Newport Rhode Island Real Estate

The Board of Directors ("Board") of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") on March 18, 2005, approved Bank of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island's ("Bank") application, filed pursuant to the FDIC's regulations at 12 C.F.R. Section 303.162, for a waiver of the FDIC's depositor voting requirements for mutual-to-stock conversions described at 12 C.F.R. Section 333.4(c)(2). The Board considered the Bank's depositor vote waiver request for "good cause" pursuant to 12 C.F.R Section 303.162(a) and has fully reviewed all available facts related to the application. ... [Read More]

Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island: Statewide and Core Cities Data
In Rhode Island, children between nine months and six years of age are required by law to be screened for lead poisoning annually. The Rhode Island Department of Health collects and analyzes data on all blood lead screenings conducted in Rhode Island each year. These analyses are reported at the state level and at the city level for each of the core cities. Rhode Island defines a core city as any city where the child poverty level is greater than 15%, according to the 2000 Census. These cities include: Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick, and Woonsocket. ... [Read More]

Portuguese Settlement in the Fox Point Section of Providence, Rhode Island
These Portuguese immigrants initially settled near Providence's waterfront in an area known as "Fox Point." This area is depicted on a page from a 1937 real estate atlas, which not only shows individual buildings and lot boundaries, but also the names of property owners. While the most obvious indication of the Portuguese community is the Holy Rosary (Portuguese Catholic) Church, closer inspection reveals many Portuguese family names in the adjoining blocks to the north and east of the church. Those names which are obviously Portuguese are underlined. ... [Read More]

1997 Economic Census: Summary Statistics for Rhode Island(1997 NAICS Basis)
Rhode Island counties Bristol County, RI Kent County, RI Newport County, RI Providence County... Washington County... ... [Read More]

Endeavour
Cars. Real estate. Cash. Jewelry. These are the items regularly seized by deputy marshals. But you would have to add about 13 Revolutionary War-era shipwrecks - including one believed to be Captain James Cook's HMB Endeavour - to make that list complete. ...

Dubbed "the world's explorer," Cook ventured to all seven continents at a time when doing so was almost unimaginable. His three years at sea aboard the Endeavour, which currently lies a mere 300 feet off the Newport coast in a depth of 20 feet, produced extensive geographical knowledge about New Zealand. He made countless findings in the field of natural science as well as numerous nautical discoveries throughout the South Pacific. In fact, his work was so accurate that his nautical charts can still be used today. ... [Read More]

Independence Day in Bristol, Rhode Island
"Parade route" is as big a selling point for Bristol real estate as "river view" is for Manhattan apartments. The front porches of parade route houses like Jane Lewis's provide viewing platforms for residents and guests. One homeowner who lacked a front porch built an elevated side deck from which to watch the parade. ...

Although America had declared its independence, the war to confirm separation from Britain continued. Bristol had no Independence Day celebration in 1778 because that year British redcoats and fur-hatted Hessians marched through the town, burning thirty buildings before sailing back to their base at Newport. But in 1785, Bristolians once again commemorated the Declaration of Independence, this time with a religious service. That began a series of Fourth of July observances that has continued nearly unbroken for more than two centuries. ... [Read More]

US Dept of State
Whenever any such sale or transfer is to be made by a taxpayer subject to the business corporation tax, the taxpayer is obliged to give at least 5 days notice to the Tax Administrator in accordance with 44‑11‑29. That section requires a corporation in the real estate business to notify the Tax Administrator prior to the sale or transfer of a major part in value of its assets even though the sale might be in the regular course of its business. ...

The tax imposed shall be apportioned in accordance with the location of the assets with actual situs (both real and personal property) in another state.  The fraction shall be Rhode Island assets over total estate assets. ... [Read More]

News Items From Our Members — Government Open Code Collaborative
"All cities have similar functions that they automate in areas such as tax collection, real estate assessment, budget preparation and management, finance and accounting, public safety, utility billing, and parks and recreation," said the City's Director of Information Technology Andy Stein. "These systems are very similar in capabilities from one city to the other, yet all of us have been custom building many applications because no practical means of sharing had been established. The time has come for government agencies at all levels to eliminate duplication of effort in software development. With modern capabilities available today such as Internet accessible shared software repositories, it is much easier to work together with other agencies to develop software that benefits not only those involved in the development process but others who may later need similar software as well. This collaboration will reduce the need to invest in redundant and costly custom built software compon ... [Read More]

State of Rhode Island: Office of the Governor
Governor Donald L. Carcieri today detailed the findings of his efficiency audit of state government and outlined the potential for more than $180 million in annual taxpayer savings as a result of a fundamental overhaul of the management and delivery of government services in Rhode Island. The Governor is projecting that the lion’s share of the five-year, $650 million in cost reductions will occur as a result of centralizing services, consolidating programs, renegotiating contracts and ending state leases. Governor Carcieri also has identified numerous opportunities for the state to generate more revenue by doing a better job collecting money rightfully owed its coffers. The Governor’s Fiscal Fitness initiative, as it has become known, is arguably the most probing and comprehensive analysis of the inner workings of state government in Rhode Island history. The eight-month examination was steered on a day-to-day basis by Department of Administration leaders Robert Higgins and Beverly ... [Read More]

M/V World Prodigy Oil Spill - Northeast Region - DARP
Habitat acquisition is often used as an effective coastal resource protectionmechanism. However, except for small, non-tidal wetlands, acquisition isgenerally seen as an unlikely solution for conserving most of the remainingunprotected coastal wetland areas in the Rhode Island area watersheds. Thereare several reasons for this. First, the federal government already ownsmost of the remaining large, undeveloped coastal wetlands in the state,and administers these areas as wildlife refuges. Secondly, other entities,including governments and private conservation groups, own and protect manyother small to medium sized wetland areas throughout the Rhode Island coastalzone. Thirdly, the State's public trust and regulatory authority over alltidally influenced areas provides protection from most potential non-naturalthreats to coastal wetlands. Finally, acquisition is by far the costliestprotection measure available. Land prices in the area are prohibitivelyexpensive because of their natural bea ... [Read More]