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Jewish Rhode Island, published monthly and owned by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Based in Providence, but covering the entire state. Mercury, published monthly and owned by Gatehouse Media. An alternative weekly-style paper covering Rhode Island arts, entertainment and food in Newport and Middletown.
The Newport Daily News is a six-day daily newspaper serving Newport County, Rhode Island. It publishes in the mornings on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and in the morning on Saturdays. The Daily News was the state's largest family-owned newspaper until it was purchased by Gatehouse Media in 2017.
January 31, 1976 (RI 114 over Narragansett Bay: Portsmouth: Longest bridge in New England for over 40 years 8: Oak Glen: Oak Glen: March 29, 1978 (745 Union St. Portsmouth: 9: Pine Hill Archeological Site, RI-655
But she later died at a hospital, according to a news release by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Authorities have not completed their investigation. Jail or Agency: Polk County Jail; State: Iowa; Date arrested or booked: 6/9/2016; Date of death: 6/9/2016; Age at death: 50; Sources: www.desmoinesregister.com, Polk County Medical Examiner
William Cole Cozzens – Mayor of Newport and Governor of Rhode Island, 1863; Henry Y. Cranston – United States Representative from Rhode Island and commander of the Artillery Company of Newport; Robert B. Cranston – United States Representative from Rhode Island; George T. Downing (1819–1903) – abolitionist, entrepreneur, restaurateur [6]
Arnold Burying Ground (also known as the Governor Arnold Burying Ground) is a historic cemetery on Pelham Street just east of Spring Street in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the burial place of Benedict Arnold , Rhode Island's first governor under the Royal Charter of 1663 .
Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham. In 1746–47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Massachusetts.
Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census.Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the others being Providence, Newport, and Warwick.