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Marathon Killed, then Back On, 50+ Arrests on Parade Day
A roundup of some of the top stories on Newport Patch so far this week.

- Newport Marathon is Back On after Council Re-Vote
- WPRI Job Fair Thursday Will Have More than 100 Employers
- Fifty-Seven Arrests over St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
- Bike Newport Night is Thursday
- State Police Charge 11 with DWI St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
- Obituary: Benjamin V. Jenkins, 74
- Two Women, Juvenile, Charged After Fight at Festival Field Complex
- Las Vegas Man Caught Breaking into Gary’s Handy Lunch
- RITBA to Start Constrution on Newport Pell Bridge
- Newport Strings to Return to Redwood Library
- Newport Council to Reconsider Vote that Killed Newport Marathon
- Robbery Suspect Jumps Out of Second Floor at Newport Motel 6
- Work is Relaxation for This Year’s Newport St. Patrick’s Parade Grand Marshal
- Mayor Asks Bars to Serve Alcohol Later on St. Patrick’s Parade Day
- Newport Marathon Dies after City Council Fails to Pick Between Rival Vendors
- Obituary: Randall “Randy” Stewart Gee, 69, Pilot, Veteran
- Obituary: Rosalie Julia McClintock-Hanscom, 87
- Twenty-Year Project Compiling Oral Histories of Navy’s Earliest Women Completed at Naval War College
- Newport Nonprofits Land Nearly $400k in Grants
- Construction on New Pell Bridge Permanent Median Begins March 16
- Coast Guard Barque Eagle Will Visit Newport This Summer
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