Good Morning! Here’s a round-up of the latest on what’s happening, new and to do in and around Newport, RI;
In Newport, Measuring Direct Benefits from Recent Tourism Awards is Tricky: What’s also tricky is keeping Newport positioned to earn the awards in the first place. Discover Newport’s Evan Smith explains. (Patch)
Pasta Beach Hopes to Open in New Location on Bellevue Before Summer of 2016: Pasta Beach may soon be making the long anticipated move to their new home on Bellevue Avenue. (What’sUpNewp)
Newport Teachers Ratify Tentative Contract Agreement: The Teachers’ Association of Newport voted to ratify a tentative contract agreement with the Newport School Committee and school administration on … (Patch)
To Do: Take a Seal Tour in Newport Harbor: On November 14, Save The Bay will launch its Newport Seal Tour season out of … All tours depart from Bowen’s Ferry Landing, 18 Market Square, Newport, RI. (Patch)
Prepare To Laugh Out Loud With Live Improv Comedy This Halloween Weekend:The Bit Players, Rhode Island’s most award-winning comedy troupe, will hit the stage five times this Halloween weekend with their hilarious improv comedy show full of larger than life characters, hysterical musical numbers, and the quickest wit you’ll ever see. (What’sUpNewp)
New Newport Street Sweeper is a Water Pollution Fighter: A new street sweeper will be making the rounds in Newport in the ongoing battle … For Newport, the new sweeper will enable the city to speed up its four-month … (Patch)
Salaries in New England are growing faster than inflation for the second consecutive quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s latest report on New England’s economic conditions.
Justin Herbert threw for 212 yards and set up a pair of Cameron Dicker field goals that were all the Los Angeles Chargers needed on a cold and rainy day for their first shutout in six years, a 6-0 victory over the New England Patriots and their latest hapless quarterback, Bailey Zappe.
Dee Dee Davis scored 21 points and Teisha Hyman hit the tie-breaking bucket with 33 seconds to play, lifting Rhode Island to a 60-58 win over No. 25 Princeton on Sunday.
The New England Patriots dressed three quarterbacks for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, with Bailey Zappe expected to start in place of the benched Mac Jones and rookie Malik Cunningham promoted from the practice squad.
The motorist remained in jail on Sunday, two days after the chase ended with his SUV crashing and spilling bullets and cartridges on a roadway in East Providence, police said.
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