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Tyler Bernadyn: My Newport County real estate predictions for 2025
After four years of limited inventory and surging prices, the Newport County housing market may be poised for some much-needed balance in 2025. While challenges remain for buyers and sellers alike,...
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Tim Jones – Sour Grapes: Turkey
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Helen Hames: Mission Possible – What Martin Luther King Jr. teaches us about...
Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 95 on January 20, 2025. Considered a Renaissance man and a leader ahead of his time, we continue to learn from his teachings and leadership. This year’s theme...
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Ken Abrams: A call for reflection on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025
“The time is always right to do what is right.” I entered kindergarten in the fall of 1968 at what was then the newly rechristened Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, an institution that...
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Bob Cembrola: The battle of Point Judith
On the evening of May 4, 1945, the officers and crew of the salvage and submarine rescue vessel USS Penguin ASR-12 were celebrating the apparent end of WWII in the Atlantic theater. Buoyed by the...
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Representative Julie A. Casimiro: Federal benefits belong with foster kids,...
By Representative Julie A. Casimiro Last legislative session, a bill was introduced that would keep federal benefits, like Social Security or veterans’ benefits, with the foster children that are...
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Dennis Turano: Bring people together, not divide them
As we start a new year and a new Town Council session, I would like to send a message of non-partisanship and unity to my fellow Middletown residents. Middletown Town Council is a non-partisan body,...
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Tim Jones: Sour Grapes – Game
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Bob Cembrola: Discovery of British frigates and the University of Rhode Island
After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on...
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about answering the telephone
I’ve now tried twice to make an appointment for a colonoscopy with a gastroenterologist. I also had to call Blue Cross, got put on hold after having to enter a zillion numbers and pressing 2 for this...
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Tim Jones: Sour Grapes – Freeze
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Letter To The Editor: Addressing homelessness in Newport County, the State of...
To Whom it May Concern, In many ways, Newport remains stranded in a gilded echo of the past. With breathtaking views from the Pell Bridge and Ocean Drive, the gorgeous preservation of our colonial...
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Tim Jones: Sour Grapes – Bite
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about saying Covid was a lab accident
So we’ve had regime change, and the new party line is that Covid was a lab accident. The CIA, which may or may not have anybody working there by the time this is published, now says they think the...
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Charles L. Roberts: If the world is one’s oyster – George T. Downing learned...
The famous saying “the world is your oyster” was originally written by Shakespeare in 1602 to be spoken as “the world’s mine oyster” by one of his swash-buckling characters in his comedy The Merry...
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Bob Cembrola: Matthew Calbraith Perry’s legacy extends far beyond Naval...
If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is difficult to imagine a more impactful brother act than Oliver Hazard and...
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Letter To The Editor: Misinformation distracts from student success
To the Editor: The packed house at the recent Newport School Committee meeting made me think: If only we could harness that same energy to improve academic outcomes across the board, our schools...
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Brian C. Jones: Victory at the grassroots – where it really counts
This story originally appeared on Brian's blog, Dangerous Times, on February 12, 2025. It has been republished here at Brian's suggestion and with his permission. MY HOMETOWN CHALKED UP A GENUINE...
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Tyler Bernadyn: Rhode Island’s Rental Registry is live – What landlords &...
Following last week’s discussion on lead compliance, Rhode Island landlords now have another regulatory mandate to navigate—the newly launched Rhode Island Rental Registry. Managed by the Rhode Island...
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Helen Hames: Leadership Rhode Island Senior Fellows Program – Rethinking...
In Rhode Island–and beyond–there exists a largely untapped group of individuals armed with life experience, wisdom and curiosity. These older adults offer a fresh perspective and potential to help...
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