferry service out of Quonset is cancelled Friday and Saturday. The Fast Ferry is on schedule Thursday.
Ferries from Newport and New London, Conn., to Block Island have been canceled for Thursday. Ferries from Point Judith are still on schedule fro Thursday.
Stay tuned to Newport-Now for more updates on Hurricane Earl.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Citing concern for public safety, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has begun what it describes as a “very early discussion” to determine the fate of the train depot on America’s Cup Avenue.
The depot, which serves as the base for the Old Colony & Newport Railroad and Newport Dinner Train, has been a fixture along the city’s main downtown thruway since being moved to its present location in the early 1980s.
It’s one of the first historic looking structures visitors see after coming off the Newport Bridge, but in recent years, there has been growing concern over the structural integrity of the canopies, the maintenance and the appearance of the surrounding site.
(This article first appeared in the Sept. 1 issue of Newport This Week.)
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NEWPORT, R.I. – As we wrote in Newport This Week today, Salve Regina University will be instituting a new alcohol policy on campus for this upcoming school year, which starts Sept. 8.
The policy, which allows for a limited consumption of alcohol on school property, was developed through student input, is supported by President Jane Gerety, the Senior Administration, and by the school Trustees.
In an email sent to the student body, President Gerety outlines the changes that the school is making in regards to alcohol on campus. Details are above the fold in this week’s NTW. Pick up your copy today to find out more. Or check back here later in the week when we upload the full story.
The sail numbers of Gleam, the classic 12 Metre carefully restored by Bob and Elizabeth Tiedemann. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Classic yacht fans rejoice! This Labor Day weekend marks the 31st Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta sponsored by Panerai and presented by Land Rover.
The regatta kicks off Friday night, Sept. 3, with Panerai’s festive opening night celebration at the Museum of Yachting, followed by two days of racing run by organizing authority Sail Newport and the event’s traditional Classic Yacht Parade on Sunday morning.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Regardless of whether Hurricane Earl pays us a visit later in the week, (current odds place the likelihood of Rhode Island receiving hurricane force winds at around 6 percent), forecasters are warning that the U.S. East Coast can expect a long period of high waves beginning on Thursday for North Carolina, with offshore waves expected to reach 10-15 feet off New England by Friday morning.
Along with the anticipated surf, Weather Underground Meteorologist Jeff Masters is predicting that “significant beach erosion and dangerous rip currents will be the rule.”
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A common tern, perched for flight, on the sea wall along Long Wharf. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
A quartet of cormorants monopolize a dinghy moored off East Ferry in Jamestown. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – As a fledgling (pun intended) ornithophile, I’ve become fully engrossed and simply amazed by the diversity of our fine island’s migratory bird season. But rather than bore you with my daily forays into avian photography, let me point you in the direction of Newport This Week’s resident Nature columnist Jack Kelly, whose photos belie a commune with his subjects which I personally envy. Over the last few weeks, Jack has been providing a helpful snapshot of birds and trends to look for as the migratory season rolls on.
Look for his column in this week’s issue of NTW hitting newsstands tomorrow (Wednesday).
And for further online browsing, let me also recommend a visit to RIBirds.org, where, if you’re like me, you can delight in a well organized photo catalogue of native and migratory species found mostly along the East Bay and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Happy birding!
NEWPORT, R.I. – A technical outerwear company that recently relocated to Newport has brought on the former head of toy giant FAO Schwartz, another strong signal of confidence for a company that has been one of the unsung bright spots of the local economy.
Wild Things, LLC, the maker of sophisticated technical outerwear for the US Military, Law Enforcement and Consumer markets, announced on Monday that Edward Schmults has joined Wild Things as CEO and member of the Board of Directors.
Most recently, Schmults served as Chief Executive Officer of FAO Schwarz, a premier retailer of toys and luxury items for children.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – A federal magistrate judge on Monday restricted travel for the owner of a Newport investment fund currently under SEC investigation, however agreed to allow Leila C. Jenkins to use bank accounts opened under her married names.
From the Projo:
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Here’s the latest update on Earl, courtesy of Weather Underground’s Dr. Jeff Masters:
The latest set of computer models runs from 8am EDT (12Z) this morning push Earl’s projected track a little closer to the U.S. East Coast, but still keep hurricane force winds offshore. History suggests that a storm in Earl’s current location has a 25% chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast, and Earl’s chances of making a U.S. landfall are probably close to that. We now have one model predicting a U.S. landfall–the latest HWRF model predicts Earl will hit the Maine/Nova Scotia border region on Saturday morning as a Category 1 hurricane. None of the other computer models show Earl hitting the U.S., but the storm will likely come uncomfortably close to North Carolina’s Outer Banks and to Massachusetts. Several models now predict Earl will being tropical storm force winds of 39+ mph to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, beginning on Thursday evening. The Outer Banks of North Carolina and Cape Cod, Massachusetts are both at the edge of the cone of uncertainty, and could potentially receive a direct hit. NHC is giving Cape Hatteras a 11% chance of receiving hurricane force winds. These odds are 10% for Nantucket, 5% for Boston, and 3% for New York City. The main determinant of whether Earl hits the U.S. or not is a strong trough of low pressure predicted to move off the U.S. East Coast Friday. This trough, if it develops as predicted, should be strong enough to recurve Earl out to sea, but it is not unusual for the models to miss the timing and intensity of these troughs significantly in 4 – 5 day forecasts.
Regardless of Earl’s exact track, the U.S. East Coast can expect a long period of high waves beginning on Thursday. Significant beach erosion and dangerous rip current will be the rule, due to waves that will reach 10 – 15 feet in offshore waters.
Paddlers approach their mark just south of the Newport Bridge in the first Newport SUP Cup, presented by Coastal Urge on Saturday (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – More than 90 participants took to the water on Saturday for Newport’s first ever SUP Cup (that’s “stand up paddleboard” for those who missed our preview story last week).
With brilliant blue skies overhead and temperatures in the low to mid 80s, you couldn’t have ordered up a better day.
Plenty of locals turned out for the event, but so did some pros from as far away as California. Rhode Island is still only beginning to get into the SUP game, but if the turnout over the weekend was any indicator, it looks like it could be here to stay.
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Photo courtesy of www.salve.edu
NEWPORT, R.I. – The Salve Regina University football team will receive the Child & Family Volunteer of the Year Award for the work players have given to the organization’s “Adopt A Home” program. The team will be presented the award at Child & Family’s annual meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. at Rosecliff. The team’s volunteerism will also be featured in Child & Family’s Annual Report publication. For the past two years, Salve Regina football players have worked with the young boys in Child & Family’s Maple and Trout homes. They have led activities, served as tutors, provided Seahawks game tickets and provided mentoring as “big brothers.” Members of the team and their coach, Bob Chesney, will attend the annual meeting on Sept. 22 to accept the award.
Kristin Hersh, legendary lead vocalist and guitarist for Newport’s own Throwing Muses, an alternative rock group that secured a major label 
recording deal and enjoyed enviable success throughout the 1980s and 90s, is best known for her evocative lyrics and unapologetic candor. Drawing on her diary entries from when she was just 18, one of the most pivotal years in her life, Hersh has penned Rat Girl, a straightforward memoir based on her journals peppered with antidotes from home. Rat Girl is being released tomorrow, and Newport Now chatted with the musician turned author for a little Q&A.
NN: What inspired you to write this memoir now?
K: I liked that this diary was kept at such a forward-looking time. A time without regret or even any real judgment calls. Because we were 18 year old kids, whatever we experienced was “what was going on,” rather than the Good Thing or the Bad Thing. This is an attractive and effective mindset; one we all find hard to stick with the older we get. This perspective (which I’ve probably now lost) allowed me to write what is essentially a triumphant book. And I love that we were so much sharper and cooler *before* we saw any success. Music for music’s sake is a very important ethos.
NN: In the book you’re brutally honest. Was it hard to revisit some of those dark places, and, did you ever hesitate to omit any of the raw details?
K: I don’t *like* being brutally honest, I just don’t know what else to do! I would skip those hard parts through draft after draft, telling myself, “I’m sure they’re fine…they’re *impressionistic*.” But I knew there was no point in writing a book like this if I wasn’t going to keep the voice pure, so I held my breath and told the truth. Honestly, I’m only getting *really* nervous about it now that the book is coming out and there’s no turning back. I left a lot out of the book: people, details, backstory…but mania was an important part of the story.
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