By Claire Latsko | Staff Writer If you’re looking for a new place to grab a cup of coffee, relax with your friends, or do homework, then here are some great recommendations for local Newport coffee shops that are sure to please. Next time you want some coffee, rethink your idea to step foot into a Starbucks or Dunkin. SomeRead More

By Quisan Taylor-Lawhon | Photography Editor Many of Newport’s finest destinations for the season’s freshest and most innovative prepared dishes serve not only dinner, but lunch too. The lunch and dinner duo is offered at a variety of cuisine themed restaurants from Busker’s Irish Pub, to Diego’s Mexican inspired flavors to Newport’s steak and seafood sanctuaries like 22 Bowens.  LocatedRead More

By Kate Drexel | Managing Editor While waiting outside the club for quite sometime, clutching the concert ticket tightly hoping the cold air will subside soon, you finally enter the venue’s lobby. The buzz of excited concertgoers heightens your very own enthusiasm. You then walk into the bar area of the venue, clusters of people sit by the center bar,Read More

By Albert Vuoso | Arts & Entertainment Editor – For Dorothy and Ed Madden, home is a very special place. Their son comes in from the back porch after a morning dip in the Newport Harbor, freshly baked scones sit on the kitchen table and a pot of coffee is brewing. But Dorothy, Ed and their son aren’t the onlyRead More

By Quisan Taylor-Lawhon | Photographer   1.      Have a seafood Feast this Fall October 19 & 20 Hours: 11am -5pm [both days] http://www.bowenswharf.com/bowens_wharf_events.html This fall don’t miss this – only in Newport – type of event. Honoring the “Harvest of the Sea” the 23rd annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival brings the finest seafood from around the coast to one location for localsRead More