whatsuprhodeisland.com


We value local independent news, information, and journalism.

We hope you do too.

What's Up Rhode Island is a free Newport-owned independent online news publisher. We pride ourselves on delivering independent  news, information, and journalism about Rhode Island and beyond.

We're able to keep What's Up Rhode Island free thanks to our advertisers and contribution from loyal readers like you.

Every dollar of support received through PressPatron is invested back into our contributors so we can bring you more news, information, and journalism.

What's Up Rhode Island is free, and always will be, but we need your support to do so.

Ryan Belmore
Owner/ Publisher/ Editor​


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About PressPatron

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