News & Media Greater Newport Career Fair Newport This Week By Community Submission on October 13, 2025 This event is hosted by the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training, (RI DLT) Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) Newport Campus, and the City of Newport. Employers: Space is limited! Please complete the…

News & Media Chamber to hold sixth annual Business Walk on Oct. 24 Whatsup Newp Volunteer teams will visit businesses to gather feedback on regional economic climate by Ryan Belmore Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce to conduct Sixth Annual Business Walk on Friday, October 24th The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will conduct its sixth annual…

News & Media Business Walk on October 24 Newport This Week By Community Submission on October 07, 2025 Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce to conduct Sixth Annual Business Walk on Friday, October 24th   Newport County, RI – The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, with Connect Greater Newport, the regional economic development division of the chamber, will be…

In the News By Newport This Week Staff on September 11, 2025 By Philip Cozzolino Gov. Dan McKee touched on growing healthcare costs, local education, Aquidneck Island’s lack of affordable housing and the pol­icies of the Trump administration while speaking to business owners and industry professionals at Inno­vate Newport on Sept. 3. The roundtable, sponsored by…

In The News Editor’s Choice: Greater Newport Chamber to hold Summer After Hours at Rail Explorers By James Bessette – 07/04/2025 RAILWAY: The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will hold its Summer After Hours event at Rail Explorers in Portsmouth on July 16. 
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In The News Senator Jack Reed to address Newport business community at Politics & Pancakes event Rhode Island’s senior senator will discuss federal legislative impacts on local businesses at August 7th Chamber breakfast by Ryan Belmore Whatsup Newp <img src=”https://i0.wp.com/whatsupnewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PPReed-1.png?fit=780%2C1010&quality=80&ssl=1″ alt=”” width=”780″ height=”1010″ data-perfmatters-preload=”” data-hero-candidate=”1″ data-attachment-id=”512965″ data-permalink=”https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/07/senator-jack-reed-to-address-newport-business-community-at-politics-pancakes-event/ppreed-1/” data-orig-file=”https://i0.wp.com/whatsupnewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PPReed-1.png?fit=1545%2C2000&quality=80&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1545,2000″ data-comments-opened=”0″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”0″}” data-image-title=”Greater Newport Chamber to welcome…

In The News Senator Jack Reed to Speak at Newport Chamber GoLocalProv Wednesday, July 09, 2025 The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will hear from United States Senator Jack Reed as the special guest speaker for its third quarterly Politics & Pancakes event on Thursday, August 7th. The series, hosted in partnership with The Pell…

In the News By Brent Lang Variety.com ALISON COHEN ROSA  “Stand back, I’m about to act,” Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO‘s “The Gilded Age,” jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-eye to Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), the grande dame of the upper crust.…

Press Advisory Please join us for a public workshop for the Aquidneck Island and Naval Station Newport Compatible Use Study. The study is evaluating opportunities to improve transportation, land use and water-related infrastructure as the installation and the Island community evolves over the next several years. The Newport County Development Council, in partnership with the towns…

Press Release Governor McKee and Rhode Island Commerce Mark Start of $52M in Statewide Broadband Infrastructure Projects FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 23, 2025 PRESS CONTACT Matthew Touchette 401-545-0626 PRESS RELEASE Governor McKee and Rhode Island Commerce Mark Start of $52M in Statewide Broadband Infrastructure Projects     NEWPORT, R.I. – Today at the Newport…

IN THE NEWS Newport This Week: Kinsale Twinning Marks 25 Years of Friendship By Lynne Tungett An idea more than two decades ago has resulted in a lasting friend­ship as Newport is set to welcome a delegation of nearly 100 people from Kinsale, Ireland, for the 25- year anniversary of the Kinsale Sister City “twinning”…