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Teacher of the Year Named, Firefighter Dies, Body Cameras on Newport Cops?
A roundup of the some of the top stories on Newport Patch last week.

- Newport’s Teacher of the Year is Jennifer Robinson
- Police: Newport Woman Rips Man’s Shirt, Knocks his Coffee in Attack
- All-Age Exploration Zone Opens at Volvo Ocean Race Village
- Tenor Auditions for the Providence Singers
- Obituary: David “DJ” Jackson, 54, Retired Newport Firefighter
- Late Newport Firefighter’s Career Began with a Matchbox Fire Truck
- Sen. DiPalma Honored for Home Health Care Professional Support
- On First Try, Newport Students Excel at National Youth Cyber Defense Conference
- Open House: Christopher Townsend House
- Meeting Street Man Charged with Felony Assault
- Should Newport Cops Wear Body Cameras?
- Grant Will Fund Efforts to Improve Shoreline Access on Aquidneck Island
- Volvo Ocean Race Teams Arrive in Remarkable Finish
- Rogers Chamber Ensemble Take Silver at Music Festival in N.Y.
- Ribbon Cut for New State Pier at Fort Adams
- Vanderbilt Family Pens Letter Saying Preservation Society is Exploiting Breakers Mansion
- Car Crashes into Libby Kirwin Building
- Red Sox Foundation Awards $10,000 to Children’s Friend
- Rogers Students Shine at RI National History Day Fair
- Volvo Ocean Race Village Opens to the Public
- Preservation Society’s Summer Lectures go from “Flora to Farmland”
- Sailing Team Gets Special Welcome Home Salute
- Hit and Run Damages Bridal Shop, Suspect Sought
- West Warwick Man Charged with DUI, Narcotics Possession Early Monday
- Newport City Hall Closed Monday
- RI Man, 20, Caught in Fla. Child Predator Sting
- RI Lawmakers Legalize Brownies and Cookies at Polling Places
- Newport Gulls Announce Mascot Tryouts
- The Saltwater Edge Drops Anchor at New Aquidneck Ave. Spot
- Fort Adams to Host Newport Chowder Festival This Year
- SSV Oliver Hazard Perry Comes to Fort Adams Next Week
- Helping our Veterans: “Operation Standown Rhode Island” Opens New Office in Newport
- RI Fugitive Arrested after 10 Years on the Lam
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