What's Up Newp Newsletter: December 11th

Here’s what’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this week.

The 91st Annual Winter Speaker Series launches with the ever-engaging Darrell West, whose position at the Brookings Institution affords him access to the National political scene from the inside.

Rep. Marvin L. Abney (D-Dist. 73, Newport, Middletown) was honored by Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s public sailing center, with the group’s President’s Award at their Annual General Meeting held last Tuesday.

The City Council plans to vote Wednesday evening, December 12th, on a Resolution to endorse the Spring Project’s plan to close Court House Street to traffic permanently. The plan directs all north- and west-bound traffic from Washington Square, Spring Street and Touro Street onto Spring Street. According to the plan, all traffic to Washington Square […]

The Special Legislative Commission to Study and Evaluate the Impact of “Project Sustainability” in the State of Rhode Island will be meeting this Wednesday, December 12 at 3:00 pm in the Senate Lounge of the State House. The commission is chaired by Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Little Compton, Tiverton, Newport).