Newport es famoso por su centro histórico, sus mansiones de la “Edad Dorada” y restaurantes frente al mar, que atraen a millones de visitantes cada año. Pero la ciudad también alberga otras áreas como el “North End”, una zona residencial y comercial que muchos turistas nunca visitan. Sin embargo, el futuro del North End podría verse bastante cambiado.
Antonia Ayres-Brown
Newport Bureau Reporter
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Newport: Connecting a city divided for decades
Newport is famous for its historic downtown, Gilded Age mansions, and waterfront restaurants, which attract millions of visitors every year. But the city is also home to the North End, a residential and commercial area that many tourists never see. The future of the North End, though, could look quite different.
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Newport City Council adopts plan for North End redevelopment
A new plan to guide future development and increase pedestrian connectivity in Newport’s North End won the unanimous support of the City Council.
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Newport public health advocate says new administration will be ‘hugely significant’ to LGBTQ+ health care
President Joe Biden has vowed that his new administration will defend the rights of transgender Americans, after President Trump rolled back a slew of protections. Newport Reporter Antonia Ayres-Brown spoke with Rex LeBeau, a strategy specialist with the Newport Health Equity Zone who focuses on LGBTQ+ health care.
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Newport coalition recruits national urban planners to create equitable development plan for city’s North End
North End residents are partnering with Smart Growth America to generate recommendations to make the redevelopment of the area more equitable.
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‘We’ve never had anything like this’: 99-year-old Rhode Islander reflects on Capitol attack
Much of the country watched in horror Wednesday as a mob of Trump supporters invaded the nation’s Capitol building and disrupted the electoral vote count. One Rhode Islander alarmed by these events was Sidney Tynan, of Little Compton, who will turn 100 years old this June.
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‘Hemos tenido que cambiar completamente la forma en que trabajamos’: Doulas de parto enfrentan mayores barreras para apoyar a las familias de minorías étnicas durante la pandemia
Las doulas de parto — profesionales que apoyan a las nuevas familias durante y después del embarazo — cumplen un papel importante en la lucha contra disparidades raciales en la salud materna e infantil. Pero muchas doulas dicen que la pandemia está dificultando el acceso de las familias a sus servicios, en un momento en que los necesitan aún más.
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‘We’ve just had to change completely how we work’: Birth doulas face heightened barriers to supporting families of color during pandemic
Birth and perinatal doulas — trained professionals who support new families during and after pregnancy — play an important role in addressing racial disparities in maternal and infant health. But many doulas say the pandemic is making it harder for families to access their services, at a time when they need them even more.
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Health care workers may begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine this month, as hospitalizations continue to rise in Rhode Island
Rhode Island health officials say the state could receive a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as this weekend, pending approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
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La Junta de Planificación de Newport aprueba el North End Urban Plan
Antes de votar por unanimidad sobre el plan el lunes por la noche, la Junta de Planificación agregó varias enmiendas, incluidas nuevas declaraciones para abordar las preocupaciones sobre la equidad y el desplazamiento de viviendas.
