Billie Jean King, ITHF Secretary Peggy Woolard, ITHF Chairman Christopher Clouser. All photos by Kate Whitney Lucey. Tennis legend Billie Jean King was among the honored guests at today’s International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, during which she was presented with her official Hall of Fame ring. King, a 39-time Grand Slam champion and […]
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Google Earth Took Most Recent Satellite Images Of Newport at The Perfect Time
Google took new satellite imagery of Newport for Google Earth during a historic moment in the The City By The Sea’s history, during the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover. Newport hosted the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover for the very first time from May 5 – 17th, 2015, the event was a great success and attracted […]
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Newport Folk Festival Releases 2015 Schedule
The Newport Folk Festival has announced the release of their 2015 schedule. To be among the first to see the schedule, download the “Newport Folk Festival” app on your iOS or Android smartphone. If you already have a version of the app on your smartphone, Newport Folk Festival encourages users to refresh or update their app to […]
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Sea Turtle And Shark Found On First Beach In Last 24 Hours
Less than 24 hours after a dead shark was found on First Beach in front of the Atlantic Beach Club, a large sea turtle has washed ashore. The turtle was discovered at approximately 11am on Tuesday morning was missing it’s right flipper and deceased. It is unknown at this time why both the shark and […]
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Shark Washes Ashore In Front Of Atlantic Beach Club
Marcos Henrique of Newport discovered something he wasn’t expecting to see while walking on Easton’s Beach just around 8 pm on Monday night, a dead shark was found just feet from volleyball nets at the Atlantic Beach Club. “I was hanging out with my family after the volleyball league at first beach and my wife found the shark”, Henrique told […]
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Horse Severely Injured at Saturday’s Newport Polo Match
Just moments after the horse was injured | Photo via Mike McDonald USA vs Ireland, the most anticipated face-off yet this season in the Newport International Polo Series, saw tragedy on Saturday afternoon. Just after Ireland had one of the quickest scores possible and just minutes into the match, there was commotion on the field […]
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Owners Of Midtown Oyster Bar Have Purchased Perry Mill Tavern
Perry Mill Tavern & Music Hall, formerly the Rhino Bar & Grille, has been sold. The property had been on the market for almost one year. The property was purchased by Surf Club LLC, also known as Larry Silverstein and Patrick Kilroy (co-owners of Midtown Oyster), from J.H. Enterprises LLC. The duo opened Midtown Oyster Bar […]