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.

Maggie Wiggins can still remember when she first knew that she had concocted some great chili when a Canadian man approached her one year to ask for her recipe. “He wanted to know if he could use my recipe to enter in his contest in Canada!” Wiggins laughed.

The “Begin the Beguine” Valentine’s Day dance is coming to town as part of the Newport in the Jazz Age Festival.

Attention Smokers! Quitting smoking is the single most important health decision you will ever make.