NEWPORT, R.I. – Around here, everyone seems to be Irish during the month of March. And accordingly, there’s plenty in the way of Irish heritage being celebrated around town this weekend.
Our Best Bets are in like a (celtic) lion after the jump.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – The Providence Journal’s editorial board on Tuesday disputed concerns that a liquefied natural gas terminal in Mount Hope Bay would effectively put an end to the state’s bid to bring the America’s Cup home to Newport.
The unsigned editorial is the latest in a string of commentary lending support to the concept of siting an LNG facility up-bay from Newport Harbor and the famed racing grounds of Rhode Island Sound.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – A group of polo players from the Newport Polo Club remained trapped in Chile this week, following a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the country and has claimed hundreds of lives.
Seven players from the Newport-based polo club are still in Curico, Chile after winning the final match in the Copa International de Curico as part of Team USA.
WJAR Channel 10 had a report on the team and their contributions in the post-quake relief efforts.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Irish Heritage Month kicked off on Sunday, Feb. 28 with festive music and dancing at Forty Steps.
We were there to catch some of the action. For a full lineup of Irish Heritage Month activities, visit www.aohnewport.org.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – State Rep. Peter Martin (D-Newport) is making news this week by co-sponsoring a bill that would ease the penalty for teenagers who engage in “sexting,” a general term referring to the distribution of explicit images or videos via cell phone.
According to Martin, who took up a request by the Attorney General’s Office to introduce the legislation, most times teenagers simply aren’t aware of the ramifications of their actions.
“This takes what I consider to be bad behavior, or stupid behavior for these teenagers who are sending these pictures around, and instead of making it a crime with a record as a sex offender, it redirects them into counseling,” Martin told ABC6 News on Monday.
Under current state law, teens who are caught sending explicit photos or videos can be charged for distributing child pornography, an offense that carries with it a $5,000 fine, up to 5 years in jail, and a lifetime sex offender label.
And while some judges do practice discretion in their rulings, proponents say that this bill is needed to address what is an increasingly common problem.
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John McEnroe, Donald Dell, Owen Davidson, Bud Collins, Brad Parks, Virginia Wade, Gigi Fernandez, Ivan Lendl and Tony Trabert.
NEWPORT, R.I. – At the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night, the International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was announced to the delight of more than 12,000 fans.
Doubles stars dominate the Recent Player and Master Player categories, with the selections of Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde, Gigi Fernandez, Natasha Zvereva and Owen Davidson. In the Contributor category, wheelchair tennis creator Brad Parks has been selected for induction, as well as Derek Hardwick, who served as chairman of the British Lawn Tennis Association and was instrumental in the creation of Open tennis. International Tennis Hall of Fame Chairman Christopher Clouser hosted the ceremony, which featured Hall of Famers John McEnroe, Bud Collins, Virginia Wade, Donald Dell, Ivan Lendl and Tony Trabert, all of whom welcomed the latest inductees who have been selected to receive the highest honor available in the sport.
The induction ceremony will take place July 10, 2010 prior to the semi-final matches of the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships at the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Bellevue Avenue.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Gov. Don Carcieri today joined with Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed (D-Newport), and House Speaker Gordon Fox to announce the creation of a committee to bring the America’s Cup back to Newport.
According to the Associated Press, the governor’s office said the committee will assess the state’s infrastructure and then present a plan to software billionaire Larry Ellison’s BMW Oracle syndicate and the America’s Cup Organizing Committee.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport stands to see a 15.3 percent reduction in school aid under a proposed statewide education funding formula released earlier today.
The long-awaited formula, which is aimed at providing state and local officials with a quantitative basis for distributing funds to school districts based on enrollment and other contributing factors, was developed by the state Department of Education in cooperation with Brown University. Currently, legislators base financial aid by previous years’ precedents with no regard for enrollment or, for that matter, any other metric.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – The red flag was flying early Friday morning outside of the Wellington Avenue CSO facility, signaling the city’s latest active combined sewer overflow event.
The red flag flying above the Wellington Avenue pump station signals that a CSO event has occured. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
According to the city’s website, both of its CSO outfall locations were active on Friday, the result of a powerful winter storm that dumped over an inch and a half of rain on the area.
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Angela Moore and Carroll Michael & Co., both longtime tenants of this block on Bellevue, have relocated in recent weeks.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The newly relocated Angela Moore boutique opens this weekend at 190 Bellevue Avenue on Newport’s Casino Block; a location owner Moore describes as historic, beautiful and a privilege to be a part of.
Designed by the celebrated architects McKim, Mead and White, the Newport Casino, at the epicenter of the strip, opened in 1880 and today is a National Historic Landmark. Since it’s opening, storefronts have been part and parcel of the famed block and are considered highly desired retail locations. While Moore’s addition leaves all but one retail vacancy on that particular eastern stretch of Bellevue Avenue, between Memorial Boulevard and Jones Avenue, other parts of Bellevue seem to be having a harder time, both retaining existing and securing new businesses.
The length of Bellevue Avenue, just north of the casino block, between John and Prospect Hill Streets, has seen considerable turnover and extended vacancies through the years and, perhaps, never more apparently, than in recent months. Carroll Michael & Co., formerly at the corner of Prospect Hill Street at 115 Bellevue Avenue, moved to a new space on Franklin Street, and is now vacant.
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A liquefied natural gas tanker arrives in Boston, Mass.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The developer of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Mount Hope Bay has fired back at Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, who earlier this week made headlines by warning that the project could put an end to the state’s quest to return the America’s Cup to Newport.
Labeling the recent claims made by the Attorney General as baseless and “wildly” speculative, Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC has reiterated its commitment to conducting LNG shipping activities so as to avoid interfering with any America’s Cup race activities, or any other organized yachting activities in Narragansett Bay.
“Attorney General Lynch’s comments are the latest in a long history of misstatements he has made related to the Weaver’s Cove’s LNG Project,” the company said in a statement released through its online advocacy portal, LNGFactCheck.com.
But according to LNG opponents and Cup organizers, who quickly lined up to defend Lynch’s remarks, the presence of an LNG facility up-bay from the historical America’s Cup racing grounds in Rhode Island Sound, could indeed represent a major obstacle in the chase for the cup.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – We’re not exactly sure where February went. And even though the weather isn’t supposed to be exactly stellar, there are plenty of ways to make the most of this last weekend of the month.
Follow the jump for our Best Bets.
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Former U.S. Rep. Robert Weygand will not run for Congress in the 1st District.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Former Democrat U.S. Congressman Robert Weygand, who had indicated earlier this month he was seriously considering a run for the 1st Congressional District currently occupied by Patrick J. Kennedy, will not be a candidate in November, he said today.
In a statement issued Thursday, Weygand, who doesn’t currently live in the district, said that after giving it serious thought, he and his family decided now was not the right time to re-enter the political arena.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – It wasn’t your typical start to a City Council meeting. But on Wednesday, the Dennis E. Collins division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians paid a special visit to City Hall to kick off the annual Irish Heritage Month.
The month long celebration of all things Irish formally gets under way at noon on Sunday, Feb. 28 at Forty Steps with traditional Irish step dancing and live traditional music. Afterward, head down to the Hibernian Hall on Wellington Avenue for a free Afternoon Social at 1 p.m.
A full line up of events for Irish Heritage Month can be found online at AOHNewport.org or on our calendar beginning Friday, Feb. 26.
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