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TO: KnowingNewport We have discovered that not everyone is aware of the Vision Appraisal on-line database, so here it is: Vision Appraisal maintains a web...
TO: KnowingNewport The annual meeting of the Alliance for a Livable Newport will be held on Monday, April 3rd at City Hall in the Council Chamber from 7-9 pm....
* For the financial snoops among us, the official Newport property valuation database at visionappraisal.com can be fun to peruse. * Kudos to the city's...
Newport council asked to give schools $1M more By Sean Flynn/Daily News staff Newport School Superintendent John H. Ambrogi Tuesday night unveiled a proposed...
I received the following note from a KN reader. Once again we have the question of how did the city's survey contractor select who received the survey? Since...
... The city and firefighters spent just three days in arbitration. Is it done so soon? Or has it really been delayed until this coming fall? Who wins and who...
* The long awaited official city survey is finally making the rounds. The city wants to get back at least 400 completed surveys. I got the following email...
Newport may give pedicabs a reprieve The City Council will consider its ban on the pedaled cabs, but lincensing them would include some restrictions. Monday,...
TO: KnowingNewport The Newport Board of License Commissioners will hold a hearing on an expansion of the Dockside Boat on Waites Wharf to add an outside bar...
NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL When: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2006/04/11/news/news6.prt "A resolution from Councilman Stephen C....
"A resolution from Councilman Stephen C. Waluk directing the city administration to conduct a comprehensive analysis of neighborhood open spaces within...
On October 29, 2005, a large group of volunteers came down to the intersection of Americas Cup Avenue and Farewell Street to plant over 6,000 daffodils. These...
TED is this another WARNING NOT TO expand business that LOWERS taxes, in NEWPORT???? cv...
Christopher Varone
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Apr 13, 2006 11:52 am
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Council reconsiders walking the line on pedicabs downtown Conditions that might be imposed on the rickshaw-like vehicles, if they're permitted, are discussed,...
They are absolutely beautiful. Nice entrance to the city. Thank you and all the volunteers Jeanne Marie Napolitano...
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Apr 13, 2006 12:32 pm
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Please remove my name from the Knowing Newport group. I have continually been discouraged and upset by the tone of most of the messages posted. When...
How did I know Maggie Martin was a teacher about half way through her diatribe? Because the underlying attitude seems to be that if all the survey forms get...
Christopher, First, my notice was not a warning at all - except perhaps warning that an important public meeting was scheduled. Secondly, I have nothing...
Christopher, A question: how would an expansion of a inside bar and night club with the addition of an outside bar lower taxes in Newport? Is there a revenue...
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Apr 13, 2006 9:09 pm
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Ted, Are they asking for another licence???? Christopher Varone...
Christopher Varone
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Apr 13, 2006 9:10 pm
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The key is she is not "employed by the School Department", she is employed by the taxpayers, parents and citizens of Newport! Government/municipal/state...
John McCain
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Apr 14, 2006 4:02 am
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This is an organization which does not have enough money or will to move a shed which is on the right of way. Now they want to pay for an outside bar. Will it...
Just when you thought the federal government could not solve a problem because of their partisan stupidity, the house and senate in the great State of Rhode...
I made sure to drive past the Farewell/Americas Cup traffic light today and the daffodils are totally gorgeous. I cannot imagine how much time it took to put...
Christopher Varone has sent in a number of clear submissions about the police department but I am not sure what he is trying to say about the bars and...
Dear Mike, A few years ago, although still living in Newport, I took a job that took me out of town daily, and thought I'd subscribe to Knowing Newport, as it...
Stay tuned for the details... I heard that the 'anonymous donor' purchased 30,000 bulbs. Between 6,000 and 8,000 were planted in an all day event with many...
Betsy, Please don't leave KN. It needs your voice (and that of Maggie Martin), if only to remind us of the value of civility. Sometimes chatroom sarcasm is...
Farley, Michael
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Apr 14, 2006 10:52 pm
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It is a shame that Betsy deLeiris is unsubscribing. Her contribution contains original ideas, not just the standard Union defensive blah-blah we hear all the...