August 13, 2019 Newport School Committee Meeting

RIDE Announces $1.5 Million in AmeriCorps Grants

FabNewport: Twelve AmeriCorps members will increase K-12 school attendance and engagement by implementing the Check and Connect mentoring program and by providing afterschool and summer programs in Newport.

Sign Up For CODE RED

With the potential for our area to be impacted by the effects Hurricane Joaquin the City of Newport would like to take this opportunity to inform or remind residents of their ability to enroll in the City’s Mass Notification System, Code Red. This tool is used for both Emergency and Non-Emergency situations and allows the City to contact residents with important messages.

Commodore John Barry Day (Observed)

Father of the American Navy - Few Americans are well-acquainted with the gallantry and heroic exploits of Philadelphia's Irish-born naval commander, Commodore John Barry. Obscured by his contemporary, naval commander John Paul Jones, Barry remains to this day an unsung hero of the young American Republic. As most naval historians note, Barry can be classed on a par with Jones for nautical skill and daring, but he exceeds him in the length of service (17 years) to his adopted country and his fidelity to the nurturing of a permanent American Navy. Indeed, Barry deserves the proud epithet, "Father of the American Navy," a title bestowed on him not by current generations of admirers, but by his contemporaries, who were in the best position to judge.