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24/07/2025

Morning Notes: Tune into MVYRADIO this weekend to hear select Newport Folk Festival performances

- Advertisement -Good morning, Newport! 🗓️ Today is Thursday, July 24, the 205th day of 2025. There are 160 days left in the year. 🚨 You need to know MVYRADIO will offer comprehensive coverage of the sold-out Newport Folk Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday at Fort Adams. The festival...

24/07/2025

Potter League scores big at Patriots Training Camp: 13 puppies find forever homes

- Advertisement -What started as a routine NFL training camp kickoff turned into a heartwarming adoption event Wednesday, as the New England Patriots partnered with the Potter League for Animals to find forever homes for 14 puppies. The collaboration between the Kraft Family, the Patriots organizati...

24/07/2025

Harper hits 350th career homer, 4 teammates also go deep in Phillies’ loss to the Red Sox

- Advertisement -By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit the 350th homer of his career and four Phillies teammates also went deep Wednesday night, yet it wasn’t enough for Philadelphia to beat the Boston Red Sox. Harper’s milestone home run came in the first...

24/07/2025

From rookie challenges to leadership: How Pats QB Drake Maye is preparing for Year 2

- Advertisement -FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Drake Maye got a crash course in confronting change during his first NFL season. The 2024 third overall draft pick took on expected challenges, such as becoming a rookie starter in Week 6 for a New England Patriots team that was 1-4 at the time. And he h...

23/07/2025

McKee declares Sunday as 36th annual Governor’s Bay Day

- Advertisement -WARWICK — Gov. Dan McKee signed an executive order Wednesday designating July 27 as Rhode Island’s 36th annual Governor’s Bay Day, offering free beach parking and license-free saltwater fishing to celebrate the state’s coastal resources. The annual tradition includes free pa...

23/07/2025

Letter to the Editor: Sunny Acres resident disputes association’s claims, backs Crown Communities purchase

- Advertisement -Letter to the Editor: Sunny Acres residents rally to support Crown Communities in their purchase of Sunny Acres I read with great concern Sharlene Patton’s letter to the editor about the sale of Sunny Acres. The process she describes sounds scary and unfair. That is very different...

23/07/2025

Newport to host inaugural women’s sailing championship in 2026

- Advertisement -The New York Yacht Club announced Wednesday the final five skippers for its inaugural International Women’s Championship, completing a field of 20 competitors from around the world. The regatta will take place Sept. 12-19, 2026, at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport....

23/07/2025

Middletown officials monitor unconfirmed shark sighting at Third Beach

- Advertisement -Middletown police and beach officials evacuated swimmers from Third Beach on Wednesday following an unconfirmed shark sighting approximately 70 yards offshore. A camp counselor reported seeing a fin in the water around 1 p.m., prompting immediate safety protocols. About 60 beachgoer...

23/07/2025

Newport Police announce traffic restrictions for Folk Festival weekend

- Advertisement -Newport police will implement significant traffic restrictions around Fort Adams during the sold-out Newport Folk Festival, creating a dedicated bicycle lane that will limit vehicle access on Harrison Avenue. The festival runs July 25-27, with traffic pattern changes in effect from....

23/07/2025

BankNewport promotes Portsmouth resident to vice president, branch manager

- Advertisement -BankNewport named Jessica L. Couto vice president and branch manager of its Portsmouth location Wednesday. Couto will manage operations, customer experience and team development at the branch at 2628 East Main Road, the bank said. The Portsmouth resident joined BankNewport in 2015 a...

23/07/2025

Voctave, Sean Heely’s Celtic Christmas coming to Historic Park Theatre

- Advertisement -The Historic Park Theatre announced Tuesday two performances for its fall and winter season, with tickets going on sale Friday. A ca****la group Voctave will perform Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m., followed by Sean Heely’s Celtic Christmas on Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Spectacle Live will present...

23/07/2025

Morning Notes: Newport to host inaugural musical theater festival this August

- Advertisement -Good morning, Newport! 🗓️ Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2025. There are 161 days left in the year. 🚨 You need to know A new musical theater festival will debut in Newport next month, bringing Broadway-level talent to the historic coastal city for two weeks of...

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