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The USCG Cutter Juniper gets a new command today
NEWPORT, R.I. – A change of command ceremony was scheduled for the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, a 225-foot buoy tender, at the Newport Naval Station Pier two, at 10 a.m. this morning.
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, which has offices in Middletown, has been awarded a $10.2 million first-year contract of a multi-year award by the U.S. Navy to provide upgrades to the submarine weapons control system (WCS) portion of the AN/BYG-1 submarine combat system.
According to a release issued on Monday, General Dynamics said that will develop weapon control software and commercial off-the-shelf hardware upgrades for the AN/BYG-1 combat system on several classes of submarines. The AN/BYG-1 integrates the tactical control, weapons control and tactical network subsystems on U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy submarines. The General Dynamics weapon-control system offering is based on the General Dynamics open architecture and open business model approach which facilitates system enhancements utilizing modular and open architectures and flexible business strategies to enhance competition.
“By leveraging our experience from our work on other U.S. Navy submarine weapon control contracts, we will deliver a highly reliable and innovative solution that will significantly improve the warfighter’s capabilities,” said Lou Von Thaer, president, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.
The majority of work under this contract will be performed in Middletown, Pittsfield, Mass., and Fairfax, Va. If all options are exercised, work under this contract will be completed by December 2018.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and maintains mission systems for defense, space, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, homeland security and homeland defense customers. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., the company specializes in ground systems; imagery processing; mission payloads; space vehicles; maritime subsurface, surface and airborne mission systems; and tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination programs for national intelligence. More information is available online at www.gd-ais.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,900 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – A driver fleeing Middletown police died after colliding with another car on East Main Road at around 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. The driver of the second car received only minor injuries, according to police.
The Providence Journal has the details. [click to continue…]
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NEWPORT, R.I. – We’ve been getting a bit of attention of late (which is good since we’ve only been online for less than a month). John McDaid of Portsmouth’s Hard Deadlines wrote this up yesterday. Thanks, John, and to all of you Hard Dealine readers who may have ventured our way recently, Welcome.
So please take a look around, vote in our latest poll, or sign up for our weekly email alerts. We’re glad you found us and hope you come back – frequently.
Mea Culpa: In an earlier version of this post, we identified John McDaid incorrectly. We of course appologize for the error and promise not to post before our morning coffee again. Thanks for tip, Len.
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NEWPORT – The city zoning board gave its approval on Monday to an application to raze the former Boathouse Restaurant on Lower Thames Street, replacing it with a three-story six unit multi-family complex.
A rendering of the future 636 Thames St.
According to an application filed by Betsy Braconi of Canton, Mass., current plans are to demolish the one-time downtown hot spot, replacing it instead with a 7,509 sq. ft. shingle or clapboard style structure. [click to continue…]
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NEWPORT – We’re not sure what it says about the state of entertainment when the most interesting thing on television is watching guys fish for crab. 
Whatever the case, the Discovery Channel’s The Deadliest Catch is a compellingly addictive series, and Capt. Sig Hansen of the Fishing Vessel Northwestern is one of its most magnetic characters.
Now, for the second year in a row, the Norwegian skipper is Newport bound… [click to continue…]
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NEWPORT NOW – Driving into town through the North End, you may have noticed a barrage of cement trucks, front loaders, and hard hats converging on an until-recently vacant lot just off JT Connell Highway.
That’s where Coastal Extreme Brewery, makers of Newport Storm beer and Thomas Tew Rum, have broken ground on their new brewery facility, scheduled to be complete some time 
in 2010.
The local brew crew is reporting on the progress on their website, which has gotten off to a quick start, breaking ground just hours after the city issued them a building permit a little more than a week ago.
The new facility is one of only a handful of major construction projects currently underway in the city, and is sure to be a step up for Coastal Extreme, which for the past ten years or so has been operating out of the Middletown Tradesman Center, where its brewing equipment was first set up.
Photos after the jump. [click to continue…]
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Welcome to Newport Now, Newport’s new resource for online news and information. With so much to do, see and talk about around town, Newport-Now.com will offer visitors and locals alike access to information that matters to them at a price anyone can afford: Free.
Now we’ve all read the headlines: Newspapers are broke. And online news is to blame.
That may be so when it comes to the old way of doing business. But we believe that people should be able to have access to a trusted source for free and up to the minute local news.
That’s where Newport Now comes in.
We’ll be covering municipal meetings, going in depth on issues that affect our community, and filling in the gaps where traditional print publications have been lacking.
We’re not looking to replace the printed word, but rather to enhance it, offering readers with breaking news as it happens across multiple technological platforms. Our approach will be community oriented, keeping an ear to the ground for interesting news and tidbits from across Newport and Aquidneck Island, always striving to be fair, accurate and impartial in our reporting.
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