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WORK IN PROGRESS: A wing at the new Middletown High School and Middle School is under construction, financed in part by a $190 million bond passed by town voters in 2023.  PBN PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

On Aquidneck Island, school merger talks reignite debate

Education 01/30/2026

If a child growing up on Aquidneck Island entered kindergarten in the year that Middletown and Newport first broached the idea of merging school...

IN PROGRESS: Melissa Quinn, managing director of the Newport Performing Arts Center, says restoration work on the decorative plaster around the proscenium arch that frames the stage behind her is still needed as part of renovating the former Opera House Theater to become the center’s new home. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

The next act of the Newport Opera House’s long-awaited restoration

Economy 10/27/2023

For decades, the historic Opera House Theater has been the focus of grand visions of restoration. So far, those visions have been unrealized. The brick...

SIGNED ON THE LINE: Newport Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong, seated at right, ceremonially agrees in April to participate in Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s Learn365RI out-of-school learning initiative. McKee is sitting at left. R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green stands between McKee and Khamsyvoravong. The signing took place at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County.  COURTESY GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE’S OFFICE

Some doubt lingers over Learn365RI initiative

Education 09/15/2023

In Newport, Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong sees all the ingredients for student success – not just within the school system and among students but...

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