Newport focuses on workforce/middle class housing; Photo Gallery: Newport Oyster & Chowder Festival returns to Bowen’s Wharf; Salve Regina grads urged to embrace the unexpected at 74th commencement

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Newport to appear on Food Network’s ‘Best Bite In Town’ on May 24; Free ‘Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley’ returning to Newport this summer; Caliente Mexican Grill to open on lower Thames Street

Sail Newport honors Cole Brauer as she shares her journey to becoming the first American woman to sail solo nonstop around the world.

Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre will stop in Newport before heading home to Norway

A look at the events, live music, and entertainment happening this weekend, May - 17 - 19, in and around Newport, Rhode Island.