Fall is in full swing on the coast. This week brings spooky cinema, a Halloween night inside the walls of Fort Adams, cozy cups by the Cliff Walk, and a full Sunday that rolls from cars and engines to restaurant royalty. It is a great time to invite friends, layer up, and make a plan that mixes chills with comfort.
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Rhode Island Jobs Rebound: 500 New Positions Spark Hope for Newport’s Tourism Winter – Unemployment Dips to 4.6%!
by Ryan JohnRhode Island’s late summer labor snapshot shows a small but welcome improvement. The state added about 500 jobs in August on a seasonally adjusted basis and the unemployment rate edged down to …
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Newport’s $6B Tourism Engine Roars into Fall 2025: Will Easy Arrivals and Fed Rate Cuts Fuel a Strong Winter?
by Ryan JohnRhode Island’s visitor economy is not a side dish. It is one of the main engines that feeds paychecks in Newport. The latest data show a strong base rolling into fall 2025, …
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BREAKING: Newport Lands a Double Win in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best 2025 – Can You Guess Which 2 Inns Conquered the Top 5?
by Ryan JohnTravel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2025 just dropped and Newport put 2 properties in the national top tier of Favorite Inns in the continental United States. The Chanler at Cliff Walk …
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BREAKING: Castle Hill Inn Scores Two MICHELIN Keys – What Makes This Newport Icon a Must-Visit Star?
by Ryan JohnMICHELIN’s hotel awards updated this year, and Castle Hill Inn landed in an upper tier with Two MICHELIN Keys. Keys sit alongside the famous restaurant Stars and signal overall stay quality in …
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BREAKING: Newport’s Seafood Legend Scales & Shells Gets Snapped Up by Heritage Group – A Fresh Twist on Thames Street Magic Coming in 2026!
by Ryan JohnNewport, RI — Heritage Restaurant Group says it has reached an agreement to acquire Scales & Shells, the Lower Thames Street seafood staple that has anchored the neighborhood since 1987. The plan …
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BREAKING: Newport Snags Two Spots in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best 2025 – Can You Guess the Elite Inns That Cracked the Top 5?
by Ryan JohnTravel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2025 just dropped and Newport put 2 properties in the national top tier of Favorite Inns in the continental United States. The Chanler at Cliff Walk …
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The MICHELIN Guide’s hotel awards for the current year placed The Chanler at Cliff Walk in the upper tier with Two MICHELIN Keys. Keys are the hotel side signal of quality that …
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Breaking: Castle Hill Inn Soars to No. 5 Favorite Inn in the U.S. for Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best 2025 – Discover Why This Newport Inn Shines!
by Ryan JohnTravel + Leisure published its World’s Best Awards lists and readers ranked Castle Hill Inn no. 5 among Favorite Inns in the continental United States with a score of 92.83. The list …
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Breaking: Millions of Birds Blitzing the Atlantic Flyway This Week, Prime Spot for Epic Fall Sightings Revealed!
by Ryan JohnThe skies over Rhode Island are buzzing this week as peak fall migration lights up the Atlantic Flyway — the east-coast superhighway that funnels birds from Greenland and Canada to the Caribbean …

