The Newport Car Museum in Portsmouth is set to unveil a 1958 MGA Twin Cam Roadster on Valentine’s Day. To celebrate the occasion, loved ones will receive free admission with the purchase of an adult ticket. The MGA is one of several new additions planned for the lead-up to the museum’s sixth anniversary in June.
The museum features a private collection of over 90 cars, representing eight decades of modern industrial design, including favorites for all ages. The collection is housed in a restored building that was once a missile manufacturing facility and also features Mid-Century Modern furniture, videos, artwork, and a gift shop.
The Newport Car Museum tells the story of various car brands including Ford/Shelby, Corvettes, World Cars, Fin Cars, Mopars and American Muscle Cars. Within 18 months of its 2017 opening, it was included in USA Today’s “Top 10 Best New Attractions” and named Yankee Magazine’s “Best Specialty Museum”. In 2021, it won Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice award for a second consecutive year and was further designated as among the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
Regular admission is $20 for adults, $16 for seniors, military, and students, and $10 for ages 5-12 (with an adult). Admission is free for ages 4 and under (with an adult). The museum is handicap accessible and open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online.
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Research shows that reading fiction encourages empathy. While more high school curriculums should include modern, diverse writers like Amy Tan and Malala Yousafzai, certain classics—like John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”—endure. Some even make a comeback. George Orwell’s “1984,” a novel published in 1949 about a dystopian…
A group of Massachusetts lobster fishers has sued the federal government over an emergency closure of fishing grounds that is designed to protect a vanishing species of whale.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of Massachusetts lobster fishers has sued the federal government over an emergency closure of fishing grounds that is designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. The closure, enacted Feb. 1, blocked off about 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) of Massachusetts Bay from lobster fishing until the end…
The ETA is Sunday near noon local time – for the top four boats – as a light wind battle rages on the final approach
With just 250 nautical miles left to race (as of noon UTC on Saturday) the results of Leg 2 remain as uncertain as ever with the top four boats within just five miles on the advantage line, as they race in light, flukey, changeable conditions. And the fifth placed boat remains the fastest in the fleet having made…
January 7, 1928 – February 9, 2023
Stephen Hunter “Steve” Garnett, 95, of Jamestown died peacefully at home February 9, 2023. The longest survivor of nephroblastoma, he lived with one kidney for more than 77 years. Born January 7, 1928 in Greenwich, CT to his late parents, Caroline Barclay and Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, he graduated Class of 1945 from South Kent…
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