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NEWPORT, R.I. – The Projo has the story today on Newport-based money market manager Leila C. Jenkins who was slapped with a $7.6 million fine for misleading investors by among other things, making up a fictitious Swiss billionaire client.
The Wall Street Journal has a good look at the story in this March 12, 2009 article.
The SEC complaint can be found online here.
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"Nowhere Boy" tells the story of John Lennon's formidable years. It will be shown as part of a special outdoor music series organized by newportFILM
NEWPORT, R.I. – With the promise to reinstate a full-scale film festival in the summer of 2011, a new organization has announced plans to present two outdoor film screenings in July.
The screenings, planned for the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown, will serve as the official launch of newportFILM, a new organization that hopes to bring film and filmmakers to the area and create a richer experience of the medium for Newport residents and visitors.
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Newport Mayor Jeanne Marie Napolitano and Naoki Ishii, Mayor of Shimoda, Japan bow after placing a wreath in honor of Com. Matthew C. Perry during a ceremony at Touro Park on Friday morning. (Photos by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – The sound of cannon fire echoed through Touro Park Friday morning, as the city’s 27th annual Black Ships Festival officially got underway at a ceremony attended by local, state and military dignitaries from both here and Japan.
As we wrote in this week’s issue ot Newport This Week, in a town where festivals are in abundance, Black Ships has proven one of the season’s most intriguing events.
Members of Cub Scout Pack 33 helped out with the wreath laying ceremony at Touro Park.
As Newporters, we’re surrounded by history every day. Bronze statues, historic plaques, and the very homes we live in are a testament to Newport’s colonial roots. Visitors come from far and wide to delight in our history, and indeed our community is strengthened by these ties to the past every day. And yet, despite this confluence of history and hotel visitors, events dedicated to celebrating particular moments or figures with ties to Newport, are often overshadowed by a multitude of modern festivals which dot the calendar each year.
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In case you missed it earlier this week, we’re re-posting our Definitive Guide to a Newport Fourth in order to help you plan your holiday weekend. Now, go “fourth” and celebrate our independence!
NEWPORT, R.I. – As Americans get ready to break out the coolers and unfold our best red, whites, and blues, here’s what you need to know to celebrate the fourth of July in Newport style. Consider this your definitive guide to the definitive American holiday.
Fireworks:
A couple options around the bay. The first takes place on Saturday, July 3 at Mackerel Cove in Jamestown at around 9 p.m. There’s really only one way to appreciate this quintessential small town event, and that’s from a blanket on the beach at Mackerel Cove. Get there early and park along Hamilton Avenue for an easy in and out.
If one night of pyrotechnics isn’t enough, a second round follows Sunday, July 4 above Newport Harbor. Expect the show to go off at around 9:15 p.m. Prime viewing spots can be had at King Park Beach; Long Wharf/Perrotti Park; Battery Park; Rose Island; The Officer’s Club at Naval Station Newport; and Fort Weatherill and the Dumplings in Jamestown.
There is so much more going on this weekend. Click on the jump to find more events! [click to continue…]
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Taking a moment to remind you to take care over the holiday weekend, Channel 12′s Erin Kennedy reports on a Newport mother and her two children who survived a horrific crash thanks to practicing something we all should remember to do any time we step inside a vehicle: Buckle Up.
Lindsey Grandidge was driving with her two kids on Memorial Day weekend, when she was cut off, and hit by another driver. Their car rolled seven times. All survived, and on Friday they were awarded the “Saved By the Belt” award.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – With the exception of one, each of Aquidneck Island’s general assembly members appear to face challenges in November.
As we enter into the heat of summer, and the beginning of the campaign season, here are how things are shaping up across the island:
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Friends of the wayward teen search for their friend on Monday morning. (Photos by Jack Kelly)
Middletown Fire Department crews were on scene when the call came in reporting the boy safe ashore in Little Compton.
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – A Massachusetts teenager who set out in a small rowing dinghy from Third Beach on Monday was overcome by the current and swept across the mouth of the Sakonnet River to Little Compton, police and fire officials said.
According to the Middletown Fire Department, crews first received a call reporting an adrift vessel in the vicinity of Sachuest Point at 10:53 a.m. Lifeguards from the town beach attempted to reach the boat, but to no avail.
On shore, several friends of the wayward youth frantically paced the coastline peering out over the water. Shortly before noon, a call came in from the teen who reported to his friends that he was safely ashore in Little Compton in the area of Main Road.
A Middletown firefighter sets his sights on the water off of Sachuest Point on Monday.
Middletown and Little Compton police were investigating the incident, and more details will be added as they become available.
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Fenced in portions of Newport's Cliff Walk do exist, but often don't disuade visitors from putting themselves in precarious positions. (Newport Now file photo)
NEWPORT, R.I. – The New York Times today picks up on the story of the recent decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court that determined that the city can be held liable for injuries a Brooklyn man sustained during a fall from Newport’s famed Cliff Walk.
As told by Times scribe Abby Goodough:
The Cliff Walk, a promenade that winds more than three miles along this city’s rugged coast, is not for the vertigo-prone. It looms high over the crashing surf, drawing a constant stream of visitors who peer over the stunning precipice as they stroll.
Some wince and step back. Others dare to clamber down dirt paths that run from the Cliff Walk to the shore, and once in a while it ends badly. But state law has shielded Newport from liability — until now.
In April, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that a New York man had grounds to sue the city and state after falling 29 feet to the rocks below the Cliff Walk, which left him paralyzed from the neck down.
The ruling has jarred Newport and stirred talk of whether more fencing and warning signs, perhaps now inevitable, would change the character of a path that is as much a fixture here as the Gilded Age mansions it wanders past.
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Under tow, the USS Forrestal (CV-59) passes under the Newport Pell Bridge on Tuesday morning. (Photos by Tom Shevlin)
The sight drew out a number of boaters onto the water for a final look at the Forrestal.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The USS Forrestal (CV-59) left her berth in Newport today, bound for a Philadelphia shipyard where she’ll await a fate unknown.
Preparations for the voyage began early Tuesday morning. By 8:30 a.m. she had been moved from her berth at the Navy’s Pier One facility into Coddington Cove. The USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) ocean tug provided the horse power, while a fleet of a half-dozen smaller tugs guided the 1,067-foot carrier under the Newport Pell Bridge and out past Castle Hill.
Recreational boats were kept at a distance by an escort comprised of Navy, Coast Guard, and city patrol boats. Shore-side, onlookers lined the route from the Van Zandt Pier and Fort Adams in Newport to East Ferry and Beavertail in Jamestown.
At one time one of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced supercarriers, the Forrestal was named after former Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and was the lead ship of her class, which included recent berthmate, USS Saratoga.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Islanders won’t cast ballots for at least three months, but a crucial deadline looms for voters this week.
State law requires voters who are registered as Democrats, Moderates or Republicans to disaffiliate by June 16 if they plan on voting in a different party’s primary Sept. 14. Voters can change their political party affiliation by contacting the board of canvassers in the city or town that is their legal residence.
Some of the key races where primaries appear to be likely include governor, attorney general and both of Rhode Island’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A record 700,000 Rhode Islanders registered to vote in the 2008 elections. Rhode Island set new high for turnout in a primary and a general election, too.
“I had the privilege of overseeing Rhode Island’s record-breaking elections in 2008. More Rhode Islanders registered to vote and more turned out at the polls than at any other time in state history. I hope this year will be just as historic,” said Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis.
For more information about registering to vote, disaffiliating or the 2010 election calendar, visit sos.ri.gov.
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Progress is being made at 106-112 William St., and other new developments could soon be on the way.(Newport Now file photo)
NEWPORT, R.I. – It was boom times for Newport’s construction industry when plans to develop the Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center into a high-end mixed use condo development were first unveiled some three years ago. But like many projects sketched out prior to the economic downturn, plans have changed.
What was originally hoped to have been complete by this summer, the 181 Bellevue Residences project is still alive, according to those familiar with it, albeit behind schedule and off-plan.
Still, according to city officials, it’s one of 11 projects currently considered “ones to watch” over the next 1-5 years.
With progress moving swiftly at 106-112 William St. (the former home of Senor Frog’s nightclub), and the Zoning Board set to meet this week to further discuss the proposed St. Clare Home expansion, suddenly some modest signs of life have begun to emerge in the city’s otherwise quiet real estate market.
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Delia Daza (left) and her daughter, also Delia Daza, sort eelgrass on Friday along Ocean Drive in Newport. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – After 10 years of bringing life back to some of Narragansett Bay’s most fragile habitats, Save The Bay’s widely acclaimed eelgrass restoration project is coming to a close.
The harvest arrives onshore to awaiting volunteers!
Last week, volunteers gathered at King’s Beach on Ocean Drive, for what was to be the penultimate eelgrass harvest of the landmark program’s final season.
With the support of hundreds of volunteers, over the years, the restoration program has successfully established new beds in the mid-Bay, and has refined harvest and transplant techniques with minimal impact to the donor beds.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Setting the stage for what could be a contentious election year debate, the General Assembly last night voted to approve a pair of bills that would place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters to approve expanded gambling at the state’s two slot parlors.
From Eric Tucker of the Associated Press:
The bills authorize a voter referendum on converting the state’s two slot parlors, Twin River in Lincoln and Newport Grand in Newport, into full-scale casinos. The facilities offer video lottery terminals but not the table games found at more traditional casinos.
The casino measure passed in the House on a 62-12 vote. The Senate passed it 21-14 without making any amendments.
The measure now goes to the governor, who could either veto it or allow voters to decide the issue in a November referendum.
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State Reps. Peter Martin (top) and Deb Ruggiero review legislation during last night's debate at the General Assembly. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
STATE HOUSE – With the end of the legislative session only hours away, state lawmakers continue to hone a proposal that would ask voters in November to approve full-scale casino gaming in the state. Where the gaming would be allowed, how it would come about (with or without local approval), and who would operate the venue – or venues – remain to be seen.
In the latest developments, the Providence Journal is reporting that House Speaker Gordon Fox (D-Providence) has acknowledged the possibility of removing Newport Grand from a proposed referendum to turn it, along with the privately-owned Twin River into state operated casinos.
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