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Newport Named One of 8 "Most Adorable" Beach Towns in the US

Newport joins Cape May, New Jersey; Carmel-by-the-Sea in California and five other communities in the US on a recent ranking by ABC News.

Newport is one of the eight ”Most Adorable” beach towns in the United States, according to ABC News and Oyster.com.

ABC News put Newport first in its list of the eight communities and mentions all the things that Newporters are used to hearing about what makes the city so compelling: history, mansions, the Newport Tennis Hall of Fame, polo, yachting and sailing and of course, the beaches.

You can check out the slideshow HERE. If you just want to know what other communities were named, here they are: Cape May, New Jersey; Carmel-by-the-Sea, California; Mackinac Island, MIchigan; St. Pete Beach, Florida; Kennebunkport, Maine; Hilton Head South Carolina and Cannon Beach, Oregon.

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