Newport Seen hosted a "Best Year" Holiday party honoring its advertisers and "Newport Seen Stars" at the Sara Campbell Boutique on Bellevue Avenue on New Year's Eve eve.
Enjoying champagne and hors d'oeuvres were "Star" Mary Riggs and Ruth Taylor, Executive Director of the Newport Historical Society.
Coming up on Newport Seen......Richard Saul Wurman on www.thewwwconference.com, "Taste of Newport" for Child & Family Services, The Christmas Ball of the Preservation Society, and a Cocktail Party at the Edward King Center....
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