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Newport Winter Swim Sold Out
The expanded 2023 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival is now SOLD OUT, with 185 winter swimmers signing on for one to three days of cold-water swimming in the only 25-meter, two-lane pool cut in the ice in all of the Americas. They are traveling from as far west...
Winter Saturdays in Newport
A group of local residents are tired of complaining that there is nothing to do in Newport during winter weekends! They’ve been meeting since last spring to dream up and plan “Winter Saturdays in Newport. Every Saturday except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from...
The Winter Holiday Raffle is Back!
Last year’s winter raffle was a great success, so we are running it again. It’s simple. Shop any three, separate businesses between Thanksgiving and December 17th and you can enter to win. Each of five winners will receive $100 in Downtown Dollars. Pick up a raffle...
Newport Rural Tourism Academy Secures USDA Grant
The Newport Rural Tourism Academy has secured a USDA grant to help us design a comprehensive wayfinding strategy for all the outdoor trails, paths, and public spaces around our end of Memphremagog. The Newport Rural Tourism Academy is a local collaboration...
Meet Felicia, New Director of the Northern Star
Felicia Updyke and her family recently moved to the Northeast Kingdom from Southern CA, and they love it here. Felicia picked up some work as a deck hand on the Northern Star this summer, and in September the MCM Board of Directors invited her to become the...