Emily Conklin

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Emily Conklin @emzconk· 23d

I’ve been on here less - do you miss me? It is a big week in Newport! This summer, I feel like everything is happening at once. Let’s go through it 👇👇

Screenshot from the City of Newport Instagram that reads:

cityofnewportri Summer Sunday views.
As a reminder, this week is shaping up to be pretty busy around City Hall!
17 On Monday, we're holding a special joint workshop with the Planning Board and City Council to review some of the findings gleaned from our early community outreach and expert analysis from our Newport 2037
Comprehensive Plan update!
If you're interested in learning about how your neighbors feel about Newport's challenges, opportunities, and general vision for the next ten years, be sure to join in person on Monday July 20th at 6:30 pm at City Hall, or tune in online at www.NewportRl.gov/TV
You can also visit our Engage Newport project page at Engage.NewportRl.gov/Newport2037 to read up on past plans, survey results, and more!
Then on Tuesday, July 21st, the Tree and Open Space and Waterfront Commissions will be meeting for their second joint Public Information Session as we look to make some important infrastructure improvements to Perrotti Park.
That meeting is being held at Innovate Newport, 513
Broadway, at 6 p.m. and all are welcome to attend!
To catch up on the project and learn more about rebuilding the park, check out Engage.NewportRl.gov/
PerrottiPark
And finally, on Wednesday, July 22nd, City Councilors will be meeting again for the regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall!
To review the agenda or tune in on-demand, head over to www.NewportRl.gov/TV
As always, meetings are open to the public and ALL are welcome to attend!

Emily Conklin @emzconk· May 26

Councilor Xay proposed a five part package of amendments that ultimately passed. I’m sure we will return to this tomorrow night.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· May 26

Part 3: thank you Councilor Pinnock for bringing such passion and dedication to our community and our kids. All community kids are our kids. @queenpep43.bsky.social

Emily Conklin @emzconk· May 26

Part 2

Emily Conklin @emzconk· May 26

The next 3 posts will be Councilor Pinnock @queenpep43.bsky.social sharing her piece on why it’s unacceptable for us to not fund the schools to the point they need.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· May 20

Below is the increase chart that Kendra kindly dropped in the comments for me. I have clipped the increase column with the corresponding monetary values for that year. (50/?)

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Apr 21

Tomorrow, Earth Day 🌏🍃🌻 itself, I will be joining @aq-resilience.bsky.social at Ragged Island Brewing in Portsmouth to, you guessed it, talk about composting and to partake in the fun climate planning & activities that Aquidneck Resilience will have. Family friendly; more details on poster.

Colorful poster featuring a photo of Ragged Island’s greenhouse interior that reads:

Earth Day Block Party
JOIN AQUIDNECK RESILIENCE
FOR FOOD, GAMES, AND ACTIVITIES!
WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 5-7 PM
ON THE 60 BUS LINE!
RAGGED ISLAND BREWING COMPANY
54 BRISTOL FERRY RD PORTSMOUTH, RI
LIGHT BITES PROVIDED. FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Apr 18

Thank you to everyone who stopped by Miantonomi Park today! I got to talk about compost and I got to see @bikenewportri.bsky.social dirt track for the first time, which is SO cool. A little kid was shredding on there- so neat. Sign up to compost if you haven’t already: blackearthcompost.com/Newport

View from the start of the Bike Newport dirt pump track with a sign that says “start here”. The track starts with a drop in and there are several bumps and curves. It is made of dirt and grass.

Another view of the dirt pump track with the “Bike Newport Dirt Track” sign with a list of rules too small to read in the photo.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Apr 7

I will be representing the EEC at the Health Equity Zone’s Earth Day event with @aq-resilience.bsky.social @bikenewportri.bsky.social and other organizations in/around the City of Newport. Come sign up for composting and partake in fun Earth day activities! Next Saturday, 4/18 in Miantonomi Park.

Flyer from Aquidneck Resilience with a photo of the tower in Miantonomi Park and that reads:

EARTH DAY AT THE PARK

SATURDAY APRIL 18TH 9-1PM

CELEBRATE WITH US!
BIG BLUE BIKE BARN ON SUNSET BLVD NEWPORT, RI
JOIN US FOR A PARK CLEANUP, FOOD, CRAFTS AND GAMES FOR KIDS, TOWER CLIMBS, BIOBLITZ, AND MORE!

Earth Day at the Park sponsored by the Newport Health Equity Zone with logos from co-sponsors Aquidneck Resilience, the Aquidneck Island Land Trust, Bike Newport, the City of Newport, Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Eastern RI Conservation District. The schedule on the flier reads:
Saturday, April 18th 9-1pm
9am to 11am: AQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST
PARK CLEANUP
BIKE NEWPORT
PUMP TRACK PICKUP
11-12pm
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RI
BIOBLITZ TRAINING
EASTERN RI CONSERVATION DISTRICT
MIANTONOMI TOWER CLIMBS
11-1pm
NEWPORT HEZ
TOTE DECORATING, CRAFTS, AND SEED PLANTING
AQUIDNECK RESILIENCE
ACTIVITY AND GAMES
CITY OF NEWPORT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ENGAGEMENT
12pm
LUNCH IS SERVED AT THE BIKE BARN

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 30

Diverting your food waste to compost pickup makes your trash less stinky and reduces the trash you’re sending to landfill by a LOT - usually about 30%. In RI, we have 1 landfill and it’s filling fast, so any reduction helps. Plus this in turn reduces carbon emissions, which is better for all.

Compost pilot advertising flier with the Black Earth Compost, Eastern RI Conservation District, City of Newport and 11th Hour logos. The text reads:

TOP 5 REASONS TO COMPOST
1. Keep Food Out of the Waste Stream
• Food scraps in a landfill generate methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 84x more potent than CO2 in the short term.
• RI's Central Landfill will reach permitted capacity in 2046. At that point there is no clear solution as to where our waste will go.
2. Compost Improves Ecological Health
• Compost improveswatersheds by decreasing erosion and by filtering and degrading chemicals in stormwater runoff.
• Compost in soil sequesters C02 from the atmosphere.
3. Compost Improves Soil Health
• Increases moisture retention, microbial activity, soil fertility, disease suppression.
• Improves soil structure and ability to store nutrients.
4. Build a More Resilient State and USA
• By providing a local source of nutrients to grow healthy plants and food in our backyards and on local farms without the use of chemical fertilizers. The USA is dependent on buying fertilizer from both friendly and less-friendly nations all over the world.
• By processing our waste locally, our state is less dependent on trash disposal sites in other states and creates local green jobs.
5. It's Easy and Feels Good
• Compostable binliners makeseparating and disposing of food scraps clean and convenient.
• Easily identify what's compostable with our detailed list.
• Online account to easily manage service.
BLACK EARTH COMPOST
All life above the soil is dependent on life within the soil.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 27

High school me was so happy

Shot of The Format on stage at the Roadrunner from middle far away. They had THE FORMAT suspended in lights that change color and the band is visible on the stage under blue and white lights.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 17

Cannot overstate how cute Focus Friend from @hankgreen.bsky.social is- and it helps me stay off this/other apps at work or when I want to be focusing on other things. My brain cannot stay in one place without help and look how cute he is 😭😭😭

Screenshot from Hank Green’s “focus friend” app where my little bean character is in his office, taking a drink of water while on a break from work. The text on top says “enjoy your break. Grab some water!”

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 15

I must have a million of this photo and it never gets old. How lucky are we to live in such a beautiful place. Go outside, folks. It helps.

Wide angle photo looking at Easton’s beach from the cliff walk on a moody cloudy day

photo looking at the sakonnet and out to sea from the cliff walk on a moody cloudy day

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 15

We had a great time at the 70th Newport St Patrick’s Day Parade and it was an absolutely gorgeous day. Let’s remember while we celebrate that all liberation is connected and the Irish story is all about liberation. Free Palestine. No war with Iran.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 11

I didn't read this agenda beforehand thoroughly and therefore I don't have a link to my previous posts about it, but this is a screenshot from the item that describes the background. The clarifiers are required infrastructure to ensure water pollution control and comply with environmental law.(21/?)

BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:

On February 11, 2026, the City Council voted not to approve the previously submitted General Obligation bond funding request for the Primary Clarifier Rehabilitation Project. The Primary Clarifiers are critical infrastructure components at the Water Pollution Control Facility and are essential to maintaining RIDEM and EPA permit compliance and protecting public health. The estimated total project cost is approximately $25 million.
construction claims, or enforcement risk.
Due to the projects critical regulatory compliance infrastructure, near-term liquidity is required to avoid delays, construction claims, or enforcement risk.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 10

Fun things cooking in the @aq-resilience.bsky.social office. Thanks for having me over, Glennie & Emma!

Selfie in the Aquidneck resilience office of Emily (left), a white woman with brown hair, Emma (center), a white woman with brown hair and sunglasses on her head in a jean jacket, and Glennie (right), a white woman with short cropped brown hair. All are smiling.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 4

And we’re off! Director Schultz gives some background before the consulting team gets up to share the plan and reasoning behind it.

Rob Schultz, Director of Utilities dept for the City, stands at a lectern in city council chambers. A TV screen mounted behind him and up to the right on the balcony walls shows a PowerPoint slide that reads:
GOALS:
1. protect drinking water supply
2. Strengthen and reinforce the dam
3. Reduce long term infrastructure risk
4. Explore public access options that protect water quality

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Mar 4

The good news is that I instead will be able to attend this workshop on Easton’s Pond, which IS in city council chambers. This is cool- I won’t live post because it’s a workshop but will share highlights.

Flyer with the Fuss & O’Neill and City of Newport seals at the top. It has an aerial photo of Easton’s pond and reads:

North and South Easton Pond Dam Resilience and Public Access Project

Join us for an
In-Person Public Workshop
Wednesday March 4, 2026 5:30 PM
Newport City Council Chambers
Newport City Hall
Second Floor
43 Broadway
Newport, RI 02840

North and South Easton Ponds are important parts of the public water supply infrastructure serving Aquidneck Island. These two impoundments provide approximately 17% of the storage capacity available to Newport Water. The impoundments are formed by earthen embankment dams with associated concrete spillways. Today, this infrastructure is at risk of damage from either inland or coastal flooding events.
The City of Newport Department of Utilities is currently undertaking a program to improve the resilience of this infrastructure to flooding. As part of that project, public access improvements are being considered in this project area.
During this meeting, people can learn more about the resilience improvements being proposed for the dam infrastructure as well as provide initial input into the public access improvements that will be considered.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 27

I was plowed out today but the snow removal continues. Also, if you’re able, consider helping shovel out bus stops and school sidewalks!

Newport alert email that reads:

NPT Alert: SNOW REMOVAL UPDATE
Please be advised that rapid snow removal operations will continue across the City on SATURDAY, FEB. 28TH
Residents of the following streets are being asked to move their vehicles to off-street parking if possible and please give heavy equipment ample room to operate.
• Hillside Ave.
• Maple Ave.
• Dexter St.
• Girard Ave.
• West Narragansett Ave.
• Eastnor Rd.
• Carroll Ave.
• Atlantic St.
• and Historic Hill
Please note that the above streets may require temporary traffic restrictions while work is taking place.
Work will also being taking place along the Southbound side of Broadway during the daytime hours on Saturday. Cars parked on the Southbound side are being asked to use Northbound parking while work is underway.

Email continues:

In other updates:
• Residents are advised that first-time applications for the City's 2-tier Residential Tax Program are not due until Friday, March 13th. For more information, visit www.CityofNewport.com/ResidentRate
• Applications for the City's annual kayak rack lottery, however, ARE due on Saturday, Feb. 28th. To apply visit www.CityofNewport.com/
RackLottery
• And the Newport Public Schools are looking for help preparing sidewalks and school bus stops in advance of schools reopening next week. If you have a bus stop in your
neighborhood, please consider grabbing a shovel to help our kids get back into the classroom!

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 27

It’s not a plow, it’s this tiny thing!

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 26

We DID leave the house on foot yesterday and that was delightful.

Emily flopped on her back in a giant snow bank, arms out. Only her huge black coat, hood and snow boots are visible - no facial features detected.

Emily’s partner stands on the brick sidewalk on Touro St by Washington Park. He is facing the camera, face focused, wearing a patriots snow hat, dark coat and jeans, right arm cocked back with a snowball in his hand. We are facing west, with the snowy park to our right, Jane Pickens theater almost visible, and a blush sunset in the sky. Touro street is clear of snow!

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 26

Oh my goodness could they be coming?! I said we’d be able to get out on Friday- we’ll see if I’m right!

Alert text from the city of Newport that reads:

NPT311: We're conducting rapid snow removal operations in your neighborhood. If you're able, please move cars off the street and please give our heavy equipment ample room to operate. Thank you for your understanding! Click below for more: https://getrave.com/m/
25mWwJ3ZTz8uR

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 26

The City of Newport is so clearly being like - please, dear god, follow the rules so we can clear the snow we are begging you

Text message from Newport alerts that reads: NPT311: Please be advised that heavy equipment on loan from the state is currently being moved into place for immediate snow removal operations. If you have a car parked on a Parking Ban street, please move it NOW. Click below for more: https://
getrave.com/m/21dMJR2foUcrV

Screenshot from a text thread with my friend where they tell me:
A city vehicle just drove down spring yelling "THE PARKING BAN IS STILL IN EFFECT"
Out the window
Very official

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 25

If your street is still blocked (like mine) don’t worry, they’re coming. And maybe don’t think about the fact that we’re getting more snow today 🫣🫣

Text alert from the City of Newport that reads:

NPT311: BLIZZARD UPDATE.
Primary roads are clear; side streets are in progress; If we haven't gotten to your street, WE WILL. The parking ban is lifted for Broadway; and Ocean Drive is closed. City Hall + Newport Public Schools are closed Wed; and Trash pickup is suspended Wed/ Thurs. Click for more: https:// getrave.com/m/2R3CNQTFBq63R

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 24

This part really fucking got me. Reka is a Hungarian immigrant who escaped Nazi Germany. She speaks about her experience of the US taking her in but demanding gratitude and zero criticism, no matter what. This is what we do to immigrants today, still.

Excerpt from Kate Quinn’s The Briar Club that reads:

At least you got out. Those words had been hurled at Reka before, in bitter grief by Berliners who had lost whole families into the swastika's maw. But the question she couldn't help but contemplate now, staring into the future: What did we get out for? No one had an answer for that.
Not a slick young G-man who believed in his God, his flag, and his badge; not Grace March and her sun tea and her weekly suppers; not this country with its copper-green Lady Liberty and her false promises of Give me your huddled masses.

Section from the previous photo continues: No, Reka thought, not willing to be unfair even inside her head.
Not false promises. Lady Liberty had taken her in, after all-and many others-and Reka would never lose the bone-deep thrum of thankfulness for that. She just wished that so many of the huddled masses this country took in hadn't found themselves treated like a resource: stripped of what little they'd brought with them so it could be given to someone else, someone better off. Communism in reverse. I wasn't asking to be given everything on a silver platter when I came here, Reka thought, still thinking of Lady Liberty. I was always willing to pay my way, earn my share. So why did you have to welcome me with one hand and take everything I had left with the other?

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 24

Even women of relative privilege are not immune from controlling husbands and doctors who tend to their husband, not to them. If you think this doesn’t happen now, you’re delusional. But it was worse and it could be again.

Excerpt from Kate Quinn’s The Briar Club where one character is talking to another about getting fitted for a diaphragm without her husband knowing:
“Mrs. Sutherland gave a quick shake of her head. "Any doctor might tell my husband. I know I sound silly and paranoid, but it happened to me before-I asked my doctor for something to help me sleep, and he was ringing my husband almost before I was out of the office. Barrett was so angry with me for not asking his permission first..."
"Dr. Rock would never do that." Doctors like him, Fliss thought, are more precious than the Hope Diamond.
"Massachusetts, though... is he Catholic? Wouldn't it be against his
religion, helping to limit families?"
"Uncle John says he believed that for a long time, but that a man changes his mind after forty years treating women worn to the bone by eight, nine, ten pregnancies in ten years." Fliss remembered those women, too, from her time at the clinic. Women missing teeth at thirty-five, haggard to the bone, trying to work up that expectant glow when Fliss had to tell them that yes, they were pregnant again. Saying Well, lucky me! and looking like they wanted to heave themselves in front of a train.
"You go to the clinic at the Free Hospital for Women in Boston, Mrs. Sutherland. Dr. Rock will measure you for what you need, and he'll keep it quiet."”

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 24

It’s pretty but … yeah we’re going nowhere

Emily’s street, unplowed, with drifts almost up to the first floor windows, blocking her front stoop and door. There is probably a foot and a half of snow in various drifts covering the street and sides, down to the intersection with the next street. It’s very white and dramatic against the blue sky.

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 23

Newport folks - sign up for 311 alerts if you don’t get them already. We just got this update 👇👇

311 info text from number 67283:

NPT311: BLIZZARD UPDATE. A State of Emergency & statewide
Travel Ban remains in effect.
Bridges are CLOSED. City Hall & Newport Public Schools will be shut on Tuesday & Trash pickup is suspended Tuesday. Click below for more: https://getrave.com/m/.
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Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 16

Thanks, Dan.

Screenshot from the CBS article from the previous post with the highlighted region reading:

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee: "I am praying for Pawtucket"

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said in a Facebook post that he and Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien are monitoring the incident and that state police are working with local law enforcement.
"I am praying for Pawtucket and everyone involved," McKee said.|

Emily Conklin @emzconk· Feb 16

Reminds me of this, which I saved when I came across it on the Internet: