ELEW backstage interview Aug. 2, 2019, Newport Jazz Festival

After Newport Jazz Festival fans in the audience Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame heard pianist ELEW's uniquely eclectic sound and on the spot innovation, he gives Newport Daily News Senior Digital Editor-Producer Janine Weisman a backstage interview.

Newport Music Festival Young Professional Artists

Four of the five musicians in a new artist-in-residency program this year at the Newport Music Festival perform the third movement “Notturno” from "The String Quartet No. 2” in D major by Romantic composer Alexander Borodin plus Adele's “Rolling in the Deep” like you’ve probably never heard it befo…

Meet Newport Music Festival harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey

NEWPORT, R.I. — Johann Sebastian Bach composed his “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” for the organ. But  New York City-based harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey has composed this famous work for her own 80-pound instrument. She gave us a sample in a rehearsal room Tuesday morning at Ochre Lodge, located nex…

Testy exchange at Middletown Town Council Monday, May 6, 2019

Town Council President Robert J. Sylvia and School Committee Vice Chairwoman Theresa Silveira Spengler discuss the practice of distributing bonuses to school employees at a meeting at Town Hall Monday night.

The Dig Episode 2: Countdown to May 1 at Salve Regina University

May 1 is the day accepted students must make their deposits at the higher education institution where they plan to enroll for their first year of college next fall. What's the countdown to decision day like for students and staff? Janine Weisman visits Salve Regina University in Newport to find out…

Senator Louis P. DiPalma

State Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Middletown) discusses the license plate reissuance bill he is sponsoring that would increase the Division of Motor Vehicles’ fee for a fully reflective plate from $6 to $15. DiPalma says between 3% and 5% of all vehicles on the road carry plates not registered to them…

April 22 Portsmouth Town Administrator Richard Rainer's report

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — Waste oil collection is suspended for the next two weeks because of a leak in the oil collection tank at the Hedly Street Transfer Station. And there's a paid part-time internship open to a high school junior with the town's Canvassing Authority. That's just some of the news Port…

Portsmouth Town Administrator Richard A. Rainer's report to the Town Council

The town's proposed FY 2019-2020 budget is now on its website. And the Recreation Department has posted summer jobs. But who will be the next deputy police chief? And when will the Glen Farm Easter Egg Hunt happen? It's all there in Town Administrator Richard A. Rainer's report at the April 8 Town …

Tom Shevlin on post-parade trash

Tom Shevlin, spokesman for the city of Newport, tells The Newport Daily News that reports of litter after the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 16, 2019, were concentrated in the area around the Armory on Thames Street at Ann Street. As interviewed by Senior Digital Editor-Producer Janine…

Sounds from the 2019 Newport St. Patrick's Day Parade

"Hard Times" by the AOH Newport AOH Pipes and Drums.