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20 hrs ago | Westport Shorelines
Budget process kicks into high gear
“I know we're in difficult financial times”
Newport's budget season hit full steam last week as councilors took up everything from police and fire costs to individual city hall department budgets. via Westport Shorelines
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Wednesday May 14 | The Beantown Bloggery
“I hope I didn't break the boat”
Many thanks to Reader MS9 for leaving a comment and reporting back on Salma Hayek's appearance at the ICA to christen the new Puma Racing Boat - the Il Mostro . via The Beantown Bloggery
Monday May 12 | Providence Journal
Boater rescues pair of kayakers who capsized in Greenwich Bay
Two kayakers were treated for mild hypothermia yesterday afternoon after their kayaks capsized in Greenwich Bay, off the Warwick shoreline Coast Guard Petty Officer Trevor Shiel said the Castle Hill station, in ... via Providence Journal
Saturday May 10 | Turnto10.com
Family, friends remember Flying Colours
NEWPORT, R.I. One year after the disappearance of the 54-foot Flying Colours friends and family gathered at the Seaman's Church Institute to remember the four crewmen. via Turnto10.com
Saturday May 10 | WPRI-TV East Providence
Newport yachtswoman charged with embezzling $7.3 million
“At one point she was supposedly making $10,000 a minute”
Dozens of people who thought they were making big returns by investing with a day trader and yachtswoman based in Newport instead became the victims of a scheme to embezzle $7.3 million, state police said ... via WPRI-TV East Providence
Thursday May 8 | NME.com
Jimmy Buffett, The Black Crowes for Newport Folk Festival
Full line-up has been revealed Jimmy Buffett , The Black Crowes and Trey Anastasio have been announced to play the 2008 Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island this summer. via NME.com
Wednesday May 7 | San Jose Mercury News
Sonny Rollins to headline this year's Newport jazz festival
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year's jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island. via San Jose Mercury News
Monday May 5 | Westport Shorelines
Building bonds through "Rebuilding Together"
Paint brushes, hammers and gardening shovels were in full-swing on Saturday, as nearly one hundred local volunteers worked on projects at the Women's Resource Center, Lucy's Hearth and at an elderly woman's ... via Westport Shorelines
Saturday May 3 | Westport Shorelines
School Committee hammers state officials
“The Stage II application material provided to date shows that an addition at Coggeshall to accommodate grades K-1 and moving grade 2 to the available space at Thompson Middle School is the most cost efficient proposal that meets Newport's needs”
Members of the School Committee wrestled for clarity and direction with state officials from the Rhode Island Department of Education last week during a heated discussion over the fate of the city's school ... via Westport Shorelines
Thursday May 1 | Providence Business News
R.I. voters favor 3 of 10 budget-cutting options
“In this time of fiscal crisis for our state, it is critical that decision makers have information available from their bosses, the Rhode Island public”
"In the face of the most serious fiscal predicament since the banking crisis of the early 1990s, Rhode Islanders favor welfare cuts ... but are lukewarm to [most] other actions to close the budget gap," Rhode ... via Providence Business News
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