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Thursday, October 15, 2020State House Hopefuls Face-Off in Public Forum
State House Hopefuls Face-Off in Public Forum Original article can be read here. The State House forum was among the 11 candidate forums held to help inform local voters. The forum wrap-up like the one below for the Newport Wards appears in the Oct. 8 edition and the At Large forum is in the Oct. 1 edition. Five candidates for State House seats in the upcoming general election met remotely in an Oct. 8 forum to make their case to represent local districts in the Rhode Island House of
Thursday, August 27, 2020Ward 3 Candidates Square Off
Ward 3 Candidates Square Off Reposted from Newport This Week. The original article can be found here. The fourth in a series of candidate forums took place on Aug. 20 for the three people vying for a Ward 3 seat on the Newport City Council. The three candidates in the 40-minute forum included longtime incumbent Kathryn Leonard and challengers Paul Marshall and Rachel Hussey. Leonard, a veteran educator and realtor, had not been challenged in the previous three terms. The two top vote getters in
Monday, October 07, 2019Newport's North End moratorium: How did we get here?
By Derek Gomes Daily News staff writer Reposted from the Newport Daily News website:https://www.newportri.com/photogallery/PJ/20191007/NEWS/100709993/PH/1?fbclid=IwAR0-uFVt3ubJK22cZn8gnirysC9qnEcQo_YWF5xiKmEwiCy_moFoNV1yDGM Newport’s North End has become the subject of debate over the future of how the area will be developed. What is Carpionato Group proposing and why does it need city relief to do so? The Newport Grand building would be demolished and in its place there would be two six-story hotels,
