Salve Regina will be hosting its first ever College Improv Festival from March 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place at Salve Regina University’s Theatre Studio in Mercy Hall.

The College Improv Festival will showcase nine different improvisational troupes from a variety of local colleges and universities.

Katie Dyer and Jane Perkins of Newport are travel connoisseurs. The mother-daughter pair shares ownership of Cadeaux du Monde, the only alternative trading organization in Newport. Alternative trade organizations allow for developing nations to grow without losing sight of their culture heritage.

DALLAS _ Ellen Savage dropped her cell phone one time too many. Kevin Brown went swimming with his cell phone, and then its replacement. David Stixroot knocked his phone into a hotel toilet, then dropped the replacement phone into a swimming pool skimmer.

The method of phone death may differ, but all three and many others have faced the same predicament _ how can one replace a broken, lost, stolen or dunked cell phone without going broke?

If you’re at or near the end of your contract, the cellular company usually will provide a new one for free or at a subsidized price.

The performance of a student’s interpretation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic story, “Little Women” is still in production, and the theatre troupe is certain they are creating a masterpiece.

The play, which will be presented April 5, began production in early February.

Grille and came home around 2 a.m. after a stop at Via Via. About an hour after the group of girls returned home, one of the girls had an unfortunate incident.

In the second floor apartment, a man entered the house and walked into the first bedroom on the left.