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Funding gap remains in effort to keep Newport birthing center open
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (747+ words) A glance at a map of maternity deserts "U. S. counties without a birthing center or obstetrics care "paints a positive picture for New England: Only one county in the region, Essex up north in Vermont, qualifies as a maternity desert. (About…...
RI state prosecutor whose Newport arrest went viral pleads no contest to charges. What that means.
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) NEWPORT " The state prosecutor who berated police while being arrested outside Newport's Clarke Cooke House has pleaded no contest to trespassing. Devon Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general with Attorney General Peter Neronha's office, was given a six month filing…...
Assistant AG, who berated officers during her arrest in Newport, placed on unpaid leave.
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (346+ words) The special assistant attorney general who was arrested in Newport last week has been placed on an unpaid leave from her $117, 473-a-year job, a spokesman confirmed to The Providence Journal. Devon Flanagan was arrested outside the'Clarke Cooke House'restaurant on Aug....
Garden City Center is closing Newport Creamery. Now, officials are threatening their tax breaks.
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (566+ words) CRANSTON " Newport Creamery will need to be out of its standalone restaurant in Garden City Center by December 2026, after the mall refused to renew the restaurant's lease. Newport Creamery's owners The Jan Companies had a 10-year lease at Garden City…...
Newport hotelier Don Glassie died in 2011. Beneficiaries of his fortune are still battling
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1767+ words) NEWPORT " Legend has it Don Glassie once earned an award for the messiest dorm room at Amherst College, ran a "Casino Night"-like operation with his pals and during one spring break drove a vintage ambulance to Florida. The man…...
Elephants wowed people in 2024. A mother and baby will now have a permanent Newport home
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (242+ words) NEWPORT " Two life-sized elephant statues, a mother and baby from the herd of statues showcased throughout the city in summer 2024, will now have a permanent home at Aquidneck Park. The statues were in storage as the Tree and Open Space…...
Around Newport County: Raise up the Arts event, Newport utility billing changes, more
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) The Newport Department of Utilities is upgrading its utility billing system, promising a more user-friendly, reliable and efficient utility billing experience. The'new system, which is scheduled to go live mid-August, will provide more flexible and easy-to-use tools for managing utility…...