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A primary mission of the Alliance For a Livable Newport (ALN) is to inform Newport residents of significant quality of life issues in our community. In March, 2010 ALN sponsored a public forum at CCRI on the Hess Corp. proposal to build a liquefied natural gas facility at Weaver's Cove connected by underwater pipe to a loading platform in Mt. Hope Bay. Upon careful study of the issue, the ALN Board has voted to oppose this commercial venture as being detrimental to the quality of life in Newport and nearby communities. The Board took this position after a thorough study of information provided both by proponents and opponents of the venture. A complete discussion of this issue may be found in ALN's Position Paper on LNG Proposal (see below.)
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Infrastructure & Environment
 The proposal to build an LNG tanker platform in Mt. Hope Bay and connect it via an underwater pipeline to an LNG storage/distribution facility in Weaver's Cove has generated controversy and heated debate. ALN has monitored the controversy closely, paying attention to the various sources of information available: public forums, legislative hearings, newspaper and magazine articles, discussions on radio and television, information provided by experts in the affected disciplines and information disseminated over the internet. In April, 2010, ALN presented a forum on the topic itself featuring the CEO of the company that proposes to build and operate the facilities, along with spokespersons in opposition representing a prominent environmental advocacy group and a prominent association of area businesses. In response to that forum, ALN has received a steady stream of emails from supporters and opponents of the proposal providing personal viewpoints and links to additional information available online. Read More...
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 Public Health & Safety The Clean City Program provides services for the collection of residential solid waste, recycling, yard waste as well as litter management and graffiti mitigation. The Clean City Program oversees the solid waste collection contract currently held by Waste Management and serves as a liaison between Newport residents and Waste Management. Read more ... |
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 Top of the Hill Association Neighborhood Forum
All Association members were invited to attend this informational and interactive Neighborhood Forum on issues that impact the Top of the Hill neighborhood. Guest speakers included Officer Jonathan Cortes, our Community Oriented Police Unit (COP), Sergeant John Barker, a Traffic Unit Police Officer and Justin McLaughlin, our Newport City Council Representative/2nd ward.
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At the recent Annual Board Meeting held on 4/26, Elections for At-large Directors and Executive Officers took place.
Newly elected Directors include: John Mc Cain, Roger Wells and Joan Johnson-Freese.
Executive Officers: Bonnie Watson- President,
Isabel Griffith- Vice-President, Ron Becker-Treasurer and John Hirschboeck-Secretary.
 John is a marketing consultant operating through his company, Product Performance Group, Inc., formed in 1984. The company aims to help its clients increase their sales through more effective advertising and sales promotion. PPG's income is derived from a small portion of the resulting increase in sales. He and his wife, Deborah have lived in Newport for ten years after serving in the Navy here from 1959-1962.
Roger Wells
 Roger Wells is Professional Engineer and has worked for SAIC for the 26 years, the last 22 of those in Newport where he lives with his wife Susan after moving here from North Carolina. He has degrees in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Ocean Engineering and is a member of the AD HOC Committee on Wastewater and Storm Water System Improvements for the City of Newport.
Joan Johnson-Freese
Joan Johnson-Freese teaches at the Naval War College in Newport, and adjuncts at Harvard Extension and Summer Schools. She is a political scientist by training, focusing on space security issues, most
specifically the Chinese space program. Joan is frequently heard on or quoted by the media talking about space security issues and her books, the latest being "Heavenly Ambitions: America's Quest to Dominate Space." She travels extensively for work, lecturing on space and globalization issues, most recently to England, Tanzania, Uruguay, Colombia and China. Joan has a son currently a student at Georgetown Law School.
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| Upcoming Events:
Public Forum on:
" The severity of Hunger in Rhode Island and how this social problem affects Newport's neighborhoods and community"
- Thursday,May 27th, Martin Luther King Community Center, 6:00-7:30pm, Andrew Schiff, CEO RI Food Bank, Guest Speaker, with panelists Amanda Frye Leinhos, Executive Director, Martin Luther King Community Center, Pauline Perkins-Moye, Director of Social Services for the Newport Housing Authority and Jim Farrington. For more information: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center
- Top of the Hill Summer Block Party!
June 6th, 5-8 pm- held on Francis St.between Ayrault and Everett Sts. RSVP by June 1.
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Any opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily the opinion or views of the ALN Board.
Photos in this issue were generously provided by: Jane Hence, Joan Johnson-Freese, Roger Wells, John McCain,CCRI, Allie Sabalis, The U.S. Coast Guard, Alice Arredondo, Susan Wells and Sally Anne Santos.
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