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.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Facing blanket opposition from City Council members, a proposal to shift $450,000 in state funds allocated for a pilot project to improve a section of Lower Thames Street to cover a budget overrun in the city’s ongoing Washington Square redevelopment project was promptly withdrawn last night, while at the same time councilors renewed their commitment to making long-awaited improvements to the Lower Thames Street area.
City Manager Edward F. Lavallee, who had earlier written to councilors recommending the transfer out of concern that the city might lose out on the earmark, retracted his request and instead instructed the administration to seek out savings, and if necessary, alternative funding in order to fully complete the final phase of the Washington Square revamp – which is estimated to be roughly $520,000 over budget.
The change of course preempted what seemed to have been a forgone defeat, with several council members expressing surprise that the recommendation made it onto the docket.
NEWPORT, R.I. – City Council members are set to meet tonight on what appears to be a relatively light docket. Punctuating the meeting are two items, both of which can be found by searching through our new Scribd document files (seen above and after the jump).
The first, a communication from the city manager requesting permission for the city to petition the RIDOT to allow the use of anticipated state funds that were originally targeted for a Thames Street Demonstration Project, which would have made roadway improvements to the area from America’s Cup to Ann Street, to be re-allocated to the completion of Washington Square in an amount of $450,000.
According to the city manage, the action is necessary in order to make up for an estimated $522,523 construction overrun. [click to continue…]
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.
Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline in Newport on Thursday outside of the Paramount Building on Broadway. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline was spotted in town this afternoon. Making the rounds down Broadway, he sat for moment to talk to some seniors in front of the Paramount Building. “I’m running for Patrick Kennedy’s old seat,” he told one.
On hand for a fund-raiser hosted by his uncle, former state Rep. J. Clement ‘Bud’ Cicilline, the front-running mayor is one of four Democratic primary candidates battling it out in the race to replace Rhode Isand’s Kennedy.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Residents will be given their first look at a new design for the planned improvements to the Easton’s Pond damn tonight.
City Council members are set to meet with Public Utility personnel and engineers from Fuss & O’Neil Associates to review revised plans to shore up one of the city’s most important fresh water sources. The workshop, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. at City Hall, will be the first meeting on the needed improvements since January, when a capacity crowd filled the council chamber to express their concerns over what they felt were design elements of an original plan unfitting to the character of the city.
According to city officials, two designs are expected to be discussed: a gradually sloping, vegetated, articulating concrete berm, and a similarly massed riprap berm.
Shaving down a sidewalk on Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – In an effort to reduce the number of trip and falls sustained in the downtown area, the city recently tested out a low-cost method aimed at fixing some of the its most problematic sidewalks.
Last week, a one-man crew pulled up alongside the Smokehouse Cafe on America’s Cup Avenue armed with a grinding tool attached to a small work cart. Inch by upturned inch, the offending sidewalk was smoothed down. What had only minutes before been a jagged, uneven surface lying in wait for its next toe to stub or heel to catch, was quickly whittled down to a flat plane or gentle slope.
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.
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…]
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.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Wednesday marked the end of a three-day window that candidates had to declare their intent to seek political office, and in what is shaping up to be a robust field, a total of 27 candidates have filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office to run for either City Council or School Committee.
On the council side, 16 prospective candidates have declared their intent to run for either one of four at-large, or three ward seats. That includes nine declared at-large candidates, who if all gather the necessary 200 signatures to qualify for the ballot, would face off in a primary to determine the top eight vote-getters. Also, in a shift from past years, all three ward councilors will have challengers in November – a prospect which promises to make for some interesting theater for political watchers.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Second Ward Councilor Justin S. McLaughlin, who last month announced that he would seek an At-Large council seat, decided on Wednesday to run again as a ward councilor. The decision came after McLaughlin had already filed paperwork for an At-Large seat on Monday.
By Wednesday, with a crowded field shaping up for the council’s four At-Large seats, he had changed his mind.
McLaughlin has lived in Newport since 1983 and purchased his home on Kay Terrace in 1984. He has two children. His son, David, graduated Rogers High School in 1989. David lives in Newport and is a founding member of Clean Ocean Access and a member of the city’s Ad Hoc Wastewater and Stormwater Committee.
He graduated Boston College in 1965, taught school in Boston for a year, and served on active duty with the U.S. Navy for three years prior to commencing his civil service career. He retired from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Middletown in 2004. At the time of his retirement, he served as Employee Advocate on the staff of the NUWC Commander and Executive Director.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Less than one week after city councilors voted to decrease the school department’s budget allotment by nearly $600,000, School Committee members voted in kind on Monday to reduce their FY2011 operating budget by 2.22 percent, draining a sizable portion of an available fund balance and cutting staff – a decision which school officials warn will come back to haunt both council and committee members in years to come.
Here are the details: What was a $37,878,546 budget, is now $817,355 less. School officials had projected a $1,479,626 fund balance, or surplus, heading into the coming fiscal year. Of that total, $1,153,152 was applied to the FY2011 budget, leaving $326,474 for rainy day projects.
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