Great News! I am now part of the artist cooperative "Village Faire" located at 83 Brown Street in Wickford! This great little shop is located on the wharf behind Beach Rose Café where the Midnight Sun used to be. (For fellow Midnight Sun fans, no worries! They simply relocated to Main Street!) There are 20+ local artists and artisans participating, and the members list keeps changing and...
One of the things a lot of younger kids in town look forward to when the last school bell rings for the year, is not just warmer weather and vacation time, but also sailing. Yacht clubs and groups throughout the bay feature programs designed just for junior sailors. Ranging from 8 to 18 years old, these kids come to sail, (sometimes swim,) compete, and just have a blast out on the water every...
Summer is in full swing, and so is junior sailing on Narragansett Bay. Each year, the Narragansett Bay Yachting Association (NBYA) hosts events for junior sailors 18 and under. Classes include Optimists, Club 420s, and Lasers, with about 12 Laser Radials competing on the bay this year. Last week was the first of the small series of three races for the Laser competitors, and I was out on the water...
So down at the family yacht club there is an event held every year around late May to signal the start of season. It's when everyone gets together, the new Commodore says a few words, the flags are raised, and summer is officially welcomed! (There used to be a canon blast too, to conclude the ceremonies, but due to some incidents and recent burns that part of the agenda was replaced by a paper...
Oh little Wickford, oh charming little Wickford. Sadly there was no snow to pretty you up this winter (so far), but we still had those little twinkling lights! Now those little lights are coming down but the charm will always remain. Hopefully this new year some of those empty storefronts will be filled again with new entrepreneurial prospects, but you will always be charming regardless!
