Wharf, make it happen again,” one respondent wrote.

Paige Bronk, Director of Plan-ning, Zoning and Development, described the meeting and URI’ ef-forts as a real positive for the city.

“It seemed as though people were very pleased,” he said after the meeting, adding that he felt “There was a feeling of partner-ship.”

The map is now on display in the lobby of City Hall, and the survey will continue to be available for long-term input from local resi-dents and visitors. A new survey form will be designed for the sum-mer months to gain input from visitors and tourists.

brary as well as the Newport Visitor Information Center from February through March.

On Monday, the results were presented during a special meet-ing at the Newport Public Library.

According to Crean, a total of 73 surveys were received between Feb. 15 and March 26. Eighty-two percent of respondents were from Newport, and 12 percent were from Middletown - and the vast majority (84 percent) said that they access the water from the harbor.

Some of the comments received on the surveys indicated a desire for the city to do more to empha-size the walkway.

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Theatre restoration garners national recognitionCasino Theatre awarded Save America’s Treasures

GrantBy Lynne Tungett

NEWPORT – Fund-raising for res-toration projects may seem com-monplace in Newport, however; receiving a $400,000 grant through the Save America’s Treasures pro-gram is something to tout. From the more than 400 applications that were submitted this year to the Department of Interior, Nation-al Park Service grant program, only 41 projects received funding and one of them was for the Casino Theatre at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum.

Recognizing the significance of the collaboration between Salve Regina University, the Tennis Hall of Fame and community fund-rais-ing efforts, the $4.6 million project is nearly fully-funded after this most recent gift.

“This is like a dream come true,” said Mark L. Stenning, CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum. “We are honored and ap-preciative that the Casino Theatre has been designated a recipient of a Save America’s Treasures grant. The theatre is an architectural mas-terpiece and once the restoration is complete, it will be an asset to the community as both an historic site and a venue for programming and events.”

Concurring with Stenning, Sister M. Therese Antone, Salve Regina University’s chancellor and presi-dent of the Stanford White Casino Theatre Restoration Committee, said, “I think Mark and I have been

Water upgrades could top $80

millionBy Tom Shevlin

NEWPORT – The price tag to re-place and upgrade the city’s drink-ing water treatment facilities could top out at $87 million, city coun-cilors were told last night during a public workshop with consultants Camp, Dresser, McKee, Inc. (CDM).

Where the city will get the mon-ey for the state and federally man-dated improvements remains to be seen, and was a point of conten-tion stressed by councilors follow-ing a roughly hour-long presenta-tion on the options available to the city. Under a 2004 consent agree-ment with the state Department of Health and Department of Envi-ronmental Management, Newport is required to make improvements to its Lawton Valley and Station One treatment facilities to reduce the level of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), a recognized human car-cinogen that occurs as a byprod-uct of chlorination.

According to Director of Utilities Julia Forgue, estimates to replace the Lawton Valley treatment fa-cility and restore Station One to

By Tom Shevlin

NEWPORT – Did you know New-port has a harbor walk? Well, we do, and it’s one of the city’s unsung treasures-in-the-making.

For years only envisioned, these days, more and more people are on to the trail thanks to the efforts of Newport’s Friends of the Water-front and the URI Coastal Resource Center/RI Sea Grant program.

Stemming from a 2007 planning charrette, which identified public access to the water as a top prior-ity, the harbor walk seeks to con-nect visitors and residents to the water on a contiguous trail of pub-lic access points stretching from The Point to King Park. In 2008, Friends of the Waterfront began working to install signs to point the way, and pretty soon, the trail

talking about this project for al-most 20 years. The Salve Regina community is proud of the signifi-cant role it played in making the revitalization of this historic the-atre a reality.”

Once restored, the theatre will be managed and maintained by Salve. During the academic year, it will be used by the university’s Department of Theatre Arts and occasionally by other community non-profit organizations. In the summer, it is hoped that the his-toric playhouse will attract thes-

pian troupes and other acts from the region and beyond.

“This theatre was awarded a Save America’s Treasure Grant be-cause it is a living piece of history and these federal funds will help preserve it as a social and cultural center for future generations,” said U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) who will attend a formal announce-ment ceremony Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

“There have literally been hun-dreds of contributors. People from the community really got behind

began to catch on. And while the signage program

has been a positive step in promot-ing the Harbor Walk, according to URI’s Teresa Crean, “we’ve heard repeated comments in a variety of meetings, articles, and discussions over the past few years that noted many people still didn’t know the walk existed at all, and also em-phasized that many segments of the Harbor Walk ‘felt private’ when you were walking along the public walkway.”

This past February, Crean and a team from URI designed a survey and installed a 36”x 46” display poster illustrating the layout of Newport’s Harbor Walk.

The map and survey were in-stalled at the Newport Public Li-

URI takes the pulse of harbor walkers

this project; some gave $20 or $50 — others gave thousands,” said Linda Gordon, long-time Newport resident and Restoration Commit-tee Chair.

Since its inception ten years ago, the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant program has helped to preserve hundreds of entities that have significance in our nation’s history. In 1999, Apollo Space pro-gram artifacts at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington received a grant as did an organi-zation in San Francisco that saves

Surrounded by sawhorses and construction workers, Mark Stenning and Linda Gordon, left, converse with Sister M. Therese Antone over the architectural renderings of the Casino Theatre restoration project; marveling that the

completion is on schedule for late this summer. (Photos by Tom Shevlin)

Navy rejects tribe’s land bid

By Tom Shevlin

NEWPORT – The wait it over. The Aquidneck Island Planning

Commission (AIPC), point of con-tact for the island communities and the federal agencies, received word today that the Department of the Navy formally has denied the February 2, 2010 request of the U.S. Department of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Af-fairs - BIA) to reopen consideration by the BIA concerning acquisition of surplus properties at Naval Sta-tion Newport.

This action paves the way for the communities of Newport, Middle-town and Portsmouth to resume work with their designated repre-sentatives on the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning Authority (AIRPA)to prepare the properties for ulti-mate transfer to public or private interests.

“The nearly ten years of tireless effort and collaboration, including creation of the West Side Master Plan, has today proven well worth the effort as we collectively strive to improve the economy, transpor-tation, utility infrastructure, coastal and land-side environment, ac-cess to the sea, and recreation on Aquidneck Island,” AIPC Executive Director Tina Dolen said in a re-lease.

Full details on this story can be found online at Newport-

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Are you on the list?The city’s Department of Public Services has released its list of roadways scheduled to be resur-faced as part of its 2010 schedule.

ScheduledWarner St. from Bayview Ave. to Broadway; Corne St. from Prospect Hill to Mill St.; Gilroy St. from Palmer St. to Harrison; Halidon Terr. from Halidon Ave. to Chastellux; Haz-ard St.; Howard St. from Spring to Thames St.; John St. from Bellevue Ave. to Spring St.; Prairie Ave. from Champlin St. to Kay St.; Princeton St.; Vicksburg Pl. from Kingston Ave. to Van Zandt Ave.; Whitwell Pl. from Watson to Kay St.

Alternate Locations - Depending on utility work/project completionCovell St. from Farewell to Thames St.; Kay St. from Prairie Ave. to Ed-wards St.; Kay St. from Touro to Gibbs Ave.; Kay St. from Rhode Island to Prairie Ave.; Thames St. from Farewell St. to Marlborough St. Farewell St. from America’s Cup to Thames St.; Collins St. from Broad-way to Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd.; Dixon St. from Thames to Spring St.; Dixon St. from Spring St. to Bel-levue Ave.; Lees Wharf; Fair St. from Thames to Spring St.; Gidley St. from Thames to Spring St.; Kingston Ave. from Warner St. to Vicksburg Pl.

The work does not include other planned or ongoing projects such as the repaving of Farewell Street and America’s Cup in connection with last year’s $14 million Long Wharf Sewer repair.

Tis the digging seasonBy Tom Shevlin

NEWPORT – Construction crews took to the streets and sidewalks in force this week as the annual construction season hit its stride with a range of projects from utility work to long-awaited road repairs breaking ground across the city.

On Lower Thames Street, utility work in connection with improve-ments to the Wellington Avenue and Thames Street sewer intercep-tors mixed with sidewalk repairs causing slight vehicular and pe-destrian detours.

Work also began on America’s Cup Avenue and Farewell Street where crews set to smoothing out a stretch of roadway that was trenched and patched as part of last year’s $14 million Long Wharf sewer main. The road has been doing a number on unsupsecting motorists since construction on the project wrapped up last fall.

And while cars have been feel-ing the brunt of some of the city’s roads, the seawalls on Ocean Drive have taken a beating over the last few months courtesy of Mother Nature.

But according to Bill Riccio, di-rector of Public Services for the city, federal funds are on the way to restore the section of wall over-looking King’s Beach Fishing Area. The city has also made some tem-porary improvements to a a sec-tion of wall at the intersection of

Ocean Avenue and Harrison Drive after a large section of sidewalk had been claimed by what has been a relentless series of winter and early spring storms.

Crews from the Department of Public Serives there have installed several large concrete blocks and have re-paved the missing section of sidewalk. But it’s only a tempo-rary fix, and the city is currently exploring federal funding streams for a more permanent restoration.

Also along the waterfront, work began Monday on the Point to restore the Poplar Street driftway, a popular public access point to Newport Habor for dinghy owners and kayakers.

Over the next few weeks, crews will be busy rebuilding the aging boat ramp, eliminating what had become a potentially dangerous situation for boaters and small craft operators. According to Har-bormaster Tim Mills, the project is part of the city’s larger effort to clean up the colonial-era driftways while improving access to and from the water for residents and transient boaters alike.

Meanwhile, Riccio is also gearing up for an aggressive repair sched-ule from the city’s road bond fund, with close to two dozen roads slat-ed for potential resurfacing in the next few weeks.

Spring time means construction for the city. Crews were out in

force this week. Clockwise from top: the Poplar Street driftway,

this section of seawall on Ocean Drive is due for repairs, and

sidewalks on Lower Thames and America’s Cup are being

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Early on in her Newport career, she received a phone call from Su-perintendent Dr. John H. Ambrogi. He told her that they would work shoulder-to-shoulder with her to turn things around at the then-struggling school.

“I’ll never forget that saying ‘We’ll be shoulder to shoulder,’ she said. “I took that shoulder-to-shoulder quote and used it even in my own school. I told the kids that we’re in this shoulder-to-shoulder.”

Proof of DeCesno’s impact on the school can be found in the 2009 NECAP test results; the pro-ficiency rate for reading improved from 67 percent in 2008 to 83 per-cent in 2009. This 15.4 percent in-crease was one of the largest one

By Tom Shevlin

NEWPORT – Rogers High School Principal Patricia DeCesno earned high honors last week when the Rhode Island As-sociation of Prin-cipals named her their 2010 High School Principal of the Year.

A Cranston res-ident, DeCesno took the helm at the school in 2005, earning high praise from both parents and students for not only setting high academic stan-dards, but also for bringing back Viking pride.

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There’s a sign that hangs in the hallway of the school that reads simply: “Dream Big.”

Says DeCesno, “I guess that’s the underlying theme: That nothing is impossible. Each one of us has it in us to raise the bar for kids, for the school and for each other.”

So what do you do after you’re recognized as the state’s top per-forming high school principal?

“You get up and you keep going,” says DeCesno, her sights firmly set on improving upon Rogers’ recent success.

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NEWPORT – A piece of legislation currently making its way through the General Assembly could cre-ate a new paradigm for funding improvements to the state’s aging highway infrastructure, its primary sponsor says.

Under Senate Bill 2744, the state would be given the author-ity to establish a new Rhode Island Highway Maintenance and Public Transit Trust Fund, which would impose a $40 surcharge on passen-ger car and light truck registrations to fund highway maintenance and commuter rail operations.

State Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Middletown) proposed the bill last month, in part, as a way to begin a dialogue as to how to resolve a growing need for roadway im-provements with a mounting debt.

“Infrastructure is one of those things that government really needs to be responsible for,” Di-Palma said. “We really don’t have a comprehensive approach to man-aging transportation projects.”

Creating the Trust, he said, could lessen both municipalities as well as the state’s dependence on fed-eral funds and issuing costly long-term bonds.

Currently, cities and towns rou-tinely will float bonds in order to pay for road and bridge repairs. And while drawn out debt service has become normal operating pro-cedure for municipalities and the state alike, DiPalma believes there’s a better, more cost-effective way of doing business.

As to instituting a $40 vehicle surcharge, DiPalma acknowledges that the prospect of charging an added fee to motorists is some-thing that even he says he would bristle at if taken at face value.

“I don’t want another user fee,”

he said. But, he added “We’re pay-ing more for it now.”

Napolitano visits Washington, lobbies for infrastructure help

NEWPORT – Mayor Jeanne Ma-rie Napolitano paid an impromptu visit to members of the state’s congressional delegation recently, taking the opportunity to empha-size the city’s need for federal as-sistance in coping with its massive water and sewer liabilities.

Traveling down to Washing-ton, D.C. as part of a Healthy Cit-ies Initiative program, Napolitano said last week that she decided to make her case to Sens. Jack Reed (D), Sheldon Whitehouse (D), and Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D).

Rushing between offices on Capitol Hill, Napolitano reported that she spent roughly 15 minutes with each of the city’s federal rep-resentatives, imploring them to take an interest in the city’s mount-ing debt.

And while municipal infrastruc-ture improvements are not nor-mally at the top of a Senator’s to-do list, Napolitano stressed the importance that Newport plays not only to Aquidneck Island, but to the state as a whole.

IN OTHER BUSINESS By Tom Shevlin

Berm sound after storm, CSOs continue

NEWPORT – Last month’s toren-tial rains took a heavy toll on island homes and businesses, and left many roads flooded or nearly im-passible.

One of those roads was Memo-rial Boulevard, which was closed for over a day after Easton’s Pond spilled its banks.

But the Easton’s Pond berm, which has been under close watch since a Nor’easter nearly caused a collapse to the structure several

years aog, came through the storm intact.

According to Director of Utili-ties Julia Forgue, crews monitored the berm throughout the storm and reported back that no serious damage was done.

Meanwhile, the city’s coastal wa-ters weren’t so lucky. In addition to the untold millions of gallons of untreated storm and sewer water that poured into Narragansett Bay from Warwick and Cranston, New-port reported a significant com-bined sewer overflow (CSO) as a result of the storm.

According to the Department of Utilities, between March 29 and April 4, 64 million gallons of stormwater was discharged from the Washington Street CSO facil-ity, and another 14 million was released from the Wellington Ave-nue plant after more than 7 inches of rain fell on the area.

NEWPORT – Rudd Hall, 31, a resi-dent of Almy Court in Newport’s Third Ward, has declared his candi-dacy for the seat currently held by Councilwoman Kathryn E. Leon-ard.

A native Newporter and owner of Hall Painting, Hall worked for four years at Fox Sports and was a reporter for The Jamestown Press. A 2001 graduate of Salve Regina University, he is currently using his reporting background to write a book on Newport families in addi-tion to managing his company.

Reached by phone, Hall said that his decision to run for a ward seat as opposed to running at-large was based primarily on what he described as his strong ties to the community.

Hall is a member of the Preser-vation Society of Newport County and volunteers with Meals on Wheels. This is his first run for po-litical office.

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Celtic Basketball ClinicSunday, April 11 at Rodgers Rec-

reation Center, Salve Regina Uni-versity from 5-7 p.m.

Open to young men, ages 13-19, reservations required, free. Members of Salve basketball team and former Celtic star player and all-time three point leader, Dana Barros. Boys and young men from Newport County are invited to shoot hoops and learn from for-mer Celtic Star and all time 3 point leader, Dana Barros and members of Salve Regina University?s Bas-ketball Team at Child and Family?s third Iron John Event. This free event is open to young men be-tween the ages of 13 and 19 and will be held Sunday April 11th from 5 -7pm at Rodgers Recreation Center on the campus of Salve Re-gina University,153 Webster Street, Newport. 848-4150, or e-mail kta-vares@childandfamilyri.com

Like a kid, again, play to alleviate povertyA Dodgeball Tournament will be held Sunday, April 11 at noon at the Rogers Gymnasium to raise funds for the Flying Kites orphan-age project in Kenya. Flying Kites is a Newport-based non-profit organization which aids childhood poverty around the world. Teams of 5 can register for $25 per team and the cost for admission is $2 at the door. Additional donations are also welcome to support the fund-raiser. For more information or to register, call Annie Galvin, Rogers High School Senior and event coor-dinator, at 847-4260 or e-mail her at agalvin17@gmail.com

April Camp RegistrationThe City of Newport Recreation Department announces they are accepting registrations for April Vacation Camp beginning April 19 for boys and girls in grades 1-5. The camp will be in opera-tion from Monday, April 19 thru Friday, April 23 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Hut, located at 35 Golden Hill Street. The office is open from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. for sign ups. Participants must bring a snack and bag lunch. Registra-tion is limited. For more informa-tion call 845-5800 or visit www.cityofnewport.com.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Cable TVThe completed version of the 2010 Saint Patrick’s day parade will be shown on Cox Cable Channel 18 on Friday, April 9 at 8 p.m. and Saturday April 10 at noon. Inter-views and a special tribute to Peter Dugan, parade dedicatee, will also be shown. The program was produced and taped by Newport County TV.

Underage Drinking PreventionThe Middletown and Newport Substance Abuse Prevention Task Forces are sponsoring a major community forum, entitled “Com-munity Crossroads” on Thursday, April 8 from 7-9 p.m. at the CCRI Auditorium. Hear what the com-munities are doing, and should be doing, to prevent underage drink-ing. Learn how serious the prob-lem is and how to contribute to the long term solution to keeping children safe. For more information

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Strategic Agricultural PlanA five-year strategic plan to be dis-cussed by the RI Agricultural Part-nership on Thursday, April 15 from 6-8 p.m. at the St. John Masonic Lodge, 81 Sprague Street, Ports-mouth. For more information call 294-1334.

Earth Day Clean Up at Ballard Park Friends of Ballard Park will be par-ticipating in Newport’s Earth Day celebration with a park clean-up Saturday, April 24 from 9-11 a.m. In addition to general trash pick-up, volunteers will be needed to help remove invasive vines and plants. Those available should meet in the quarry meadow off of Hazard Road. A free, guided tour of Bal-lard Park will follow at 11 a.m. For more information, call 619-3377 or e-mail info@ballardpark.org

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KVH Opens in AsiaKVH Industries Inc., of Middle-town, a maker of mobile commu-nications products, has opened a Singapore-based subsidiary, KVH Industries Asia Pte. Also known as KVH Singapore, the company said its new unit helps it support grow-ing demand for its satellite prod-ucts and services in the region’s maritime market.

Energy Buying GroupLearn about a money-saving opportunity where you could spend up to 17% less for your electricity supply. The Newport County Chamber of Commerce will be holding an energy seminar Friday, April 9 from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. at their offices on Valley Road, in Middletown. Bring complete copies of your two most recent energy bills.The seminar is free and open to the public to attend. The Energy Buying Group program, however, requires Chamber membership. For more information call 847-1608.

Rec Dept. Sign-upsThe Newport Recreation Depart-ment is currently accepting reg-istrations for spring and summer

activities. Programs being offered include soccer; kickball, tennis, volleyball, zumbatomics, and a forensic science class, as well as summer camp. A complete list-ing of all of the programs can be found at www.cityofnewport.com. Registration for many of the classes is limited and can be done at the Recreation office, 35 Golden Hill Street in Newport. For more information please call 845-5800.

Candidate Meet and GreetThe Newport County Board of Real-tors will be hosting a candidate meet and greet Saturday, April 10, from noon to 4 p.m. at the North End Club at 26 Brookdale Road in Middletown. All candidates on a Federal, state, and local level have been invited to come and greet constituents. Attendance is open to the general public. Chili will be served and there will be a cash bar. The cost is $8 ($5 for seniors). This function is an RPAC (REAL-TOR® Political Action Committee) event. For more information con-tact, Mary Moniz at 835-0288 or mmoniz@cox.net or contact Linda Arcouette at 849-5936 or linda@newportrealtor.com

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The inaugural Spring Into Art event, taking place April 17-25, is shaping up to be a week-long ex-travaganza of live performances, exhibits, films, tours and mixed-media presentations by some of Newport County’s most imagina-tive and creative minds. Cris Offen-berg, president of the Arts & Cultur-al Alliance of Newport County, says the idea for the program came to-gether following the organization’s annual meeting last year, where a speaker discussed the economic benefits of live theater in New-port. The Arts & Cultural Alliance’s board acknowledges that one of their long-standing challenges has been spreading the word about the non-profit organization, and a week-long event would both increase awareness and celebrate local talents while showcasing

cultural gems found right here in Newport County. “We’re here, but nobody knows about us,” says Of-fenberg, “and unlike a lot of other cities, we don’t have a centralized art district.”

The Arts & Cultural Alliance chose April 17-25 for Spring Into Art to coordinate with school vaca-tion week. April also marks nation-ally-recognized Jazz Appreciation Month as well as National Poetry Month, making it an ideal time of year for Newport County to salute the arts. In a strategic marketing effort, Offenberg points out that the week also overlaps at the same time of Discover New England’s Annual Tourism Summit, being held at the Newport Marriott April 19-21, which will be welcoming thousands of press, tour opera-tors and travel agents here. “Even if

they’re not able to make it to the events with their schedule, we’ll have our information there,” she says, “and we’ll be showing New-port County as an arts destination.”

Spring Into Art’s exhibits, presen-tations, shows and workshops will take place at area venues, theaters and studios including the Newport Art Museum, Norman Bird Sanctu-ary, Trinity Church, the Internation-al Yacht Restoration School, Bel-court Castle, the National Museum of American Illustration, the Jane Pickens Theater and more.

To learn more about the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport Coun-ty and to see a schedule of Spring Into Arts events, visit www.New-portArts.org

Spring into Art celebrates local talent

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Yard Waste PickupThe Newport Public Services Department’s Clean City Program reminds residents that yard waste is collected for four consecutive weeks during April from April 5 through the 30 on residents’ regu-lar collection day.  For more information about the residential solid waste and recy-cling program, contact the Clean City Program at 845-5613 or visit www.cityofnewport.com/cleancity

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OPINIONPage 6 Newport This Week April 7, 2010

Saying No to LNGLast week , we heard both sides of the debate over a proposed

liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mount Hope Bay. To their credit, both sides represented their positions well.Opponents argued that introducing an LNG facility up-bay of

Newport would have devestating economic and environmental ef-fects. Proponents, however, said that that the terminal is necessary in order to stave off higher energy costs and will produce sorely needed jobs.

While creating jobs and reducing energy costs should be of para-mount importance, we should not sacrifice or gamble with the health and vitality of our bay to do so.

Newport is the gateway to Narragansett Bay. Our waters feed us. They create jobs, lure faraway visitors, and are in many ways the connection to our past. Their importance is too deep to risk.

Despite arguments to the contrary, there can be little doubt that the proposed Weaver’s Cove terminal in the middle of Mount Hope Bay will have a serious impact on our waters and on our daily lives.

That’s why we’re saying “no” to LNG.

You can follow the continuing LNG debate and voice your opinion online at Newport Now. To stay up to date, simply bookmark www.Newport-Now.com/tag/LNG

NewportBeach Commission - April 7 at 6 p.m. - Easton’s Beach RotundaWaterfront Commission - April 8 at 6:30 p.m. - City HallCity Council - April 14 at 6:30 p.m. - City Hall

MiddletownLibrary Board of Trustees - April 8 at 10 a.m. - Middletown LibraryTown Council - April 12 at 6 p.m. - Town HallSubstance Abuse Prevention Task Force - April 14, at 2:30 p.m. - Town Hall

Note: List may not include meetings scheduled at or after press time.

Upcoming Municipal Meetings

Do you support the proposed liquefied natu-ral gas (LNG) terminal in Mount Hope Bay?

No. The potential costs to the economy and environment out-weigh the benefits. (79%, 113 Votes)

Yes. The facility would create needed jobs and help reduce energy prices. (16%, 23 Votes) Unsure. I haven’t formed an opinion on the proposed terminal. (5%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 143

This poll took place Wednesday, March 31-Tuesday, April 6 at Newport-Now.com. Respondents were allowed one vote per computer.

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The Oldest Trophy

Greetings,

I write to correct an error which inadvertently crept into the letter

from F.S. Hester in NTW of March 31.

In that letter, Hester says that the America’s Cup is the “oldest active

trophy in international sport”, and cites Wikipedia as authority for that statement. Wikipedia is great, but in this case (if it is accu-rately quoted), it is wrong.

The oldest world championship competition, one still actively pur-sued, is that in Court Tennis, or, as it known in Great Britain, Real Tennis.

The sport can be seen here in Newport on an indoor court con-structed in 1880. It is played also on other courts in about 60 other places around the world. All of the references to “tennis” in Shake-speare and other ancient texts, refer to this precursor to modern “lawn” tennis, which dates from the 1870s.

A professional working at the Newport Casino (Tom Pettit) won the Court Tennis world champion-ship in a match at Hampton Court in England in 1885. Pettit success-fully defended his title in 1890 in Dublin.

The Court Tennis world champi-onship was defended on the New-port court when the holder since 1994, the superlative Rob Fahey of Hobart, Tasmania, beat back a powerful attack by American Tim Chisholm.

The world championship series in Court Tennis started in 1740, and

continues to this day. An Ameri-can from Aiken, South Carolina (who

attended Salve Regina University) was recently narrowly defeated in his bid to challenge for the cham-pionship. He was eliminated by Steve Virgona, an Australian, who thereby earned the right to take

on his countryman, Rob Fahey, in the world’s long-standing athletic

championship series. That thir-teen set match will be held in Mel-bourne, Australia, this coming May.

Keep up the great work in NTW!

John A. Murphy, PresidentNational Tennis Club

Newport, Rhode Island

An Open Letter to the Census Bureau

Dear Census Bureau,

After completely wasting 4 to 5 million dollars on training courses for census takers including the cost of transportation and meals. This does not include the super bowl ads. I find this organization just as stupid as the rest of the government. I received a pre notice to a pre notice that I was about to get a census form in the mail. The census bureau kept it s word low and behold I did receive the form. With the efficiency at least 100 times greater then the government I filled it out and mailed back. Case closed. No not quite. I just received another form to fill out if I had not already fill the original one.

Maybe I made a mistake. I filled out the first form and sent the completed form to the census bureau. I was relying on another efficient government agency, the United State postal service. I could mail this one back and tell them they can reuse it, and attempt to save some money. Or I can hold on to the second form and maybe in the future it will be worth something. I mailed the original completed form with the hope that neither wind nor rain

nor snow or dead of night will deter the form from reaching its destination. It is also my hope that no illegal Mexican bandits, Muslim terrorist or ACORN mem-bers hi-jacked the mail for this is truly against the law. Oh I forgot these are protected individuals in our new republic with it new ideology of social justice.

If the census bureau did not get my first completed form I suggest you get Mr. Eric Holder to have the justice department sent out all available agents, money is no object when it comes to the census.

The government printed the pre notices, the census forms, the stamps and the money. The only problem is we are out of money. But there might be some funds available according to a nice lady from in Detroit. She believes there is always Obama money, his private stash. To her it just an never ending pool of money to promote social justice. And the government morons want to run our health care. Fat chance.

Jim PerrierNewport

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Sailing the deep, green seaBy Chris Szepessy

Garry Hoyt, of Portsmouth, is a longtime advocate of making the sport of sailing simpler, safer and more accessible, and his latest book, Go For The Green, examines the need for sailors to take the lead on the path to energy indepen-dence. One of the book’s missions, says Hoyt, “is to relate the needed growth in sailing to the greater cause of environmental concerns, and to suggest a new alliance be-tween sail and solar electric power.”

The title recalls Hoyt’s first book, Go For The Gold (1971), a guide to developing sailboat racing skills whose cover posed the question, “Someone has to lose...but why you?” An executive at the Young & Rubicam ad agency in an earlier ca-reer, Hoyt recalls that the publisher and editors were going to reject that title. He prevailed, however, and today sports fans everywhere know his copyrighted phrase.

Hoyt is well known for shaking up sailing’s status quo, and Go For The Green finds him taking aim at the internal combustion auxil-iary engine: “My starting premise is the prediction that ten years from now, the recreational use of carbon based fuels on the water will be accorded the same level of social scorn and rejection that smoking now receives...just as we have come to resent smoking as an intrusion on our fundamental right to fresh air – so we are now empowered to newly aroused indignation over the loss of our original and fundamental right to flat wakes and blessed quiet on the water.”

He proposes a completely new type of boat, the “Solar Sailer,” which has a rigid carbon fiber “sail

structure” with solar panels on its surface. This “rig” would fold down to collect electricity that would power an electric engine, and be erected for use as a sail. Acknowl-edging that such a boat would have limited appeal for hardcore sailors and diehard powerboaters, he states, “Our aim here is to attract some new, non polluting middle ground.”

One of sailing’s great innovators, Hoyt founded Freedom Yachts in 1976 with a boat (the Freedom 40) that showed that a free-standing spar without any supporting wires could work well on a large ocean-going sailboat. Other models fol-lowed, and the Freedom 32 and Freedom 44 were winners in the Bermuda One-Two Yacht Race. More recently, he and his wife Donna have been instrumental in the success of the Alerion Express line of daysailers.

The author holds ten patents, including the Hoyt Jib Boom, the Hoyt  Offset Rig, the Hoyt Spinna-

ker Boom, the Hoyt Gun Mount, and single line reefing – each cre-ated with a goal of safety, sim-plicity and efficiency. In a chapter entitled “Back to the Future – The Square Rig Returns,” he asks, “Why settle for the worst possible shape [the triangular Marconi rig] when the square head sail is demonstra-bly better?” The book contains sev-eral of Hoyt’s illustrations of his rig designs, depicted on boats large and small and with one, two and three hulls.

Hoyt also discusses the im-portance of teaching new sailors to handle a boat singlehanded, growing the sport through the development of affordable “sail resorts” with simple, fun boats (he favors the Hobie Mirage Adven-ture Island, a 16-foot trimaran “sail/yak” with auxiliary pedal power), and making racing more fun by bringing back reaching legs. He says Olympic sailing should be re-vitalized by replacing the existing classes (except windsurfing) with smaller, less expensive – and faster – boats that emphasize athleti-cism. His proposed five Olympic classes are the foiling Moth, the A Class catamaran, the windsurfer, kite sailing and “a new 15’, all car-bon, sit down, single sail, planing dinghy.”

Go For The Green is written in a simple, highly readable style that will appeal to all sailors – especially young ones that will shape the sport’s future. You can order this excellent book at iUniverse.com.

Chris Szepessy is the Senior Editor of WindCheck Magazine. This review is reproduced with permission. Visit www.windcheckmagazine.com.

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By Lynne Tungett Locally, Bettie Sarantos may be

known for her popular watercolors of Newport vistas, and some of her works, depicting the game of cro-quet, adorn the U.S. Croquet Hall of Fame, now in West Palm Beach. But, this unassuming artist also has pieces which are part of permanent collections at the Smithsonian Insti-tute in Washington, D.C. and most recently in China.

Have you visited China? Yes,

three times. I have a deep respect for Oriental painting and philoso-phy and have focused most of my recent works on Chinese brush painting. I also studied at the pres-tigious China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and in 2009 was invited to participate in a group show.

Can you explain what Chi-nese brush painting is? Nature provides the inspiration for all the works. It is a graceful art form, rich with symbolism and its aim is to capture the spirit or Chi of the sub-ject and not an exact likeness. First you observe and then paint from the heart.

Where is your work displayed in China? At the Arts & Crafts Insti-tute in Weifang.

Favorite spot: The gardens at Suzhou. (Soo-chow has been dubbed the “Venice of China” and is in the Yangtze River delta re-gion.)

Any plans to return to China? No, I feel fortunate that I was able to go as many times as I did.

Tell us about your work that is at the Smithsonian: That’s actu-ally a funny story. Years back, I got a letter from the White House invit-ing me to decorate Easter eggs for the president. I thought it was a joke, but it is considered an honor for artists to be asked. Anyway, a gallery owner I knew on Cape Cod had sent in my name. About a week after the letter I received two eggs: On one, I painted Castle Hill and the other I decorated with purple irises. I was really surprised when they were selected from all the entries. I was invited to all sorts

of events at the White House, but my children were young at the time so I didn’t attend any. But, my eggs are now part of the perma-nent White House Easter Egg Col-lection at the Smithsonian.

Have you passed on your in-terest in art to your children? Two of my three children are arti-sans, one daughter is a goldsmith and another daughter sketches cartoons.

What brought you to New-port? My husband, George, was transferred to Newport for his job as the director of the YMCA. That was back when it was at Vanderbilt Hall. Then, he oversaw the building of the new Y in Middletown.

Do you or George play cro-quet? Not the tournament kind, it is very complicated; not like the backyard game most of us know.

What are your favorite New-port subjects to paint? Castle Hill is always fun; the Ida Lewis Yacht Club and the Tennis Hall of Fame are neat buildings to paint.

How do you get in the mood to work? I like going to my garden, maybe pick a bouquet flowers, poppies are one of my favorites or look at the fish pond. But dead-lines always help, too.

Where do you paint? I have an in-home studio. I use the two living rooms in my Victorian house.

If you could take an art lesson from anyone, who would that be? A Chinese master artist or cal-ligrapher.

Museum you’d like to visit: The Freer Gallery of Art in Wash-ington, D.C.

Last exhibit or museum you went to: The Boston Art Museum, I also saw the Isabella Stewart Gard-ner Museum and then went to the Boston Flower Show.

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Open to local, regional and in-ternational chefs who work at res-taurants, catering companies and institutional dining facilities, the spirited competition for bragging rights and over $10,000 in prizes and awards is a fun-filled day for the chowder creators as well as the tasters.  The key requirements to enter the competition are a win-ning chowder recipe and an enthu-siastic staff!  Additional information on the Knorr Great Chowder Cook-Off is available by contacting Mike Martin, Director of the Newport Waterfront Events, at (401) 846-1600, Ext. 210 or visiting www.new-portwaterfrontevents.com.

The event features all-you-can-eat “chowda” from the nation’s best chefs who serve samples of their sumptuous creations to the thou-sands of chowder-loving festival attendees who also act as judges.  Chefs compete for the coveted titles of “Best Clam,” “Best Seafood,” and “Best Creative” chowder with prize money being awarded to the

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Newport Grand 150 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport

Rhea’s120 W. Main Rd., Middletown

International House of Pancakes159 W. Main Rd., Middletown

Jim’s Pizzeria & Deli975 W. Main Rd., Middletown

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WednesdayApril 7

Newport In BloomPresentation on trends in garden design and spring landscapes, 6 p.m. cocktail reception, 7 p.m. lecture, Vasco da Gama Hall, Fenner Avenue, 339-0243, www.newportinbloom.org

Great Decisions Lecture Series“Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution,” presented by Mr. William C. Aselstine, of DILS, sponsored by the Newport Council for International Visitors, 7 p.m., free, Newport Public Library, 847-5196, www.newportciv.org

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Inside Newport’s Oldest Museum HouseStep back in time with a costumed guide into the c. 1697 Wanton Lyman Hazard House, the oldest museum house in Newport, 11:30 a.m., $5 per person, tour departs from the Mu-seum & Shop at Brick Market, Thames Street, 841-8770

Applying for Membership to Hereditary SocietiesLearn how to become a member of patriotic or hereditary organizations such as the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution, 2-4 p.m., New-port Historical Society Headquarters, 82 Touro Street, $25 per person, res-ervations required, 846-0813

“If It’s Thursday, It Must be Shakespeare” Informal group meets to give in-

terpretive readings of Shakespeare works, 6 – 7 p.m., free, Redwood Library, 847-0292, www.redwoodli-brary.org

Underage Drinking PreventionOpen discussion sponsored by the Middletown and Newport Substance Abuse Task Forces, 7-9 p.m., CCRI Au-ditorium, 845-0409 or 849-3915

Gallery NightMore than two dozen artist studios, galleries and museums city-wide ex-tend their hours until 8 p.m., several restaurants offer special discounts on Gallery Night, www.newportgaller-ies.org

Food & Wine ExpoUnlimited samples 6-9 p.m., Ocean-Cliff Resort, $30 per person, dona-tions to benefit the Opera House Restoration Project, 855-3475

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Energy Buying GroupLearn about electric bill money-saving opportunities, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Newport Chamber of Commerce, Val-ley Road, Middletown, free, 847-1608

Discover Colonial Newport Hear stories of revolution and ruin, 10:30 a.m., weather-permitting, walk-ing tour departs from the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, Thames Street, $12 per person, 841-8770

Ghosts of BelcourtHear stories of the spirits who are manifest in the castle, Thurs-Sat, 5 p.m., Belcourt Castle, 657 Bellevue Avenue, $22 adults, 846-0669, www.belcourtcastle.org

April Fools with the The Bit Players

Newport’s award-winning comedy improv troupe, The Bit Players create on the spot laughs from audience suggestions, 8 p.m., Firehouse The-ater, 4 Equality Park Place, $15, 849-3473, www.firehousetheater.org

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Candidate Meet & GreetA unique opportunity to meet Fed-eral, state and local candidates, spon-sored by the Realtor Political Action Committee, noon- 4 p.m., North End Club, 26 Brookdale Road, Middle-town, $8 ($5 for seniors), 835-0288 or mmoniz@cox.net

Newport Baroque Royal Tea and Recital An elegant tea and live music of the Baroque period, 2 p.m., Hotel Viking, $40, reservations are recommended, www.newportbaroque.org

Seal Watch CruiseThe “M/V Alletta Morris” motors around Rose Island Lighthouse for an educational view of these seasonal marine visitors, 11 a.m. and noon, cruises depart from Bowen’s Ferry Landing, adults; $20, children 5-12; $15, 401-324-6020, www.savebay.org/seals

Common Fence Point Music SeriesPerformance by Peggy Seeger, doors open at 7 p.m., concert at 8 p.m., 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth, 683-5085, www.commonfencemusic.org

April Fools with the The Bit PlayersNewport’s award-winning comedy improv troupe, The Bit Players create on the spot laughs from audience suggestions, 8 p.m., Firehouse The-ater, 4 Equality Park Place, $15, 849-3473, www.firehousetheater.org

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The “M/V Alletta Morris” motors around Rose Island Lighthouse for an educational view of these seasonal marine visitors, 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., cruises depart from Bowen’s Ferry Landing, adults; $20, children 5-12; $15, 401-324-6020, www.save-bay.org/seals

Dodge Ball TournamentFund-raising event for the Flying Kites orphanage project in Kenya, noon, Rogers High School gymna-sium, 847-4260, agalvin@gmail.com

“The Mysteries of Flambe”Food demonstration by Chef Albert Bouchard and wine tasting to benefit the Secret Garden Tour, 1-3 p.m., Bel-levue House, private home of Ron Fleming, 304 Bellevue Avenue, $18 per person, 847-0514, www.secret-gardentours.org

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Great Decisions Lecture Series“Kenya & R2P (Responsibility to Pro-tect),” presented by Capt. Guy R. Ab-bate, of DILS, sponsored by the New-port Council for International Visitors, 7 p.m., free, Newport Public Library, 847-5196, www.newportciv.org

Thursday April 15

The Buddhist Four Noble TruthsPresentation by a former Abbot of the Dalai Lama’s personal monas-tery, 7:30 p.m., Channing Memorial Church, $10 suggested donation, for more information e-mail doccaso@hotmail.com

FantasticksPortsmouth Community Theater opening show of “Fantasticks,” 8 p.m., production runs April 15-18 and 22-25, shows at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., Aquidneck Island Christian Academy, 321 East Main Road, Portsmouth, $15 adults, $12 for senior, student, military, 683-1460, www.aboutpct.org

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Art on the Wharf Show through May 31. Coastal paint-ings, all measuring five by seven inch-es, by local British artist Anthony Gill. Gallery hours are Fri. – Mon., noon-5 p.m., or by appointment, 33 Bannis-ter’s Wharf, 846-6858

Cadeaux du MondeGallery Reception: Friday, April 8 from 5-8 p.m.“Art Underfoot; Oriental Rugs Loom in the Distance,” gallery talks about cur-rent collection of original, hand-knot-ted Oriental rugs. 26 Mary Street, 848-0550, www.cadeauxdumonde.com

DeBlois GalleryNew show through April 25: “Spray & Tarnish,” paintings by Mark Carvalho,

copperwork and jewelry by Teresa Mowery. Gallery hours are Tues.-Sun., noon-5 p.m., 138 Bellevue Avenue, 847-9977, www.debloisgallery.com

Hunter GalleryShow through May 1: “Inside Out: Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings,” by Susan Lyman. Gallery hours are Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Hunter Gal-lery is located at St. George’s School, Middletown, 842-6679, www.thehu-ntergallery@stgeorges.edu

Isherwood GalleryShow through June: “New Work, New Artists,” new work by current and new gallery artists. Gallery hours are Wed.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. and by appoint-ment, 38 Bellevue Avenue, 699-2276, www.isherwoodgallery.com

Jamestown GalleryOpening Reception: Friday, April from 6-8 p.m.Show through April 24, proceeds to benefit Jamestown Art Center, 47 Co-nanicus Avenue, www.jamestownart-center.org

Newport Art MuseumShow through May 24: Annual Mem-bers Juried Exhibition of regional contemporary art in varying media. Museum is open Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m., 76 Bellevue Ave., $10 adults, $8 seniors, admission by donation Saturdays, 848-8200, www.newportartmuseum.org

Portsmouth Art GuildOpening Reception: Friday, April 9 from 6-8 p.m.Show through May: “Imagine Red,” open juried show by regional artists incorporating the theme “imagine red.” Gallery hours are Thurs.-Sun., 1-5 p.m., 2679 E. Main Road, Portsmouth, next to St. Paul’s Church, 293-5ART, www.portsmouthartsguild.org

Sheldon Fine ArtOpening Reception: Friday, April 9 from noon-5 p.m.American impressionist paintings by Henrietta Milan. Gallery is open daily 10 – 6 p.m., 59 America’s Cup Avenue, on historic Bowen’s Wharf, 849-0030.

Spring BullNew show through April 29, “April Fools,” local artists carry on an old tra-dition in of “a trick of the eye.” Gallery is open daily noon-5 p.m., 55 Bellevue Avenue, 849-9166, www.springbull-gallery.com

Mansions,Museums and Historic Sites

Belcourt CastleA 60-room Gilded Age mansion built by Richard Morris Hunt in 1895, guid-ed, candlelight and ghost tours, reser-vations recommended, 657 Bellevue Ave., 846-0669, www.belcourtcastle.com

The BreakersOpen daily, 44 Ochre Point Ave., 847-1000, www.newportmansions.org

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International TennisHall of Fame & MuseumDiscover the history of tennis and its superstars through a diverse collec-tion of memorabilia, art and video, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 194 Bellevue Ave., $11 adults, $9 seniors, military, students with ID, free for kids 16 and under, 849-3990; www.tennisfame.com

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Museum of Newport HistoryExhibits on display depict the city’s role in the American Revolution and its emergence as a Gilded Age re-sort, open daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 127 Thames St., gift shop and starting point for many of the Newport Histor-ical Society’s walking tours, 841-8770, www.newporthistorical.org

National Museum of American IllustrationExhibiting original artworks from the Golden Age of Illustration by artists such as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, and JC Leyendecker in a historic Gild-ed Age mansion, 492 Bellevue Ave., tours by advance reservation for guid-ed group (8 or more) and VIP tours through Memorial Day, 851-8949, ext. 18, www.americanillustration.org

Naval War College MuseumPermanent exhibits on the Navy in the Narragansett Bay area, handi-capped accessible, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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Newport Art MuseumPermanent collection of contem-porary and historic works, museum open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Satur-day, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, open most Monday holidays, 76 Bellevue Ave., $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 military, students with valid ID, free museum members, children under 5; admis-sion by donation Saturdays, 848-8200, www.newportartmuseum.org

Ochre CourtOne of Newport’s first “summer cot-tages” built in 1892, now Salve Regina University’s administration building, ground floor open Mon-Fri, 9-4 p.m.

Prescott FarmFarm buildings, landscape from 18th century, restored 1812 windmill, site of a significant Revolutionary War event, feed the ducks and geese at the pond, grounds open year round free of charge; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues-day to Saturday, June to Sept.; guided tours of mill, Rte. 114, West Main Rd., Middletown, $4 adults, free for under 12, 847-6230, www.newportrestora-tion.org

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its original capacity of 9 million gallons per day (mgd) could cost somewhere around $57 million as a base cost, and would only allow the city to use conventional treat-ment methods which she said are insufficient to account for New-port’s rather challenging system of shallow pond reservoirs and lead service lines.

Bringing the city into alignment with new and anticipated federal water quality standards could cost anywhere from $500,000 to $30 million more, depending on the technology used in the new treat-ment plants.

CDM is recommending what they describe as a proactive 20-year plan which would employ one of two options for improving water quality. The first would in-volve adding an alternative disin-fectant to the treatment process. On the plus side, the effectiveness for controlling TTHMs is very good under this method, but the impact on lead (such as that found in the city’s delivery network) is not yet known, and CDM will likely will need another 6-12 months of ad-ditional testing and could require adding another treatment chemi-cal such as orthophospate to the cocktail.

A second option would involve the installation of nanofiltration technology, which would remove organic materials through filters rather than by adding chemical disinfectants. If all the flow is treat-ed, according to CDM, all of the or-ganic material would be removed; if only some of the flow is treated and mixed with the remainder, the total volume could easily fall within clean water standards. But the expense would be consider-able. While adding an alternative disinfectant to the system would cost roughly $500,000, installing a nanofiltration system could cost

upwards of $26-$30 million.Both options were pilot tested

from March 2009 until February 2010.

Other alternatives also discussed briefly included: aeration, localized treatment at wholesale customer meters in Portsmouth, desalina-tion, and removing all of the lead service lines in Newport. Regard-ing desalination, CDM said that while some communities have invested in the technology, with a price tage of $80 million, it’s not a cost-effective solution.

Councilwoman Kathryn E. Leon-ard was taken aback by the figures. “I know everyone here has worked very hard to give us a clear picture of what the…challenges are,” she said. “I think everyone in this coun-try has a right to clean drinking water (but) I think there’s some-thing lacking here.”

How do you raise $57 million?,

she asked. How do you ask cities and towns to comply federal man-dates that impose such a huge burden on its citizenry? “From my perspective it’s kind of scary,” Leon-ard said. “Obviously this is some-thing that this congress has to think about.”

Mayor Jeanne Marie Napolitano agreed. “We’re spending billions of dollars around the world rebuild-ing infrastructure, and ours is fall-ing apart,” she said. “How do you come up with $90 million? Is EPA that out of touch? Is DOH that un-aware?…Nobody is going to stay here with a $4,000 water bill. I think it’s about time that Washington take a look at it’s own infrastruc-ture.”

Councilor Stephen R. Coyne sug-gested that the city make a point to help it do just that. “I think what we need to do is take the bull by the horns and make this presenta-

tion to our congressional delega-tion,” he said, noting that $6 billion is currently being earmarked by Congress for local infrastructure in-vestment. But as City Manager Ed-ward F. Lavallee noted, Newport is hardly alone in its position. He said that it would take an estimated $350 billion to satisfy the nation’s total infrastructure requirements.

The current plan, according to Forgue, is to finance the project through a special fund set up by the state for water system im-provement projects. What the im-pact to ratepayers would be is still being worked out by the Finance Department, she said.

The next step in the process is for CDM to conduct additional nanofiltration testing, which is scheduled to occur from May to August. In addition, the city will have to notify RIDOH of changes to the consent agreement technical

solution per CDM’s findings, and finally issue a request for proposals to design-build firms potentially as soon as October at which time the potential cost of the project should become clearer.

IN MEMORIAMWalter M. Conley, of Middletown, the husband of the late Elizabeth Ann (Chapman) Conley, died April 2, 2010. Donations in his memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties, 1184 East Main Road, Portsmouth.Sophia Dias, of Newport, the wife of the late Elias B. Dias, died March 30, 2010. Donations in her memory may be made to Benedictines of Jesus Crucified Monastery of The Glorious Cross, 6 Burban Drive, Branford, CT, 06405Mary (Jones) Dumont, of Ports-mouth, the wife of Armand Dumont, died March 29, 2010. Donations in her memory may be made to the Portsmouth Multi Pur-pose Senior Citizens Center, 110 Bristol Ferry Road.Brian C. Free, of Middletown, died March 30, 2010. Donations in his memory may be made to the

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