Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A look at what's happening in and around Middletown today.
1. Explore and seek your artistic ability at Sachuest Point through painting and drawing a still life scene. All levels and ages welcome! 2. The Greater Middletown Relay For Life Committee will hold a meeting tonight at 6pm. Wanted: Volunteers, Team Captains, Team Members, Local Business Sponsors and anyone who wants to be involved. 3. The Middletown Public School's art exhibition continues this evening showing the art of students from grades K - 12. 4. Today in high school sports: the boys' varsity baseball team takes on Middletown and the girls' varsity lacross team plays Narragansett. 5. Expect showers in the morning with temperatures in the low 60s, according to the National Weather Service.
Bloom is a new preschool/daycare in Middletown that will focus on environmental sustainability and healthful living. Classes will begin next fall.
A Middletown school will soon have a fresh start. When Bethany Stewart heard the owners of the Little Friends School on Mitchells Ln. were not going to renew their lease, she knew it was her opportunity to get back into education and run her own school. The new school is named Bloom, which she said is a dual meaning for the nature-oriented focus of the school as well as the word’s definition. “When we looked up the word in the dictionary, it read, ‘a time or period of greatest beauty,” said Stewart. “We thought, that is children.” The school will continue to be a daycare and preschool open to children between the ages of 18 months and five years old. Although the curriculum will continue to be a Waldorf inspired program, Stewart said …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Big Brothers Big Sisters opened their second Rhode Island center in Middletown on Friday
It's official - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State (BBBSOS) has a home in Middletown. The new donation center celebrated its grand opening at the Airport Plaza at 1341 West Main Road in Middletown on Friday. The center is the second location in Rhode Island, where Aquidneck island residents can drop-off donations of gently used clothing and small household items. The location will also be headquarters of the Military Mentoring Program that will launch this summer. Welcome to Middletown BBBS!
This is a listing of current obituaries, as reported by local funeral homes. Please link to the funeral home for more information.
Elaine M. Weinand, 76, of Middletown died May 2. Alfred J. Barker, 82, of Middletown died May 2. Daniel C. Banks, 53, of Newport died May 3. Ada Pedro, 87, of Portsmouth died May 4. Lorraine (Gomes) Miranda Santos, 82, of Portsmouth May 4. Capt. Paul Arthur Romanski, USN, Ret., 65, of Newport died May 5. Mary Lou "Bunny" Schmidt, 79, of Portsmouth died May 6.
Custom House Coffee, with locations in Portsmouth and Middletown, and a soon-to-open shop in Fall River, MA, is seeking to serve alcohol at its Clock Tower Square location.
One Portsmouth coffee shop is seeking to add shots other than espresso to its menu. The owners of Custom House Coffee, which celebrated its 10th business anniversary last Friday, want to serve alcohol at its Portsmouth shop. The store's owners are seeking to secure a liquor license for the King Charles Drive and West Main Road location. However, the King's Grant Fellowship church across the street might prevent establishing a liquor license at this shop. State law prohibits any establishment to serve liquor within 200 feet of a church. In a mailing sent to customers this week, the owners say the interest in a liquor license is a reaction to the "poor economy." "Unfortunately, we have not been immune to the poor economy over the past …
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State officials told the crowd that fees on the Mount Hope or Sakonnet River bridges are unavoidable to maintain the spans.
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Chairman David Darlington hadn't yet made it through the second slide of his presentation when the questions started. East Bay and Aquidneck Island residents peppered Darlington and Department of Transportation Director Michael Lewis with pointed questions and comments, most opposing proposed tolls on the Mount Hope and Sakonnet River bridges, throughout a forum last night at the Burnside Building on Hope Street in Bristol. The response was not an unexpected development, Darlington said. Residents have come out in force at previous public hearings on the proposal that would bring tolls to the Mount Hope Bridge for the first time since 1998. The fees to cross the bridge — if the General Assembly …
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A look at what's happening in and around Middletown today.
1. Recycle your old cell phone at the Middletown Police Department to support victims of domestic violence by donating your old cell phone to the Women's Resource Center. 2. Dr. Sarah Littlefield, Professor of English at Salve Regina University, will explore Thornton Wilder’s legacy from Lima, Peru to Newport, RI. 3. Today in high school sports: the boys' varsity tennis team takes on Exeter/West Greenwich; the varsity fastpitch softball team plays Middletown; the varsity golf team has a MEET against Rogers and East Providence; and the boys' and girls' varsity track teams have the Newport County Championships at Rogers High School. 4. The Bristol Art Museum is offering a free art talk on New England Coastal Steamboats at the Rogers Free …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The following arrests were reported by the Middletown Police Department. Arrests do not imply a conviction.
Nicholas King, of 1474 Wapping Rd, was arrested on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. after he was involved in an accident and allegedly left the scene. The 26-year-old was charged with driving with a suspended license, failure to maintain proper control of a vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident. According to police reports, King left a party around 2:15 s.m. the previous night. He reportedly swerved to avoid an animal, lost control of the vehicle and struck a utility pole. His car reportedly stopped on a stone wall in front of 811 Mitchells Ln. King told police that he walked home and went to sleep. The Middletown Police Department said after several attempts to locate King, he responded to the headquarters at 12:45 p.m. and was arrested …
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A forum at the Burnside Building tonight at 7 addresses concerns over proposed fees for the Mount Hope and Sakonnet River bridges.
Since 1998, Rhode Islaners — especially those on the East Bay — have had the option to get onto Aquidneck Island without paying the tolls the Newport Bridge charges. The free ride could soon be coming to an end and crossing onto and off the island may soon cost drivers money regardless of the route they take. The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority hopes so. The authority — which already approved raising rates on the Newport Pell Bridge — has proposed adding fees to the Mount Hope and Sakonnet River bridges. The tolls would range from 52 cents to $3.25 each way. The Newport bridge is scheduled to increase from $4 to $5 for cash-paying drivers. Those using an E-Z pass pay less than $1. Residents have voiced strong opposition to the …
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General admission tickets are $10 per day.
Tickets are now available for the America’s Cup World Series races in Newport this summer. General admission tickets grant access the America’s Cup Village at Fort Adams, which features a jumbotron, live race TV feed and other amenities during the races, as well as to view the team bases, also known as “pit row.” The World Series races run from June 26 to July 21. Tickets are not required from June 23 to 27. Practice racing days will be June 26 and 27, with the championship racing taking place from June 28 to July 1. The Newport stop of the America’s Cup is the final destination of the World Series circuit. Tickets are $10 per day. Order them here.
Bob Magnuson
9:23 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I live in Tiverton and use the Sakonnet Bridge once or twice a day each way. For those telling us to grow up and pay our fair share to maintain the bridges, I respond that I don't object to paying for maintenance on the bridges I use. But Mr. Lewis cited the poor condition of the Wampanoag Trail bridge in East Providence. I didn't use that bridge at all last year, but Mr. Lewis wants me to pay … more ›