Newport News

Downtown Newport has a new hot spot. After over a year of renovations, Midtown Oyster Bar, located at 345 Thames Street, has opened its doors for business.

More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the "Breakfast Bell Polka," Plymouth State University is reviving some of the long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire's grand hotels and keep them coming back for more.

They'll Never Find Me in the Boys' Room Speaking of double trouble, one Providence woman is in a bit of trouble after she fled from one car accident, only to end up in another accident .

The state Department of Health Monday recommended the opening of Goddard Memorial State Park and Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick, and Fort Adams State Park Beach in Newport, to swimming.

Strawberry season has begun! Despite the rain, strawberry season has started at several local farms.

Midshipman candidate Marshall Forney Jr. graduated from the Naval Academy Prep School, Naval Station Newport May 9 in Newport, Rhode Island.

Q: My husband will be in the hospital for knee replacement surgery, and I'm worried about hospital-borne infections.

More than 200 bicyclists leave Fort Adams in Newport Sunday at the start of the Elliot Kaminitz Father's Day Ride.

TO THE LAYMAN'S eye, the four ball-and-claw furniture feet look the same: carved claws grip carved ball.

More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the "Breakfast Bell Polka," Plymouth State University is reviving some of long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire's grand hotels and keep them coming back for more.

They'll Never Find Me in the Boys' Room Speaking of double trouble, one Providence woman is in a bit of trouble after she fled from one car accident, only to end up in another accident .

These are my favorite days of the year. This Sunday and Monday, local attractions, including Green Animals in Portsmouth, the mansions in Newport and local vineyards, will open thier doors at discount rates for Newport County residents and hospitality employees.

An activist wearing gay pride colours stands outside Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Small Business Person of the Year Brenda Brock celebrates her award with Amanda Sousa, Liza Frost Hughes, and Kia Quinn.

The Rhode Island Department of Health has recommended the opening of North Kingstown Town Beach, Narragansett Town Beach, and Barrington Town Beach to swimming.

Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center hosted the latest Advancement Examination Readiness Review for the Mass Communication Specialist rating June 2-8.

In one sentence, could you tell us what your dad taught you? It's not an easy question, but one we asked local residents to answer the week before Father's Day, which is this Sunday, June 16. Newport and Middletown residents tell us their answers in the video seen above.

Jun. 13, 2013 - NEWPORT, R.I. -- NEWPORT, RI - For one weekend every August, the idyllic setting of Newport combusts with the passion of jazz to produce the Newport Jazz Festival.

The following arrests were reported by the Newport Police Department for Wednesday, June 12 Cheryl Pottinger, 30, of 160 Broad Street, Providence was cited for sleeping in public.

Fort Adams State Park Beach in Newport has been closed to swimming because of high bacteria counts in the water.