Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 2nd of September.
Good morning, Newport.
🏘️ Community
BankNewport Charitable Foundation awarded $15,000 to Star Kids Scholarship Program and $7,000 to FabNewport’s Healthy Meals Program on Tuesday, supporting tutoring, transportation, and school supplies for local students.
The grants help meet essential educational and nutritional needs in the community.
🎭 Culture
Charter Books teams with Newport Historical Society to host public historian Brooke Barbier for an author talk on Thursday, Sept.
3 at 6:00 p.m. at the Colony House in Washington Square, where she presents her new book Cocked and Boozy, which examines alcohol's role in the American Revolution + includes a Q&A and book signing.
Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan will headline the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival at Rosecliff from Sept.
18 to 20. He will host the Vintner Dinner with culinary partners while local experts lead tasting seminars on wine, bourbon and rum, and proceeds benefit the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Montanaro Fine Art is hosting Modern Masters: Norman Bluhm with paintings and works on paper from the 1940s to the 1980s, and a reception on Saturday, Sept.
5, 1-3 p.m. at 181 Bellevue Avenue in Newport + the exhibit runs through October.
📰 Economy
Rhode Island Energy raised electric and gas rates on Sept.
1, causing a typical electric bill to rise by $3.82 and a gas bill by roughly $277.85 (with nearly $175 million in monthly credits offsetting the hikes through next year).
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