Love is all around.

Living in America, it’s hard to imagine a world besides the one we know. We grew up in a time that was prospering. Cabbage Patch dolls and Full House, MTV and MC Hammer; we had it made. When our parents wanted us to do something and we questioned it, their usual response was, “Because I said so.

Tests to study for. Meetings to attend. People to call. Places to go. Take a minute to make a to-do list to help sort out your mind and make your day a little more manageable.

Newport’s Annual Ice Carving Competition should prove to be anything but a “Blast from the Past” when the personalities present in the Brick Market Place strive to make this year’s competition unforgettable.

As “Friends of Ballroom Dancing” celebrates its seventeenth anniversary this year, 17 couples will join the organization in celebrating anniversaries of their own, including Dorothy and James Finn. Averaging one marriage a year, the ballroom dancing organization has helped people find one another since 1987.