Newtown, Port of Spain Government run schools located in close proximity to Maraval Road and Tragarete Road, such as Wood Brook Secondary School and St. Cecelia's Private Secondary School. Over the years a branch of a tertiary educational institute, SBCS, has offered its services from two locations on Picton Street. Newtown, Port of Spain Newtown, is a district in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Over the years Newtown has evolved into a fairly well developed business area with large residences being converted into business places or being torn down with the intention to build a more business like location. One of the
Battle of Port Republic Valley and freeing his army to reinforce Robert E. Lee before Richmond in the Seven Days Battles. The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved of the Port Republic battlefield in seven transactions since 1988. The battlefield is located about three miles east of Port Republic at U.S. Route 340 and Ore Bank Road. It retains its wartime agrarian appearance. The Port Republic Battle Monument is on Ore Bank Road beside the site of The Coaling, a key battlefield feature. The Coaling was the first land acquisition of the modern