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NEWPORT HAS received confirmation that its application for $11 million in federal funding has been approved for the restoration and preservation of the Cliff Walk. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Newport secures $11M federal grant for restoration, preservation of Cliff Walk

Economic Activity 07/10/2025

NEWPORT – The city's application for $11 million in federal funding to restore and preserve the Cliff Walk has been approved. A section of the...

FIRST OF A KIND: Ten years ago, this South Kingstown house on Teal Drive was the first in Rhode Island to be constructed to the Fortified building standard developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in 2010. There are bills in the state Senate and House to make funding available for more homes to be “hardened” against extreme weather.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Fortified homes needed, but they’re not cheap

Focus 03/14/2025

The 2,400-square-foot clapboard-covered home overlooking Green Hill Pond in South Kingstown didn’t look particularly extraordinary among the other houses along Teal Drive when it...

VISION OF THE FUTURE? Climate experts believe that between sea-level rise and the increasing frequency of powerful storms, larger portions of Rhode Island will face serious flooding in the coming years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Climate change looks to bring water damage to more of R.I.

Editorials 01/19/2018

More than five years after “Superstorm” Sandy hit the Rhode Island coast, Westerly is still working at reversing some of the environmental damage that...

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