Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Maher Garden Center shares its tips for keeping yours healthy and full of scent for weeks.
- VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDE
- Olga Enger
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Flowers are a classic Valentine's Day gift, but keeping them alive days after the holiday isn't easy. Patch sat down with Lori Scionti, Horticulture Director at the Maher Garden Center on Aquidneck Avenue, to learn more about how to care for your Valentine’s Day flowers. If you still haven't ordered flowers for your sweetheart, Maher delivers to all of Aquidneck Island! How to care for fresh flowers For a sustainable and a longer lasting Valentine’s gift, consider a houseplant! Maher Garden Center is not-for-profit full service garden center that trains and employs children and and adults with developmental disabilities. They grow and sell flower arrangements such as custom-made hanging baskets, window boxes and, wedding floral …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
What's your favorite Valentine's Day movie? Is it a romantic classic like Breakfast at Tiffany's or something more modern like The Vow?
- VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDE
- Sandy McGee
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Just like Christmas, Valentine’s Day seems to bring out movie after movie about a little thing called love. This Valentine's Day, we want to know - what's your favorite romantic movie? Is it a classic like Breakfast at Tiffany's or something more modern, like the recently-released The Vow? Can you relate to a summertime romance that you'll never forget like in the Notebook? Tell us your pick and why it makes you fall in love all over again in the comment section below!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The car magnet shown here is your gift for becoming a member of Aquidneck Land Trust before Valentine’s Day.
- VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDE
- Jill Connors
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT), the nonprofit dedicated to conserving Aquidneck Island’s open spaces, wants to be your Valentine. Sign up for membership—or give a membership as a Valentine’s Day gift—and you will receive a car magnet displaying your heartfelt feelings about Aquidneck Island. Memberships start at $15/year for Young Friend Members (ages 25 and under) and $30/year for Friend Members. ALT has several land conservation projects currently underway, and has identified 200 top-priority parcels of land on the island that need to be protected. The organization has conserved 2,386.50 acres on 66 properties on Aquidneck Island since 1990. “Every dollar counts, and every membership counts because it speaks to the support we have on the …
Here's a worthwhile pre-Valentine's Day activity: Grab your sweetie and head to Second Beach this Saturday, for a clean-up organized by Clean Ocean Access.
- VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDE
- Jill Connors
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Clean Ocean Access will host its 44th coastal cleanup at Second Beach in Middletown this Saturday, February 11, noon to 2 p.m., according to Dave McLaughlin, head of the Newport-based nonprofit organization. Anyone interested in taking care of the coastline is invited to help. McLaughlin suggests bringing gloves (to handle beach detritus) and wearing sturdy shoes or boots. COA will provide garbage bags, and arrange for trash to be collected. "It might be cloudy with a little rain or snow, but that won’t stop us," he says. At the Second Beach clean-up that COA hosted in November, several dozen volunteers scrubbed the beach by hand, picking up such items as fishing line, Styrofoam, plastic wrap, and odds and ends like rugs and lobster traps…
Friday, February 10, 2012
The weekly series lets Patch readers — the real experts around town — decide where to find the best of everything in Newport.
As editors at Patch.com, we strive to provide a certain expertise about the towns we cover. But we know the real experts are you, the residents of Newport, who drive around town every day, visiting its parks, dining at its restaurants and patronizing its businesses. So we want to hear from you! Who in town serves up the best hot wings, pours the best cup of coffee or has the best selection of brews on tap? Which mechanic provides the most trustworthy service? Where's the best place to take that someone special for a night out on the town? The possibilities are endless, and so are the potential results. It's all up to you! Patch's "Best of" series highlights a different segment of the community each week, striving to help Newport residents …
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We've got the ocean, parks and picturesque, smooch-worthy gazebo (King Park, anyone?) But which is the best place in Newport for a Valentine's Day liplock? Add your marker to this map to let us know where you think is the best place to kiss in Newport. Just click the 'Add' button, fill in an address and description, and submit!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
In honor of Valentine's Day, share your 'how we met stories.'
Valentine's Day is almost upon us. In honor of this day devoted to love, we want to hear your 'how we met stories.' How did you meet your significant other? Are you High School or college sweethearts? When people ask how you met, what is the story that you tell them? Share your story with Newport Patch! Photos are always welcome! Email newport@patch.com
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A local private investigator says that there is a higher chance that an infidelity surveillance assignment will be successful on Feb. 13, 14, or 15 than at any other time of the year.
“It’s just human nature,” says private investigator Ryan P. McCormack, one-half of the Newport-based two-man team at Coastal Investigation Group, in explaining why there is a greater chance of catching an unfaithful person on surveillance during the three-day period from Feb. 13-15 than at any other time of the year. “Around Valentine’s Day, people naturally want to spend time with someone they are romantically involved with. They let their guard down a little, or maybe one person in the relationship pressures the other one, because it’s Valentine’s Day,” says McCormack, who notes that it’s a well-known phenomenon in the private investigation industry. “I’d estimate there is a 75% chance of catching someone during those three days, whereas…
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