Jim - funny you should mention THAT building...for some reason, the City OK'd & installed vinyl windows in it's basement - but taxpaying homeowners aren't...
Jim, What is really disheartening is when someone digs up a freshly paved road-----indicating a lack of coordination between the digger and the city. Most of...
Do not think the cottage (Parks and Rec) is in the HD - at least it wasn't when the re-hab was done - is a block away from me and I am not in it. Also, the...
AAKIBBLE@...
Oct 28, 2009 9:53 pm
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By slopping asphalt on an unstable surface that covers Newport's original spring, our city government showed its disdain for the city's residents and its...
burt.hoffman@...
Oct 29, 2009 3:18 am
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Lee - I kinda mentioned this previously, but it's exactly the same poor planning you speak of. Not long ago, Malbone Rd. was dug-up & replaced from Van Vandt...
I live on 3rd Street and about 2 1/2 months (give or take) ago, while we were sitting out on our patio, the mother that most likely left this note asked me if...
I loved those old red bricks. I never avoided driving there, however slowing. It was always part of Newport History to me, a gateway to Washington Square....
Hi. ... interest. Well, first, this issue was posted here a week or so ago. So hardly in the dark. Second, the police cannot find a ghost. They need facts,...
Join the Garden Club, the Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Newport Historical Society in helping to plant over 2,000 bulbs at the Great Friend's Meeting House...
I agree with Kathy. There is something terribly wrong with the decisions made in this town. Is it lack of communication within the city departments? It is...
newportrugs@...
Oct 30, 2009 2:25 pm
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Till the city is required to eat its own dogfood and take all work in the Historic Districts before the HDC - this will continue to happen. Till the council...
From: Peter Martin (posted manually by Moderator Mike) Sent: Oct 30, 2009 11:02 AM To: KnowingNewport@yahoogroups.com Subject: Newport Police Department -...
KN contributor Bruce Lang is the moderator of this upcoming show on cable public access. Check listings. ======== Operation Clean Government State of the State...
Hi Folks, Sorry for the short notice, but volunteers are needed to assist in the planting of 2,000 daffodils at the Friends Meeting House tomorrow beginning at...
Sorry. I neglected to include the DATES and TIMES for this broadcast. Broadcast dates and times: Saturday, October 31 and November 7 at 11:00 PM on Cox channel...
The City Council had no idea that the brick roadway was being destroyed. We found out after the fact. Also, I have always stated publicly and in meetings, Mr....
kateleonar@...
Oct 31, 2009 1:24 pm
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Kate, Not to start a witch hunt but if the council is not in charge, who has grabbed the reigns? Shouldn't there be an ordinance stating that the city is to be...
Kate, Although I no longer reside on Aquidneck Island, I truly enjoy reading about what is happening in Newport on this board. I am outraged by the historic...
Al Granger
algranger@...
Oct 31, 2009 7:08 pm
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James Wermuth solicited ideas about fixing the pothole problem in Newport. Allow me to relay a recent episode in the wonder world of potholes and then suggest...
... "Who made this terrible decision? I think the people who planned this should come forward so we all know who they are, and why this decision was made. How...
As an FYI: I called up Bill Riccio at the Dept. of Public Services last week to ask what happened to the bricks. He replied that they're currently in stockpile...
Not to start a witch hunt but if the council is not in charge, who has grabbed the reigns? Shouldn't there be an ordinance stating that the city is to be held...
Re: > "House Democrats caucus on state financial crisis" (ProJo) http://www.projo.com/news/content/house_caucus_11-06-09_LEGBURE_v13.36178f4.html I'd love to...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the KnowingNewport group: With few exceptions, Gooseneck Cove being one, Newport's continues to stumble...
KnowingNewport@yahoog...
Nov 6, 2009 7:49 pm
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Thousands of new jobs would be created in Rhode Island if the RI Department of Environmental Mismanagement (RIDEM) enforced the Clean Water Act. Virtually...
burt.hoffman@...
Nov 6, 2009 7:55 pm
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... Cute. How about: + Freeze all state and municipal hiring. + Convert all accounts to enterprise funds and make the managers explain in writing for...
Some quick takes: * I like the idea of the Lower Thames business improvement district. It's great to see a group of business people trying to improve their ...
The Alliance for a Livable Newport will meet next Monday evening, 6:30 in the Newport Public Library's Program Room. The main topic for discussion will be...
Our household was awakened at 1am this morning to a jackhammer on my road (on the Point), which continued through the night. The workers set up shop yesterday...
I made an inquiry with City Hall. This was not road work. There was an emergency gas line break which needed to be addressed for the safety of all in the...
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