Soon, the Newport Pell Bridge ramp that takes drivers onto Farewell, past Common Burial Ground and into downtown Newport will be a thing of the past as the RI Department of Transportation’s Pell ...

NEWPORT — The gaping construction site in the heart of downtown serves as a reminder of what might have been. Referred to simply as “the pit” by most locals, the patch of barren land was meant to ...

Stephen Breault, the owner of the Newport Natural Market & Café, fields a lot of questions about the large vacant lot across Main Street from his store. Home to a community of feral cats and a ...