☀️ What's Up Today in Newport County: Monday, February 24

Monday, February 24, 2025

“Last week, only eight homes sold across Newport and Portsmouth. That’s a wild statistic in a community of nearly 85,000 residents—a clear sign that we’re still in a low-inventory, high-demand market,” says What’sUpNewp’s Tyler Bernadyn in his most recent Just Sold story.

On Saturday, a first-time contestant “shocked” the mac and cheese world when they won the annual Newport Winter Festival Mac & Cheese Smackdown. What’sUpNewp’s Ruthie Wood has the whole story and photo gallery.

The Mission Group will open Audette tomorrow, a new French restaurant concept in the former Chanterelle/Bouchard space, promising to blend traditional fine dining elegance with modern approachability. I spoke to co-owner Anna Burnley over the weekend and have the story.

Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown is the second best-performing movie The JPT has ever shown, according to The JPT. Due to that success, Disney Studios has donated an “epic movie prize pack” to raffle off at their final film screening on Saturday at 7:30 pm. Prizes include the movie’s soundtrack on vinyl, a custom A Complete Unknown Guitar, a signed mini poster, and much more. Every ticket holder will receive a raffle ticket at the door. Grab tickets here.

Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday. During the segment, Senator Reed said President Donald Trump is trying to politicize the military and that President Trump is “surrendering to the Russians”.

Salve’s 12th annual Multicultural Education Week kicks off today. SALVEtoday reports how this campus tradition is a deep dive into global perspectives, cultural appreciation, and critical conversations about race, identity, and social justice.

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Last week, only eight homes sold across Newport and Portsmouth. That’s a wild statistic in a community of nearly 85,000 residents—a clear sign that we’re still in a low-inventory, high-demand market.

Forum Lodge #391 offers three $1,000 awards, emphasizing essay on Italian ancestry impact

This morning, as I sit on a plane bound for Las Vegas, I can’t help but reflect on the journey that has brought me here.

Drone and ATV units deployed to assist in successful shoreline search and extraction

Between 1700-1800, Rhode Island merchants sponsored 1,000 slave voyages bringing over 100,000 Africans to our port cities for forced labor

The 150-year-old lighthouse, nearly destroyed by a tanker fire in 1958, now stands as a living museum in Narragansett Bay

Hospital galas let the rich get richer while real health care withers on the vine.  Talk about crazy.

Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.

Cheeses, meats, and even lobster graced the sampling cups as twelve local restaurants vied for the public opinion

Mission Group’s newest venture honors Bouchard tradition while appealing to younger diners

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