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The Veterans Memorial Long Bridge will close on March 5 and be replaced over the next year and a half, leaving Newport City with only one access bridge to downtown.

Newport City's Long Bridge To Close March 5th

The Veterans Memorial Long Bridge will close on March 5 and be replaced over the next year and a half, leaving Newport City with only one access bridge to downtown.

Friday, February 17, 2012

NEWPORT CITY -- The contractor selected to take down one of the city's two access bridges and build a new one will
meet next week with city officials and neighboring businesses.

The pre-construction meeting about replacing Veterans Memorial Long Bridge is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Newport
City council room in the municipal building.

Officials with Reed & Reed Inc., the Maine company doing the work, will attend, said Francine Perkins of FRP Enterprises
who is handling public relations for the project.

Newport City Closing Long Bridge in March 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

NEWPORT CITY -- The contractor selected to take down one of the city's two access bridges and build a new one will
meet next week with city officials and neighboring businesses.

The pre-construction meeting about replacing Veterans Memorial Long Bridge is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Newport
City council room in the municipal building.

Officials with Reed & Reed Inc., the Maine company doing the work, will attend, said Francine Perkins of FRP Enterprises
who is handling public relations for the project.

Thursday, February 16, 2012


NEWPORT CITY -- The Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center moved an
important step closer on Wednesday to opening in a vacant building on Main
Street in Newport City.

Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that the NEK Tasting Center would use a
$30,000 community development grant presented to Newport City for phase
two of the planning of the project, picking tenants and preparing to find an
investor to buy the former Downtown Discount building.

Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center Moves Closer to Opening

Thursday, February 16, 2012


NEWPORT CITY -- The Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center moved an
important step closer on Wednesday to opening in a vacant building on Main
Street in Newport City.

Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that the NEK Tasting Center would use a
$30,000 community development grant presented to Newport City for phase
two of the planning of the project, picking tenants and preparing to find an
investor to buy the former Downtown Discount building.

"Newport is pleased to accept the award of the $30,000 Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) planning grant to the City of Newport, on behalf of the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center,” said Paul L Monette, Newport City Mayor. “This will allow the Tasting Center to proceed to the next level of the planning process helping bring the project closer to reality.”

Newport Vermont. Future Culinary Destination. Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center.

"Newport is pleased to accept the award of the $30,000 Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) planning grant to the City of Newport, on behalf of the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center,” said Paul L Monette, Newport City Mayor. “This will allow the Tasting Center to proceed to the next level of the planning process helping bring the project closer to reality.”

... the Newport State Airport could soon have a new name, a new access road, a new terminal, and a major new business. It could also gain 1,000 more feet of runway by 2015...

Major Changes Planned for Newport Airport

... the Newport State Airport could soon have a new name, a new access road, a new terminal, and a major new business. It could also gain 1,000 more feet of runway by 2015...

NEWPORT CITY – The Community College of Vermont (CCV) is in the middle of launching the Governor’s Career Ready Certificate Program.

NCRC Brainstorm's Newport's Future

NEWPORT CITY – The Community College of Vermont (CCV) is in the middle of launching the Governor’s Career Ready Certificate Program.

NEWPORT– Plans were unveiled Monday afternoon for a variety of improvements and expansion plans for the Newport Airport in Coventry. The announcements included plans for a new manufacturing facility.

Plans Unveiled for Improvements & Expansion of Newport Airport

NEWPORT– Plans were unveiled Monday afternoon for a variety of improvements and expansion plans for the Newport Airport in Coventry. The announcements included plans for a new manufacturing facility.

Community leaders along the Vermont-Canadian border are launching a nine-year project to upgrade the Newport State Airport.

The plan calls for adding 1,000 feet to the runway, improving water and sewer services and adding services from Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security Agency.

Patricia Sears of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation said Monday that the expansion would be carried out through a partnership between public and private organizations, including the state and federal government.

Officials Plan Expansion of Newport Vermont Airport

Community leaders along the Vermont-Canadian border are launching a nine-year project to upgrade the Newport State Airport.

The plan calls for adding 1,000 feet to the runway, improving water and sewer services and adding services from Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security Agency.

Patricia Sears of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation said Monday that the expansion would be carried out through a partnership between public and private organizations, including the state and federal government.

NEWPORT CITY -- A composite airplanes manufacturer wants to build a 50,000-square-foot plant at the Newport State Airport in Coventry, state and local officials announced Monday.

The company would invest $20 million to $30 million to build the facility and create jobs.

And private investors want to build a multi-million-dollar new terminal building and an eight-bay hangar that could hold 16 airplanes to be leased out to airport users.

Vermont Airport May Get Manufacturing Plant

NEWPORT CITY -- A composite airplanes manufacturer wants to build a 50,000-square-foot plant at the Newport State Airport in Coventry, state and local officials announced Monday.

The company would invest $20 million to $30 million to build the facility and create jobs.

And private investors want to build a multi-million-dollar new terminal building and an eight-bay hangar that could hold 16 airplanes to be leased out to airport users.

Only 20 minutes from Newport, Vermont ... SEVEN miles from the Canadian border in northern Vermont, Jay Peak has always been so remote that only the ardent found it. For those who did, the mountain’s miles of out-of-bounds terrain became a cultlike destination, drawing a loyal, if limited, following that included many Canadians.

A New Jay Peak, in Vermont

Only 20 minutes from Newport, Vermont ... SEVEN miles from the Canadian border in northern Vermont, Jay Peak has always been so remote that only the ardent found it. For those who did, the mountain’s miles of out-of-bounds terrain became a cultlike destination, drawing a loyal, if limited, following that included many Canadians.