Amigos Taqueria Y Tequila
RestaurantsLocal margarita mission: For nights when you want homestyle Mexican dishes and a margarita that didn’t come from a squirt gun, Amigos Taqueria Y Tequila turns out real-deal plates and handcrafted drinks.
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South County Distillers
NightlifeLocal spirits worth sipping: From clean, no-fuss bottles to barrel-aged releases and craft cocktails, South County Distillers keeps the good stuff local.
Westerly Museum of American Impressionism
Arts & CultureSee color up close: Westerly Museum of American Impressionism brings eleven intimate galleries of late 19th to early 20th century American masters to our backyard, with works by Childe Hassam, Jane Peterson, Lilla Cabot Perry, and John Singer Sargent.
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Giant Newport house, Allan Fung comeback bid, RI facts. Top stories
Cranston mayor Allan Fung, a former Republican Party standard-bearer, is running as an independent against Democrat David Morales in the State House race.
Full story at providencejournal.com ↗
Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island Mansion Was Bought for Just $80,000 in 1948
In 1948, Standard Oil heir William Hale Harkness and his wife, Rebekah Harkess, purchased a seaside property in Watch Hill, Rhode Island for $80,000.
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They invited me for a walk, but gave me a new appreciation for RI
Nick Smith and Mike Bilecki, two men from South Kingstown and Coventry, Rhode Island, are walking the portions of the Rhode Island coastline that touch the Atlantic Ocean for a project that aims to walk 65 miles.
Full story at newportri.com ↗
In Westerly’s first staggered town council election five of the six candidates for three of the seven town council positions to be elected this year (Alexandra Healy, Anne Pearce, Michael Ober, Jean Gagnier, and Rose Van Dover, Caswell Cooke Jr. was absent) answered questions from the audience on Th
In Westerly’s first staggered town council election, five of the six candidates for three of the seven town council positions to be elected this year (Alexandra Healy, Anne Pearce, Michael Ober, Jean Gagnier, and Rose Van Dover, Caswell Cooke Jr.
Full story at thewesterlysun.com ↗
4 fall festivals to check out over Columbus Day weekend in RI
RhRhRhiziz Island is celebrating Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day over the weekend, making it a prime weekend for fall festivals in Rhode Island.
Full story at providencejournal.com ↗
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