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  • Discover how Newport once doubled as a presidential summer getaway

Also on today's calendar: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? šŸ¤” (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunlit and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

• Two presidents summered in Rhode Island. Peep these summer White Houses (providencejournal.com) — Newport's own Hammersmith Farm and Eisenhower House take center stage in a look at presidential "summer White Houses," including Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's childhood home and Eisenhower's retreat at Fort Adams. The story then widens out to other famous presidential summer spots on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, coastal Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.
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