NEWPORT BEACH – A group of residents who are on a mission to preserve the history of the community finally got what they’d wanted for years – a museum. The Newport Beach Historical Society ...

With roots going back to 1887, Newport's Easton's Beach – locally known as First Beach – is the oldest public beach in Rhode ...

One of the photos featured at the Newport Beach Historical Society’s museum shows the former City Hall and the Newport Beach Grammar School, which were built in 1905 next to McFadden’s Wharf ...

The newly renovated 1939 art deco Lido Theatre in Newport Beach, which has been closed since 2019, will celebrate its re-opening with an open house on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark ...

Darcy Terry the president of the Warwick County Historical Society flips through some of the hundreds of aerial photos taken by James Histand from the mid 1940's to the mid 1960's.

The photos are part of the Historical Society’s 500,000-photo collection, which dates back to the 1950s and includes photos donated by the Newport Daily News. Skip to main content.

The executive director said the historical society has never dealt with flooding before, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t prepared.