Category: Events
Aquidneck Island 2024 Candidate Forums
Election day is only a scant 8 weeks away. It’s an important moment for all communities on Aquidneck Island and Involve Newport encourages all interested citizens to attend. Candidates for local offices in Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth have been invited to participate in public forums in advance of the November 5, 2024 general election. Newport…
Joint Meeting on Education Data TONIGHT
The Newport School Committee has scheduled a joint workshop with the City Council where the 2023 district assessment data will be presented. The Meeting is TONIGHT Wednesday, January 3 at 5:30 PM at Pell Elementary School Cafeteria. Parents and community members are encouraged to attend If you’d like to follow more closely the many forces affecting…
Involve Newport Announces Congressional Candidate Meet & Greet
iNvolve Newport is proud to be presenting a Meet & Greet with the distinguished candidates running for the First Congressional District seat made available by Congressman David Cicilline’s resignation. Once again iNvolve Newport is partnering with Newport This Week, the League of Women Voters of Newport County, AARP and the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce Government…
Education Notes and Updates
Education Notes and Awards Our education working group has held a few meetings this summer to focus on Public Education in our City and the outcomes and considerations. A few notes of interest: As part of this year’s annual budget process, the City Council approved the education departments funding request. Members of our organization attended…
FACT is looking for Families Meeting April 6!
INFORMATIONAL MEETING TOMORROW APRIL 6! In late 2022 iNvolve Newport was proud to participate in the FACT program. FACT stands for FAMILIES ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. It is a collaborative effort of Boys and Girls Club of Newport, University of Rhode Island Johnnycake Center for Hope, Connexion Latina and other local community groups. The…
Green Spotlight: 5 Initiatives Around Aquidneck Island Doing Important Environmental Work
The daffodils have begun blooming and with that, Earth month is almost here. The hope in highlighting these environmental initiatives is to get people thinking about all the decisions they make and how might they choose differently in the future, whether that be deciding what to plant in their garden, how to get to work,…
Community Event WEDNESDAY, iNvolve Newport wants to talk about PELL School
On Wed March 15th, iNvolve Newport is hosting a conversation for Prospective Pell Elementary School parents. We’ll have our members there with PTO members to answer your questions and just get to know each other. Come See us at Parlor at 7:30 PM (held following our PTO meeting) Hope to see you there!
iNvolve Newport wants to talk about PELL School
For our friends and neighbors considering public education in Newport, iNvolve is hosting a conversation for Prospective Pell Elementary School parents. We’ll have our own members there with PTO members to answer your questions and just get to know each other. Hope to see you there!
2022 Candidate Forums Videos
Follow The Links below to the 2022 Candidate Forum Videos: On behalf of Involve Newport, Newport This Week, the League of Women Voters of Newport County and the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee we are proud to present the videos from this year’s election candidate forums. We would like to thank all of the…
Tax Workshop Tonight!! Please Attend
The Newport City Council is holding a workshop tonight at 5:30 in City Hall to discuss the proposed ordinance to implement a two-tiered residential tax rate. This ordinance would establish a split tax rate for properties with year-round occupants, whether they are owners or tenants. The development of the ordinance goes back to last year when the Council established a Taxation Relief…