NEWPORT, RI – This year marked the 30th anniversary of the annual Governor’s Ball, held at Salve Regina University, and raised over $333,600 to benefit the student scholarship fund, on Saturday, Dec. 2.

Upon entrance into Ochre Court, guests were greeted by the sight of the mansion’s Christmas tree.

Time has just expired in the second period of Salve Regina’s Saturday night game against the nation’s 10th ranked team, the R.I.T. Tigers. The Seahawks find themselves down by a score of 5-0. Both of the teams are skating off the ice and heading towards the locker room after a hard fought 20 minutes of hockey.

Since opening Edna Mae’s Millinery & Bridal Studio in 1989, local Newport resident Jamie Kurtis has designed hats for two Presidential inaugurations, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot and Cirque Du Soleil. Located at 140 Spring Street, Edna Mae’s is named for Kurtis’ late Grandmother, Edna Mae Thorn, who grew up in a time where no matter where you were going or what you were doing you wore a hat to complete your ensemble.

NEWPORT – The last time a state of emergency was declared in Rhode Island was Aug. 26, 1991. Hurricane Bob, a lowly Category 1 storm, was just about to strike parts of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Nick Logothets, the director of emergency services for the Rhode Island Red Cross remembers the events of that day vividly.

The prejudicial cynicism of sexism has, without a doubt, been a problem in our

society that cannot seem to be shaken.