Newport Spring Boat Show

The annual Newport Spring Boat Show comes to the Newport Yachting Center May 15 - 17, 2009, with everything you need to launch the summer boating season. And we hear there are bargains to be had! Brokers, dealers or private sellers are eager to sell. Eperts in the field of finance, insurance and banking are available to answer all your questions. Educational seminars will run during all the three days on a variety of topics. Check out the entire schedule on this website.

The show will also feature booths with marine electronics, services and accessories. Part of the proceeds from the sale of items will go the Seamen's Institute. Part of the ticket sales will be donated to the show's chartible partner the Potter League for Animals.

To top off your day, there will be demonstrations, live music on the weekend and food and fun on the Newport Waterfront.

Hydrangea House Inn Welcomes New Passport to New England Member

At the recent bi-annual meeting of Passport to New England, hosted by member property, The Inn at Bay Ledge, Bar Harbor, Maine, it was voted to welcome the Swift House Inn of Middlebury, Vermont as the association's 12th member. Swift House Inn, owned and managed by Dan and Michele Brown, offer it's guests 20 large luxury rooms with contemporary amenities along with fine dining in their full service inn. Middlebury's central Vermont location makes it an easy drive to major attractions: the Shelburne Museum, New York's Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, and the ski slopes of Mount Mansfield. There is also plenty to do right in the neighborhood. Middlebury is home to the Sheldon Museum, the oldest community museum in the country. Nearby is the Robert Frost homestead, the Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, the famed Breadloaf writer's school and ski area, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Fly Fishing, hiking and bicycling are our most popular summer activities as there is some of the best of each right here in the heart of Vermont!

We hope you will enjoy this new Passport member on your next trip to Central Vermont! Hydrangea House Inn welcomes, Dan and Michele to the family of Passport inns.