Aquidneck Island (Native American name: Pocasset), comprised of the city of Newport, and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island is the biggest island in Narragansett Bay.
Aquidneck Island (Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth) fun facts include:
Newport • The cost to go fly a kite at Brenton Point State Park's July festival.
• 160,000 volumes occupy the shelves in the Redwood Library & Athenaeum, the oldest lending library in the country.
• In 1762, the Touro Synagogue was built. It is the oldest surviving synagogue in America. In the mid-1880s, the Quaker caretaker allowed it to be used as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
• Newport has six "sister" cities around the world: Kinsale, Ireland; St. John, New Brunswick; Ponta Delgada, Portugal; Imperia, Italy; Sklathos, Greece and Shimoda, Japan.
Middletown • Over 50 herb varieties are grown at the Prescott Farm Period Gardens, an authentic Colonial garden, run by the University of Rhode Island/Master Gardeners and the Newport Restoration Foundation.
• 85000718 is the National Register of Historic Places reference number of the Gardiner Pond Shell Midden, a shell heap containing prehistori shell fossils and other remains, useful for archeological research.
• 1,700 lbs of trash was collected during a cleanup of town beaches in the aftermath of the 2012 Superstorm Sandy.
Portsmouth • Ten miles of trails are available for hiking or horseback riding at Sakonnet Greenway.
• The cost to cross the new Sakonnet River Bridge spanning Portsmouth and Tiverton is $.10.
• Over 80 shaped boxwoods and other plants make up Green Animals Topiary Garden, the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the country.
~ taken from the 2014 City Guide of Newport Life Magazine.
...and, don't forget to contact me for assistance in buying, selling or renting your
Aquidneck Island home this winter and spring....
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