The popular Seastreak Ferry kicks off the summer season with more trips per day between Providence and Newport, and a longer season running through October 1st. The ferry was a huge hit last year so they have expanded the schedule. Last year 20% of the runs were sold out, with heaviest demand on Friday and …
In honor of yesterday’s holiday, TheDailyBeast.com released a Top 40 list of marijuana-smoking U.S. cities. First, accolades are due to our neighbor in the east: Boston came in with the silver medal. Sounds like the Massachusetts Supreme Court decided last week that smelling weed is no grounds for ordering you out of your car. Undisturbed …
The Newport Jazz Festival, held this year on August 7th and 8th, is rolling into Newport’s Fort Adams Park and we would love to see you there enjoying the music, the scenery, and the fun! To make that happen, Clean Water Action is offering reduced rate tickets at $54 per day on a first come, …
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This would totally be the worth the trip to Newport, and I do not say that often (Flo’s Clamshack). This is a good ‘get’ for the Newport Summer Comedy Series — Louis C. K. may be the best stand-up guy out there. His recent work includes his nuanced performance as Dave, the unsophisticated, but nobody’s …
It was 230 years ago on this date that Captain James Cook was bludgeoned and stabbed to death on the island of Hawaii for staying just a little too long at the luau. (And if you haven’t read Blue Latitudes by Brown alum, Tony Horwitz, put it on your list.) Maritime archaeologists now suggest that …
This might not be Narragansett Bay — I’m not a beach person — but it is a gray seal, one of the four types we have around here. (Kind of looks like B.J. Novak.) This Saturday ‘Save the Bay’ starts up its seal watch and lighthouse cruises around Rose Island aboard the Alletta Morris. They …
2nd Annual Local Food Fest to benefit Farm Fresh RI Wednesday, August 6th, 5pm-8pm at Castle Hill Inn in Newport As the keeper of the official guest list*, I can say that tickets are selling fast for this event. Buy your tickets 10 minutes ago if you want to come. (Tickets are $45 each.) The …
(Thanks to tipster Amanda) The push is on to ban the reviled Segway from the streets and sidewalks of ‘America’s Society Capital’ aka ‘the Queen of Summer Resorts’ aka ‘the City by the Sea’. aka, Newport: NEWPORT — The Newport City Council is considering an ordinance to ban Segway personal transporters from city streets and …
Today’s the day, folks. Democrat Bud Cicilline will hopefully be rep-elect by day’s end, not withstanding the awkward portmanteau of a name. (At 67 years old, he’s been around longer than both those mayors of Providence, anwyay.) Cicilline spent a decade in the State Senate until he was re-districted out of office in 2002, and …