An Overview of Newport County Public & Private K -12 Schools

Quality schools don’t just impact students, they affect the entire community. Newport County is fortunate to have excellent public and private institutions, some with distinguished histories and notable graduates such as Senator Claiborne Pell, poet Ogden Nash, and actress Joanna Going.     Buying a new home means more than just finding a house. For families […]

LIVING WITH EQUESTRIAN LEGACY

Portsmouth Rhode Island Equestrian Legacy

By Cathy Wicks Flashback to early 1900s. The Vanderbilts reined in Newport, and Reggie Vanderbilt (you know his dad, Cornelius II, who built The Breakers), spent his vast inheritance on fast yachts, cars, horses and shrines to these fashionably luxurious sporting pleasures. He bought Sandy Point Farm, a 180-acre property in Portsmouth, in 1902, and […]

ISLAND PARK & COMMON FENCE POINT WORK TO KEEP THE WATER CLEAN

Septic regulations for Portsmouth RI homeowners

By Emily Chappell GROWING UP ALONG PORTSMOUTH, RI SHORELINE The charming island lifestyle is no more evident than in Island Park and Common Fence Point, two notorious Portsmouth communities where the neighborhood feeling is as bright as the sunrise at Teddy’s Beach. Every time you encounter someone, you smile and wave, ask how they are. […]