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Japan-America Friendship Festival returns to Touro Park on Oct. 17
09/08/2026

Japan-America Friendship Festival returns to Touro Park on Oct. 17

The second Japan-America Friendship Festival takes over Touro Park on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, Japanese food and a family cosplay costume contest. Admission is free and the event runs rain or shine. The day is built around the Newpo...

Preservation Society names Nick Kepley communications manager
09/08/2026

Preservation Society names Nick Kepley communications manager

Nick Kepley has joined the Preservation Society of Newport County as communications manager, leading marketing communications across the organization and serving as its primary media contact. Kepley, a Providence resident, comes from Jacob’s Pillow, the dance festival in western Massachusetts, whe...

Letter: Resident engagement is not an obstacle to good government
09/08/2026

Letter: Resident engagement is not an obstacle to good government

Recent discussion about Newport’s boards and commissions raises an important question about how we balance efficiency, accountability, expertise, and public participation in local government. I agree that government should operate efficiently. Studies should not sit on shelves, projects should not...

The Seahawks open their title defense with a rare Week 1 Super Bowl rematch vs the Patriots
09/08/2026

The Seahawks open their title defense with a rare Week 1 Super Bowl rematch vs the Patriots

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Seattle Seahawks have gotten an offseason full of congratulations, their Super Bowl rings and now will get the chance to see the banner raised before kicking off this season with hopes of repeating. But the Seahawks know that none of that matters once the...

Patriots make Christian Gonzalez the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback, AP sources say
09/08/2026

Patriots make Christian Gonzalez the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback, AP sources say

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez has the long-term job security he’s been seeking all offseason. Gonzalez has agreed to a four-year, $135 million contract with the New England Patriots that makes him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history,...

Newport Art Museum names Emily Manocchio director of advancement
09/08/2026

Newport Art Museum names Emily Manocchio director of advancement

Emily Manocchio starts Monday, Sept. 14, as director of advancement at the Newport Art Museum, where she will lead fundraising and philanthropic strategy alongside Executive Director Harry Philbrick and the board of trustees. Manocchio comes from Newport Hospital, part of the Brown University Health...

Sail for Pride marks 25 years with a race around Conanicut Island on Sept. 26
09/08/2026

Sail for Pride marks 25 years with a race around Conanicut Island on Sept. 26

The 25th Sail for Pride, the race organized in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks and held every year since, returns Saturday, Sept. 26, with a course around Conanicut Island. Proceeds from entry fees and an after-race social at Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard will be divided among Folds of Honor, wh...

Carson to present Point flooding survey results at neighborhood meeting Sept. 15
09/08/2026

Carson to present Point flooding survey results at neighborhood meeting Sept. 15

Rep. Lauren Carson will present the results of a survey on flooding in the Point at the Point Association’s fall meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m. in the church hall at St. John the Evangelist Church, 61 Poplar St. The online survey, conducted this summer, asked Point residents about their expe...

Rhode Island Energy signs on for 150 megawatts from a northern Maine wind farm
09/08/2026

Rhode Island Energy signs on for 150 megawatts from a northern Maine wind farm

Rhode Island Energy has conditionally selected 150 megawatts of power from a proposed wind project in Aroostook County, Maine, the utility announced Tuesday, joining a regional procurement that would produce the largest onshore wind farm in New England. The award comes under Rhode Island’s Afforda...

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns Oct. 1 with a pun-themed trail
09/08/2026

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns Oct. 1 with a pun-themed trail

The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns to Roger Williams Park Zoo from Oct. 1 through Nov. 1, with this year’s trail built around wordplay — pop culture references, puns and, by the zoo’s own admission, dad jokes carved into more than 5,000 pumpkins. All tickets are timed and must be bought on...

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