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Portsmouth to celebrate 375th anniversary of compact signing
Nearly four centuries after the settling of Anne Hutchinson and her followers, the town of Portsmouth plans to commemorate the birth and signing of its compact, the town’s celebration committee announced Thursday. more
Ocean House, Oh! Spa earn 5-star Forbes rating
The Westerly-based Ocean House hotel and Oh! Spa earned slots on Forbes Travel Guide’s 2013 Star Awards, Forbes announced Tuesday. more
| 2/26/13
Local chefs, restaurants named semifinalists for Beard Awards
Three Rhode Island chefs and two restaurants have been named semifinalists for the 2013 James Beard Foundation’s restaurant and chef awards. more
Providence to host food tourism conference
Seth Resler, former program director at WBRU and founder of Mystery Meet, a San Francisco –based social dining community that brings together culinary enthusiasts for meals at a mystery location, will launch Taste Trekkers, a food tourism conference, in Providence this fall. more
Southwest adds new flights to T.F. Green Airport
Southwest Airlines has added seasonal non-stop service to Ft. Meyers, Fla. and West Palm Beach, Fla. from T.F. Green Airport starting on Thursday, Feb. 14. more
| 2/13/13
R.I. to host 2015 synchronized skating championships
Rhode Island will host the 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships, an event that is expected to occupy more than 4,800 hotel room nights and bring more than 3,000 athletes as well as championship coaches, officials, and fans here, the Providence Warwick Convention announced Tuesday. more
Planned museum pulls out of Dynamo House project
The planned Heritage Harbor Museum is no longer part of the long-stalled Dynamo House project. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/11/13

Report: R.I. can compete for major sailing events
Summer may be the season for sailing in Rhode Island, but winter is shaping up to be prosperous as well. Two major February announcements – that Newport will be the only United States stop on the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race and that last summer’s America Cup World Series Event brought a total of $52.7 million to the state - bring promises of continued industry success. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/11/13

Olympic competition heated in the kitchen
“We brought home a silver but it should have been gold,” lamented Joseph Leonardi, executive chef of the Somerset Club in Boston. The competitor was reflecting on a successful performance, but the memory of finishing second overrode his triumph. Leonardi was back at his alma mater, Johnson & Wales University, on Jan. 16 to be honored as a distinguished visiting chef. But what everyone wanted to talk to Leonardi about was his stint as captain of Team USA. The team competed in the Culinary Olympics last summer in Erfurt, Germany, that was held just after those London athletic games, which received just a bit more media coverage. more
2/11/13
Providence named third ‘most romantic’ city in U.S.
Rhode Island’s capital city ranked third on OpenTable’s list of the 25 Most Romantic Cities in the United States. more
| 2/6/13
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