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A quick look at the things that made news this week in Newport Beach: • Quee Choo Chadwick, the Newport Coast woman whose body was found Oct. 18 in a Lakeside dumpster, died of strangulation, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reported. In a search of the Chadwick...

“American exceptionalism” is the notion that our form of democracy is unique (and superior) based on our egalitarianism, individualism, and populism, and our mission is to spread American democracy to the rest of the world. Back to this in a minute. I recently read a...

If you’ve ever been at an event with someone you’ve known for years (or worse your significant other) and suddenly forget their name just as you have to make introductions, you know how embarrassing it can be. Not to mention the uneasy feeling that perhaps you’re losing your...

The children screamed in unison, “Ah, come on mommy, tell us a story, pleeeeeze!” They all were gathered around the table, pumpkin guts piled in a bowl with a pumpkin glowing right beside it. “Well,” she said in her most hoarse growl, ‘it was a long long time ago on Halloween...

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary…” So begins “The Raven,” the poem by famed gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. I can think of few passages more apt to describe the haunting feelings we seek out this time of year.  In fact, I can scarcely read those words...

There is a lot going in the our city and country right now that requires all of us to stop and consider how we are voting, to get out and vote, but most importantly get information from all sides and make the hard choices among leaders, propositions and measures. It is difficult...

(re: “My Turn: Yes on Measure EE,” NB Indy, 10/12:) Marian Bergeson has a long and distinguished record of involvement in the political fabric of our community. In view of this record, it was particularly disturbing to find her seeking to defend Measure EE largely by...

I remember when being booed was a bad thing.  For politicians, musicians, comedians, athletes, and performers, the ultimate sign of displeasure and rejection. According to boobirds.com, “Booing performers has a very long history. The first written record comes from ancient...

An Orange County Superior Court judge has ordered that a receiver oversee the settlement agreement reached by the city of Newport Beach and Newport Beach boat builder Dennis Holland earlier this year. Holland and the city have been engaged in an on-going legal battle over the...

Fuel Freedom Foundation officially launched its campaign to end America’s oil addiction with a major event held at the home of Eyal Aronoff in Newport Coast last weekend. The foundation was founded by Aronoff and Yossie Hollander, with the belief that the markets are the solution...

Newport Indy Editor Roger Bloom invites readers and members of the community to drop in and have a chat with him at various spots around town next week. If you’d like to meet Roger, ask him about the Indy, or, most importantly, let him know what you’d like to see in your paper,...