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Your Guide: Thanksgiving in Newport

Your guide to Thanksgiving in Newport.

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, Nov. 28. Are you ready? 

Whether it's whether to pick up your holiday pie or how you can run off those holiday pounds, Patch has you covered for what you need to know to survive Thanksgiving 2013. 

Here's a look at what you need to know for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving, Middletown!   Make sure you like Newport Patch on Facebook to get and give updates!  

1.    Middletown’s night before Thanksgiving bonfire at Third Beach has been cancelled due to the predicted inclement weather.

2.    Everything you need to know for the annual Thanksgiving Pie Run hosted by the Newport Running Club is here.

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3.     The annual Thanksgiving Day Football game will be held in Newport this year. Read details here.

4.    In a rarity, Thanksgiving and the first full day of Hanukkah both fall on Nov. 28 this year. Patch offers some ideas on how to celebrate the two holidays.

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5.    The holiday shopping season starts this week!  Give your favorite stores some love on Patch here

6.    Middletown asks Aquidneck Island residents to “shop small” on Saturday, Nov. 30 for Small Business Saturday.

7. Below are the restaurants which have said they will be open on Thanksgiving on a Facebook question. If your restaurant or bar will be open, add it to the comments section below, along with hours.  

  • Easton's Point Pub, 116 Middletown (no food, 8 a.m. until 1 a.m. )
  • Empire Tea & Coffee (Broadway in Newport 6:00-3:00) and  (Aquidneck Ave. in Middletown 6:00-1:30)
  • IHOP, 159 W Main Rd, Middletown (7 a.m. until 2 p.m.) 
  • The Chanler at Cliff Walk, Newport (call for hours 401-847-1300)
  • Tickets, 15 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown (Breakfast, Lunch Dinner)


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