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Best of Newport Buzz: August 2016

In case you missed anything and wanted to catch up on the news and what’s buzzing around Newport, RI, here are our top 16 stories from August 2016.

This month, we reached 4,667,589 people with 533,610 likes, comments, shares and clicks to our site.

16 – HOUSE OF THE WEEK: THE CANNONBALL HOUSE – $1.59M

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15 – OVERTURNED CRANE TRAPS TWO WORKERS AND SHUTS DOWN SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE TRAFFIC

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14 – VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN MULTI-VEHICLE WEST MAIN ROAD CRASH

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Portsmouth Fire photo

13 – VIDEO – COAST GUARD MEDEVACS IMPALED LOBSTERMAN

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U.S. Coast Guard Stock Photo. MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.

12 – RARE BLUE LOBSTER CAUGHT OFF OF CAPE COD

Blue Lobster Cape Cod

11 – 11-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS MOTHER SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES IN SCOOTER ACCIDENT ON OCEAN DRIVE

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10 – HAMMERHEAD SHARK SPOTTED FIVE FEET OFF MARTHA’S VINEYARD BEACH

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9 – NEWPORT, RI BY DRONE

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8 – DONALD TRUMP’S NEWPORT FUNDRAISER CANCELLED

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7 – JAMESTOWN VOTED 2ND MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BEACH TOWN IN THE USA!

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6 – CAT KILLER/SEX OFFENDER/BUDDING SERIAL KILLER RELEASED FROM ACI WARN OFFICIALS

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5 – PEARL JAM HITS A HOME RUN AT FENWAY PARK: OUR 11 FAVORITE MOMENTS

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4 – GRONK IS BACK IN NEWPORT AND HE’S PARTYING IT UP!

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3 – RIP TOM CULLEN

Tom Cullen Obituary

2 – HEROIC EFFORTS BY THE NEWPORT POLICE SAVE SUICIDAL MAN FROM JUMPING OFF THE NEWPORT PELL BRIDGE

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1 – FIRST EVER GREAT WHITE BIRTHING SITE DISCOVERED 40 MILES SOUTH OF RHODE ISLAND COAST

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