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This Weekend: NBX Bike Races And First Fr...

NBX Grand Prix of 'Cross Race Weekend Saturday & Sunday December 4th & 5th! A great weekend of Cyclocross racing at Goddard Park awaits the loudest fans and many of the top 'Cross specialists in the US. The...

Narragansett Beer's 120th Anniversary

Hi Neighbors! It is with great pleasure that we bring you the 120th Anniversary of Narragansett beer. Another epic milestone in New England history is upon us. December 29, 2010 marks 120 years of brewing greatness. On that...

Top 10 Haunted Places In US: Lizzie Borde...

Growing up in Southeastern New England, everyone learns the skipping rope rhyme of the Lizzie Borden murders. Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her...

New England Heritage: Halloween In Salem,...

Salem Massachusetts. Home to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the House of 7 Gables, Jack Welch and Mary Lou Lord, Nathaniel Bowditch and Elias Derby, Salem has been a destination city long before there was such a thing as family...

Cranston Celebrates Their 100th Anniversa...

The historic Governor Sprague Mansion is going to be throwing a party to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the City of Cranston, RI. March 10, 2010 was the official anniversary date of Cranston becoming a city. We blogged...

5th Anniversary Of Gansett's Return

Five years ago on this day, Mark Hellendrung and a small group of locals brought back our famous New England lager....Narragansett beer. Why? Because it's New England's beer, Rhode Island's beer, our beer and now it's back in...

This Day In Gansett History

A year ago today, June 14, Mark spoke in front in of the Rhode Island General Assembly about our campaign to rebuild the brewery. Here's the video of his speech! ProJo.com also published this on their blog today....

In The News: Improper Bostonian

It's In The Can Beer Me Roar Texas has Lone Star. Pennsylvania has Yuengling. But until Mark Hellendrung revived the defunct Narragansett Brewing Company in 2005, New England lacked a native blue-collar beer. Now its retro label appears...

Vintage Video: Mrs. Fanny Smunt

Who Knew The Old Brewery Went Green

Ever thought of building a house out of recycled wood from the vats at the old Narragansett brewery? Well South Mountain Company on Martha's Vineyard certainly did. While reading the article, "For The Love Of Plants," in Martha's...

Projo On Garrahy And 'Gansett

M. Charles Bakst: Hi -- Neighbor! Joe Garrahy and Gansett Sunday, August 21, 2005 When I saw recently that an entrepreneur is setting out to revive Narragansett Beer, I immediately thought of former Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy, who...

'Gansett, A Part Of New England's Heritage

The Valley Breeze, November 5, 2009 Goodbye, Mayor I suppose I first became interested in politics when I noted one of my dad's best childhood friends, Kevin Coleman, was the mayor of Woonsocket and running for governor. He...